Insurance Brokerage Howden Takes 24K SF in 600 Brickell for First Miami Office

Global insurance brokerage Howden has inked a 23,658-square-foot lease at 600 Brickell World Plaza, establishing its first office in Miami.

The tenant plans to move in early 2026, according to Colliers, whose Jonathan Kingsley and Zach Smith represented Howden. The five-year lease had asking rents of $125 a square foot, full service. Headquartered in London, the employee-owned firm manages over $42 billion in insurance premiums.

The 40-story 600 Brickell building adjacent to Southeast Seventh Street includes 26 stories dedicated to offices and 11 floors for parking. Foram Group completed the 1.3 million-square-foot high-rise in 2011, and remains its owner. 

The building is about 90 percent, according to Colliers. Other tenants include accounting giant Deloitte and law firm Hogan Lovells. 

Elm Spring‘s Ilene Munoz represented the landlord in the transaction to Howden, while Occupier Services’ Jodie Poirier, Ian Gilbert and Bob Rosenthal assisted Colliers in its representation of Howden. (A representative for Foram Group and Ilene Munoz could not be reached for comment.)

The Brickell office market remains somewhat tight, with a vacancy rate of 14 percent, while boasting the city’s highest asking rents at $100 a square foot in the third quarter of 2025, according to data from Avison Young. 

Update: The story was updated with added details, such as the length of the lease.

Julia Echikson can be reached at jechikson@commercialobserver.com.