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Key Honor

Getting a “Key To The City” is a meaningful distinction given to highly esteemed residents and visitors, and Jose Luis Melo of The Melo Group is one of the latest local visionaries to have received the honor.
Text by Sandy Lindsey | May 17, 2018 | People

Melo Group’s newly opened Melody Tower features the newest public art installation in Downtown Miami taking its rightful place on the worldwide arts and culture state. The giant 8 ft.-tall violin sculpture Endless Melody by world-renowned contemporary artist Helidon Xhixha, known for his groundbreaking stainless steel structures working with metal and light, was recently unveiled in the presence of the Melo Family, Helidon Xhixha, City of Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado and the Mayor of Pietrasanta, Massimo Mellegni. Mayor Regalado took the opportunity, attended by over 100 guests, to present Melody Tower’s developer Jose Luis Melo, president and patriarch of the family-owned Melo Group, with the “Key To The City” in honor of his firm’s contribution to the revitalization of Miami’s urban core.; TheMeloGroup.com.