Guides · Downtown Miami
The central business district with Biscayne Bay at its edge
Downtown Miami is the city's central business district, wrapped on the east by Biscayne Bay and crossed by the Miami River on its south edge. Downtown living means condo towers, Bayfront Park, the Adrienne Arsht Center, and a transit hub at Government Center. It is the address Kelby points buyers to when they want the actual center of the city rather than its neighborhoods.
The question to ask
How much of your life do you want within walking distance, and does bayfront or riverfront position matter to you?
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What a typical week looks like here.
Condo tower living with bay, river, and skyline views
Bayfront Park, Museum Park, and the riverfront promenades on your doorstep
The Arsht Center, Perez Art Museum, and FTX Arena district
Metrorail, Metromover, and Brightline at the Government Center transit hub
A workday bustle that empties into a quieter residential evening scene
Before you buy
What to know before you make an offer in Downtown Miami.
Every town has its fine print, and the fine print is where real estate mistakes live. These are the things buyers in Downtown Miami learn by their second transaction; Kelby covers them on the first.
The market is overwhelmingly high-rise condominiums; low-rise and single-family product is essentially absent
Building-by-building rules matter: rental caps, pet policies, and parking ratios vary tower to tower
Presales and delivered towers coexist, so some listings are years from closing and others ready now
Verify flood zone and insurance cost before offering on bayfront and riverfront units
Verified · Downtown Miami
Community facts, verified at the source.
The details below are drawn from public research, with clickable source links for every claim, verified October 2026. Where a number cannot be verified, it reads “Contact for current information” and the answer is one call away.
The Elser, a delivered tower with daily rentals
The Elser Residences, PMG and Greybrook Partners' 49-story tower at 398 NE 5th Street with 646 residences, was completed in 2022 and is noted as Downtown Miami's first bayfront condo tower permitting daily and short-term rentals, with hotel-style services.
Sources · verified October 2026
Aston Martin Residences, the delivered brand tower
Aston Martin Residences Miami, G&G Business Developments' 66-story tower at 300 Biscayne Boulevard Way on the Miami River, opened in April 2024 as the tallest all-residential building south of New York at about 817 feet, with 391 residences and a superyacht marina at its base.
Sources · verified October 2026
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