In between Downtown Miami and Coconut Grove, you will have the coastal Central Business District of Brickell and its top luxury condos. It’s known to be Miami’s financial district, with a very defined urban appeal. It occupies a total area of about 2 square miles, with a population close to 31 000. Miami Avenue runs through the neighborhood, as its most pulsating and happening artery. As part of the Greater Downtown Miami area, it’s not only one of its most affluent, but also most densely populated.
Known as ‘Miami’s Manhattan’, Brickell has transformed itself from a ‘Millionaire’s Row’ with lavish mansions, to a metropolitan hub of luxury condos. It is one of the oldest areas in the city, named after the Brickell family who set up residence at the mouth of the nearby Miami River in 1871.
The neighborhood became wealthy with the arrival of the railway a few years later, which made property prices shoot up and real estate develop rapidly. Millionaire’s Row or the ‘Gold Coast’ was then home to majestic estates and winter homes for the rich.
Towards the end of the 20th century, the neighborhood started seeing the rise of luxury condo towers, such as Arquitectonica’s landmark Atlantis building. The architecture firm also paired up with Related Group for prominent luxury condo projects such as Icon Brickell.
With the opening of the mixed-use Brickell City Centre opened in November 2016, there was a wave of projects including office towers, condominium buildings and a whopping 9 acres of retail area, over 500 000 square feet. Miami’s own Swire Properties undertook many of the swank residential projects on Brickelly Corridor and Brickell Key.