Downtown Miami’s Condo Boom Ends As Last Construction Crane Removed

The last residential construction crane of Greater Downtown Miami's speculative condo era was disassembled last week and hauled off on flatbed trucks north on Interstate 95.

The removal of the construction crane at the 47-story, 346-unit Paramount Bay condominium tower situated in the Biscayne Boulevard Corridor just north of Downtown Miami ends a building boom period in which some 40 cranes filled the sky at the peak. (The only cranes still standing today in Greater Downtown Miami are building three new office towers under construction.)

Earlier this month, construction cranes were removed from the 51-story, 530-unit Mint condominium tower located on the north bank of the Miami River and the new 67-story, 306-unit Marquis condominium tower on Biscayne Boulevard in Downtown Miami.

Many industry watchers see the removal of the last crane as the symbolic end of vertical residential condo construction boom era in Greater Downtown Miami for at least seven years.

Greater Downtown Miami is considered by most to be the epicenter of the Florida housing crash as 74 condos with nearly 23,000 new units have been built or are under construction in a 60-block stretch between 2003 and 2010. In the 40 years prior to the boom years, developer constructed a total of 11,500 units in the same area, according to the Condo Vultures® Official Condo Buyers Guide To Miami^TM.

Peter Zalewski is a principal with the consulting company Condo Vultures® LLC and a licensed real estate broker with Condo Vultures® Realty LLC. Peter can be reached at 305-865-5629 or by email at peter@condovultures.com. Be sure to check out Peter's blog at CondoDump.com. Don't forget to sign up for our weekly Market Intelligence Report. Looking for a property at a deep discount? You are encouraged to take a peek at the Vultures Database^TM .

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