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The Club at Brickell Bay, a 43-story residential tower in Miami’s downtown financial district, has become the focus of city enforcement action following complaints about excessive short-term rental operations. The condominium, which contains 643 units, was approved in 2011 to house only 30 vacation rental units, yet an investigation discovered more than 300 such properties currently listed for transient guests.
Visitors such as Keyeon White from North Carolina have been drawn to the property specifically for its competitive pricing on temporary accommodations. White cited affordable rates as his primary motivation for booking a unit to celebrate his son’s birthday at the building, a sentiment shared by numerous out-of-towners flooding the complex.
Long-term residents have grown increasingly frustrated with the situation. Christina Lardon, who has owned two units in the building since 2008, reported that conditions deteriorated significantly during and following the pandemic, describing the influx of transient visitors as disruptive to residential living standards.
Assistant City Manager Barbie Hernandez issued a formal letter to the condominium association detailing violations of city code regulations. The correspondence, obtained by Local 10 News, alleged that building management has been overcrowding guest rooms beyond their intended capacity to maximize rental revenue, creating safety and quality-of-life concerns.
The city has ordered immediate cessation of all excess short-term rental operations and threatened revocation of business certificates and tax receipts. Legal action against the property and its association remains a possibility if the violations are not remedied promptly.
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