You say you prefer vibrancy but when I ask if you've ever visited Miami recently you ignore the question, which gives me the answer.
Miami's high-rise construction pipeline is not exclusively condos, it includes a large share of purpose-built rental apartments, in fact my previous list has rental stock. Of the condo stock that does exist, a growing portion explicitly permits short-term rentals. I think everyone knows short-term rentals generate nothing for affordability, but they certainly improve 'vibrancy', meaning units that might've sat vacant are actively generating occupancy and revenue.
Looking at the occupied stock in Brickell specifically, 73.6% of occupied units are renter-occupied, with only 26.4% owner-occupied as a primary residence. Of the total housing stock in Brickell, 20.9% are unoccupied, meaning they're unsold, used seasonally, or undergoing renovation. Downtown Miami skews even further to a rental market, with roughly 81% of occupied units held by renters and 18% of total stock (unoccupied + occupied) sitting vacant. Vacancy rates are even lower in Edgewater.
Source:
https://www.point2homes.com/US/Neighborhood/FL/Brickell-Demographics.html
Source:
https://www.rentcafe.com/average-rent-market-trends/us/fl/brickell/
On the rental side, Miami ranks as the #1 most competitive rental market in the U.S., and Miami-Dade's rental occupancy sits at approximately 96-98% depending on the source.
Source:
https://southfloridaagentmagazine.com/2025/12/12/miami-hottest-rental-market-2025/
The seasonal vacancy story is real but hardly concentrated in Miami proper. Sunny Isles Beach's 49% vacancy rate is a reflection of that, mainly from wealth migration and foreign wealth, however nobody is arguing Sunny Isles condos are full, nor vibrant.
The "empty Miami" assumption your pointing at is either from outdated data or a myth that draws from markets not associated with the city.
This conversation has happened repeatedly where your strong, and often wrong, opinions have derailed a conversation about construction and numbers, not whether a city is vibrant. When other users call you out you push further. I understand Miami is a highly polarizing, and often annoying city. I myself get annoyed by the politics and people there, but there's no reason to derail a thread with baseless opinions.
Also your sources are all about Florida and not Miami and one even specifically says "CENTRAL" florida??
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