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Active tower construction sites near every Miami condo building: how many sit within 250 m, 500 m and 1 km, and the nearest one. Neutral information, not a score or a ranking.

Browse 103 tower sites
tower sites
103
Neighborhoods
9
Buildings covered
803
every tracked condo tower
Updated
Oct 23, 2026

Miami builds upward, and a condo's surroundings can change more in three years than in the thirty before. The Crane Index puts that on every building page: how many tower sites are active within 250 m, 500 m and 1 km, and which one is nearest.

We do not score it, and we do not rank buildings by it. A tower going up across the street can block a view or bring noise and closed lanes for a few years; it can also bring new shops, new neighbors and a street that feels finished. Some buyers look for one, some avoid the other, and the same crane can be both.

The sites come from the City of Miami's own building permits and from the new developments own.miami tracks. Each one says whether a City permit shows it under construction or whether it is still marketed as pre-construction. Distances are straight lines.

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Every tower sites, mapped

Showing 103 of 103 tower sites. Tap a pin for details; toggle the legend to hide the layer.

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By neighborhood

tower sites by neighborhood

Neighborhoodtower sites
Brickell22
Edgewater18
Midtown17
Downtown13
Mid-Beach & North Beach8
Bal Harbour & Surfside6
Coconut Grove3
South Beach2
Sunny Isles Beach1

Distances are straight-line, not walking or driving.

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1 Island Dr

condo
1 Island Dr
verified Oct 23, 2026

1034 SW 2nd Ave

hotel
1034 SW 2nd Ave
Brickell
verified Oct 23, 2026

114 NE 22nd St

rental
114 NE 22nd St
Edgewater
verified Oct 23, 2026

128 SW 7th St

rental
128 SW 7th St
Brickell
verified Oct 23, 2026

14 Roc

condo
125 NE 14th Street
verified Oct 23, 2026

1401 Brickell Ave

office
1401 Brickell Ave
Brickell
verified Oct 23, 2026
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How this is computed

The Crane Index maps active tower construction sites onto every condo building on own.miami. For each building it shows how many sites sit within 250 m, 500 m and 1 km, and which one is nearest. It is neutral information, not a score and not a ranking: a crane next door can mean a blocked view, noise and closed lanes for a few years, and it can also mean a neighborhood that is growing. Which matters depends on the buyer.

What counts as an active tower site. Two sources, merged into one list.

  1. City of Miami building permits (the City's open dataset "Building Permits Since 2014", CC BY 4.0). A project counts when it is new construction that needs a certificate of occupancy, measures at least 150,000 square feet (the file has no story or unit count, so floor area stands in for a tower), has no certificate of occupancy, temporary certificate or final building inspection on record, and had a permit issued in the last 36 months. Rental, office and hotel towers count as well as condos: a crane is a crane.
  2. own.miami's new developments: published projects that are not delivered, with 8 or more floors (or 100 or more residences when the floor count is unknown) and an expected completion no more than three years out. A development whose own address already has a certificate of occupancy in the City file is left out.

A development and a permit project at the same address, or within 40 m, are one site. Each site is labelled under construction (a matching active City of Miami permit, or the developer lists it as under construction) or pre-construction (marketed before completion, no matching City permit found; the City file does not cover Miami Beach, Surfside, Bal Harbour, Sunny Isles Beach, Coral Gables or the other municipalities, so sites there are always shown as pre-construction).

What we measure. Straight-line distances from the building's coordinates to the site's point, not walking or driving distances. A building that is itself under construction counts its own site. The list is rebuilt by hand from both sources about once a month; a site that finishes or goes quiet drops out at the next rebuild.

Permit data: City of Miami, Building Permits Since 2014, licensed CC BY 4.0. own.miami is not affiliated with the City of Miami.

Distances are straight-line, not walking or driving.

Frequently asked questions

What is Crane Index?+

Crane Index on Own Miami maps 103 tower sites across 9 Miami neighborhoods onto every tracked condo building: the nearest one and how many sit within 250 m, 500 m and 1 km. It is neutral information, not a score or a ranking.