MIAMI — In the heart of Brickell, The Club at Brickell Bay is a rotating door of people stopping by the 43-story condominium building.

Keyeon White, from North Carolina, was among the many visitors staying at the building.

“I’m celebrating my boy’s birthday,” White said.

He said the price was a big reason for choosing the property.

“The prices is really the price. It’s mad cheap,” White said.

Those deals are enticing out-of-towners to book short-term rentals at the condominium building. They’re also the target of a letter sent by the city manager’s office.

The letter, obtained by Local 10, states that the condominium association was under investigation following numerous complaints.

“It’s been absolutely awful. I’ve been a resident since 2008. Things got really bad with short-term rentals around the pandemic,” said homeowner Christina Lardon, who owns two units at the building.

“It’s an invasion. It’s literally a home invasion,” Lardon said.

According to the city letter, the property was approved in 2011 for 30 units to be used as short-term rentals.

However, a city investigation found there appeared to be more than 300 vacation rentals available among the building’s 643 units.

“They are crowding guests into rooms that are fit for three to four occupants. The whole point is the more guests you fit into a property, the more you can charge,” the letter states.

Assistant City Manager Barbie Hernandez wrote that the building is violating city codes with the excess of short-term rentals.

The letter orders the rentals to cease immediately and warns the property could face revocation of certificates and tax receipts, as well as possible legal action.

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