The Madison Downtown Condominium

No security circling the building — no cameras facing the streets where you are forced to park because there is absolutely NO VISITOR PARKING.
Had my car broken into on Xmas.
This could have easily been avoided had there been valet or just SECURITY OF SOME SORT.

Ok these reviews are ridiculous so I feel the need to leave my own. First of all if you think this is a shitty building maybe you should increase your rent by about $ 500 a month and go to Brickell. I have lived in a shitty building before and this building is great. YES there are issues here and there but it’s a huge building with a lot of residents. I can say the management is honestly trying really hard to make improvements both aesthetic and functional improvements (elevators). The East building is far nicer than the West building (I live in the East) so I may be biased. Also the condition of YOUR apartment has more to do with the owner/​landlord than the building. My apartment is great, clean, and has an AMAZING view of the entire downtown Miami. They have done some great updates to the gym and while it’s not perfect it’s a really good apartment building gym and saves me $ on a membership. Also the pool is nice, they keep it clean, the only thing that drives me crazy are the kids on weekends but that’s more about parenting skills than management. (like can you please teach your children that it’s not ok to scream non-​stop and splash people who are trying to relax??)
They spray for bugs, I’ve actually never seen a cockroach in my apartment which is rare for a lot of Miami buildings. They keep the building and parking garage clean. They keep updating the security and I really like the current security guards. I love living in this building it’s an incredible price for the location and all of the great things to do nearby. I think the other reviewers have no idea what a bad building in Miami can be. I’ve lived here 3 years and I love it.

The security guards are on power trips and are so incredibly rude to the residents and their guests. Totally incompetent too. They ruin this place

Great location, and amenities.
I love this place!

DO NOT LIVE HERE! I moved in July 2013 and will be ending my lease this year 2014. I’m currently renting for a two bedroom with a roommate for $ 750.00 per month, and I thought I snagged a great deal for location and space. This, however, was not the case. The management and maintenance to this place is horrible.
1) If you have a dog, your dog may catch a disease by all the feces other dogs leave that their owners don’t pick up in the designated dog area.
2) The garbage disposal on every floor is not maintained daily/​weekly because there have been a plethora of times where trash was over flooding and bugs were flying over it.
3) THE ELEVATORS ARE RARELY WORKING! The building has 20 something floors. This was huge for me! There are three elevators in the west tower, and honestly, those elevators are never working. When it does work, only one works. There was a month this year where the elevators on that building were not working for more than a month, and residents had to walk up and down the stairs. I remember going to work one day, and an elderly woman had to be rushed out on one of the ambulance beds because she struggled down the stairs. The only «support» the management team gave us was a sign posted on the elevator with the tape that basically said «We apologize for the inconvenience. If you need help going down the stairs, ask your neighbor.» I live on the third floor, which is not an issue for me, but THINK OF THE SAFETY ISSUES for families with children, pregnant women, and the elderly who have to walk up and down flights of stairs.
4) There was an issue of people breaking in balconies! Management told us once again and posted on our doors that we should lock our balconies. First of all, yes, I understand the safety precaution of locking our balconies. This mentality, however, puts the blames on the residents rather than management or security of the building doing their jobs and handling it themselves. Thank goodness, my roommate and I weren’t affected by this because we live on the third floor facing the front. If anybody climbed our balcony, I’m sure people would see.
5) THERE WAS A FLOOD on one of the higher floors because people who were moving in hit one of the sprinklers. This caused water to flood down all the floors under it! People’s apartments were completely flooded. Our apartment was affected only by a tiny bit with water seeping through our hardwood floors. Management said that they would take care of our increase in electricity bill. My roommate sent a copy of our bill to the management staff, but they still have not reimbursed us.
6) Lastly, they recently started charging residents for parking, so they had money to fix the elevators… This definitely was not in our contract. Shouldn’t management have enough money to fix these problems to begin with?
7) My roommate was talking to a resident who has lived here for a while. The individual said that it hasn’t been this bad since this year ever since new management came in. They said that there has been problems with missing receipts.
Ever since I lived here, there have been multiple protests outside from owners of the units. I’m pretty sure that they are complaining about all these issues, but I couldn’t understand them because I am not fluent in Spanish. They definitely sounded angry and wanted to change policies.
DO NOT LIVE HERE! I’m moving out and have found a place up in Aventura with a much better management staff, and the leasing consultant was efficient and friendly. I went in to this new place today, walked-​in, saw apartments, placed a bid, and got my paperwork done all in one day. The site was maintained nicely, and everyone, the residents, I met today loved this new place I was moving into. DO NOT LIVE HERE NO MATTER HOW «AFFORDABLE.»

I’ve been living here for 9 months and I only have positive things to say about it. The ammenities are everything you need within a community. The pool is nice and for the most part quiet and relaxing except during he summer weekends when kids invade it. Basketball courts and tennis courts are on top of the garage which I think is a unique feature you don’t see in many buildings in the area. Gym is decent but not great. Overall the unit I’ve lived in is nice, the view is ok because I am blocked by the Terramark building across the street but i have a nice south view of downtown. The area has really cleaned up a lot since Camillus house was moved back in June 2012. More restaurants, bars, and lounges have opened up in the area which has made it a great destination to live in now I can enjoy a social life blocks from where I live. The Heat arena is 3 blocks away which is great because you don’t have to worry about parking and traffic. My favorite convenience of the area is a quik stop that is in the adjacent building to the Madison. It has everything you need (at a mark up of course) but is great when you don’t want to go to the supermarket. I can go on and on about this place but I don’t want to bore you with every little detail. Overall my experience living here is great and I hope to see it grow and hopefully continue to maintain a reasonable price compared to the rest of downtown.