About Overtown

Once the Harlem of the South — Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie played here. Decades of highway construction gutted it; the last few years have started to bring it back. The Lyric Theater still stands, and it is minutes from Downtown on foot.

What makes it special

✓The historic Lyric Theater
✓Walking distance to Downtown and the arena
✓Metrorail and Metromover access
✓Deep-rooted community and a real comeback story
✓Some of the best soul food in South Florida

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Typical rent

$2,546/mo avg

Average asking rent for market-rate apartments in buildings of 50 or more units.

Source: RentCafe / Yardi Matrix · Overtown · Jul 2026