MIAMI-New condos will soon rise out of the dirt in Miami’s urban core. Newgard Development Group becomes the first to conceive a condo project since 2008—and it’s planned for the Brickell Financial District. Dubbed BrickellHouse, the 46-story luxury residential tower will break ground in the second quarter of 2012 and should open its doors in 2014.

“The launch of BrickellHouse is yet another indication of the strong demand for urban living in Miami,” Alyce Robertson, executive director of the Miami Downtown Development Authority, tells GlobeSt.com. “With occupancy at over 85% and rental demand still high, the residential condominium market in downtown Miami is on solid footing.”

Few thought Robertson would say words like those so soon. The building boom downtown saw more than 23,000 units come online between 2003 and 2008. Now, only 4,000 units are left and fewer than 1,500 of those are in the Brickell Financial District, according to a June 2011 market study by the Miami Downtown Development Authority. What’s more, condo prices are rising downtown. The average sale price of units sold during the first half of 2011 was nearly 5% higher than during the same period in 2010.