MIAMI—Miami, long known as the gateway to Latin America, is fast becoming the technology hub of the region. Although Miami didn't make it into CBRE's top 15 tech clusters, the firm said the Magic City is nevertheless promising.

We caught up with Quinn Eddins, director of Research & Analysis for CBRE Florida to get his take on Miami's tech growth. He told us there's a lot of energy around the tech sector in Miami right now and while it's still in its infancy, he is seeing some early indicators of a tech cluster forming.

“We've tracked several foreign digital media companies that signed office leases in Miami last year, for example,” Eddins tells GlobeSt.com. “And Miami's millennial population is growing, which we know is a robust contributor to the growth of tech talent pools. The eMerge conference, which is two weeks away, has really put Miami on the map for tech and it's exciting to see where all this will go.”