Dominion Tower

This building comes under the Health campus of University of Miami. Up till floor 12 the building has offices running for UHealth. From floor 13 onwards it is filled with residents. There is an in built laundry providing washing and dryer self-services. Big thing is that I live here. It is nearly less than a block's distance from my place of work. The rooms are quite spacious for one individual. Apartment is equipped with all the basic things. The air circulation is excellent when I open up the windows. With just 3 weeks in here, I feel that it is a great place to reside provided if you are employed in UHealth campus or somewhere in downtown. Great place; helpful and cordial staff.

I lived here from 1982 - 1987. It was called Capistrano Towers then and before this time, it was known as Centre House. Rent was $285. My first child was born here. It was a very convenient place to live and less than 5 minutes from my job downtown. There was frequent fumigation, as there was an issue with roaches. I kept roach spray on my shopping list. I had a neighbor who smoked cigars and I could smell that awful smoke through the AC. It was mostly from the bathroom, so I kept the vent closed, the door from the closet closed, and the door to the hall open. I kept air fresheners. The halls were dark and smelly.
The guard was friendly and the people in the rental office were friendly. The building had a barber shop, hair salon, mini mart, subs on the run.
The laundry was on a few floors. Often people would leave their clothes in the washer or the dryer. It was really a pain.
When I checked rent here some years ago, that same apartment I rented for $285 was over $2,000!!!
With the opening of the Ryder Trauma Center, the sirens from the rescue trucks could be heard, but once you closed the windows, you couldn't hear them. I lived on the lower floors. I can only imagine how it sounds at higher floors. Parking was horrendous. My first week after moving in, a guy fell from the 10th floor😵 of course it was an accident, but he landed on someone's vehicle. After that, no one wanted to park near the building.
I gave the building a 3, service a 4, and rent a 5.
So to read the ratings on the building now, I'm really surprised anyone wants to live there.
If you are willing to live here longer than a year, you must be comfortable with the conditions and treatment. Management sounds like slum lords in the heart of the Civic Center.
I left because I had a baby, got married. That 1 bedroom apartment was the perfect size for me alone, but quickly became small with 3 people.

I lived at Dominion tower for 3 yrs. I was doing my fellowship at JMH during my stay there. The location cannot be any more convenient and walkable to every part of the hospital system. Very quiet neighbours - mostly medical students, nurses , residents, fellows and research fellows working in the UM-JMH-VA system are the ppl who live here.
The management is very quick to respond to issues during the working hrs and help you for free if you are locked out during the day. They have a covered parking garage right next door, I used the parking space at the hospital but have not heard any complaints from my friends who live there. Alina is a very professional property manager and was always there when I had any issues with the apartment. There is roof top pool but never had a chance to go there as I had a membership at UM fitness center. You can get by not having any roaches if you keep the apartment clean especially the kitchen area.

0/5 is more appropriate, but unfortunately that's not an option. There's roaches everywhere, and the building reeks. Laundry machines don't work. Management does not care and does not answer the phone. Rent may be cheap, but consider that you may end up losing your sanity while living here.

Please put a water heater in the pool it would make the pool such a relaxing area to come and have family day. The water is freezing i cant even take my baby for a swim i really hope you consider putting a water heater. Management is super nice and very understanding engineering is always super helpful.

Update: After two years here i will be moving out I just want to say thank you to the wonderful property manger who have made my stay so welcoming and comfortable the entire staff was amazing and now they are updating their apartments more luxury very beautiful view parking is easy and the residents are nice and friendly definitely will miss the pool as on the roof top and the view that it comes with it.

Somehow the bad reviews are gone. Last year the rating was really low, and there were at least 100 reviews complaining about the management, roaches etc. These bad reviews have been somehow deleted.

I believe most reviews are fraud. An honest person would not rate this building more than 3 stars.
The building is super old and stinky. Everything is terribly old. The carpet (some units are hard floor) is super old and dirty and the manager is a dictator who would not change anything for you unless something is really broken! She would not care if you living in complete mess where roaches are everywhere in the building and they cannot stop them! The kitchen cabinets are super old and stinky. The hallways does not have AC so you are burning of heat and humidity in the summer.
The apartments are waaaay noisy!! 911 vehicles pass by and their siren is just horrible!! Even with two layered windows they have but still the siren wakes you up like at 5am!! Just horrible.
Nobody ever saw the manager’s smile and she also sometimes will not even say hello to you! She is a rude, cold-hearted careless person.
Do not rent this building it is a mess.
The only good thing about this building is the neighbors which are all well educated and understanding people and it is easy to go on foot to UM medical campus (which made me stay there for a year and put up with these horrifying situation going on in that building).

Roach infested. Leasing office is useless. Located in a dangerous area. Only worth doing if you goto school in the medical campus. Otherwise beware. This place is a dump.