The downtown Miami office market continued to expand over the past year, despite the pandemic, increasing the number of people living close to work and boosting residential rents in the area.

Downtown added 17 new companies that opened offices between fall 2020 and June 2021, and they are expected to bring 1,835 jobs to the city in the next three years. In exchange, the firms are eligible to receive up to $150,000 each from the city over three years depending on the number of people they employ here.

The average rent for all ...