50. 3,144. 67. 3. 2. 1. 3150. THE UNITED STATES IS A VERY LARGE PLACE TO END UP AT THE WRONG OFFICE.
An entirely unreasonable numerical investigation into 50 states, thousands of counties, Miami money, university talent, business geography, and the surprisingly small number of addresses where your next business move might actually make sense.
By MY MIAMI OFFICE | The Crossroads of Coral Gables × Coconut Grove
Convenient to what?
A highway exit? A gas station? A dentist who retired in 2019?
Geography is a wonderful thing until it starts appearing in your overhead.
So we decided to conduct a thoroughly serious, occasionally disrespectful investigation into where a business should establish itself. We began with the entire United States. We narrowed the field to Florida. Then South Florida. Then Miami. Then two neighboring communities. Then one crossroads.
And finally, one address.
3150.
That is where the mathematics became interesting.
50. THE NUMBER OF STATES IN WHICH YOU COULD MAKE THE WRONG DECISION.
The United States has 50 states. Each offers its own economy, infrastructure, workforce, tax environment, and extraordinarily confident commercial real estate brokers.
A company choosing its next office could begin with a nationwide search. It could study Census business statistics, compare regional economic output, examine employment trends, and review state-level business conditions.
All worthwhile exercises.
But after 50 states, 100 spreadsheets, 200 conference calls, and 300 people saying “Let's circle back,” someone eventually has to answer a question.
WHERE ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING TO WORK?
Not theoretically. Not in a 2030 expansion strategy. Not in a presentation containing 47 slides and the word synergy 19 times.
Monday. 9:00 AM. With a client.
A business address is not an abstract concept. It is where someone arrives, parks, enters, sits down, and decides whether the people across the table appear capable of handling the assignment.
50 states. One first impression.
3,144. AN EXCELLENT NUMBER OF PLACES TO LOSE YOURSELF.
For the next number, we move from states to counties and county equivalents.
The United States contains approximately 3,144 counties and county equivalents across the 50 states and Washington, D.C., using the relevant federal geographic count. Different datasets and years can produce slightly different totals, which is why precision matters more than repeating an old number from somebody's PowerPoint.
The U.S. Census Bureau's geographic resources explain the underlying geography. Its county data allow researchers to examine population, income, education, housing, and employment characteristics. The Bureau of Economic Analysis adds another layer of economic geography.
3,144.
That is a substantial menu.
You could spend years comparing counties. You could build an elaborate scoring model. You could even hire someone whose professional title includes the words location optimization.
Eventually, however, you would discover a basic flaw in the process.
A COUNTY CANNOT SHAKE YOUR CLIENT'S HAND.
Your office can.
3,144. Next.
67. FLORIDA ENTERS THE EQUATION. EVERYONE ELSE CHECKS THE WEATHER.
Florida has 67 counties. Its economy spans international trade, tourism, healthcare, finance, logistics, real estate, aerospace, agriculture, and a long list of industries that do not fit comfortably into one promotional brochure.
The state's economic development organization promotes business growth and investment, while FloridaCommerce publishes workforce and economic information. The Florida Chamber of Commerce examines competitiveness and the business climate.
There are serious reasons to consider Florida.
There are also less serious reasons, usually involving photographs of palm trees sent to colleagues in February.
But 67 counties are still 67 counties.
A company looking for proximity to international markets, an established professional services ecosystem, major transportation infrastructure, and South Florida's concentration of business activity can narrow its search considerably.
67.
Not bad.
Still too many.
3. SOUTH FLORIDA. THREE COUNTIES. APPROXIMATELY 9 MILLION OPINIONS ABOUT TRAFFIC.
For this investigation, South Florida means the three-county metropolitan core:
Miami-Dade. Broward. Palm Beach.
The Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach metropolitan area connects three major counties into one enormous economic region.
The Miami-Dade Beacon Council works on investment and business expansion in Miami-Dade. The Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance performs a similar economic development role in Broward. The Business Development Board of Palm Beach County focuses on Palm Beach County.
Three counties. Three economic ecosystems. Millions of residents.
And one uncomfortable reality.
YOU CANNOT PUT “SOUTH FLORIDA” INTO A GPS AND EXPECT TO ARRIVE AT YOUR MEETING.
You need an address.
An actual one.
With a door.
Preferably one that opens.
3. Next.
2. TWO NEIGHBORHOODS. ONE VERY EXPENSIVE-SOUND CONVERSATION.
We have arrived at the most interesting subtraction in the entire exercise.
CORAL GABLES + COCONUT GROVE.
Two names. Two identities. One exceptionally useful intersection of business geography.
Coral Gables has long cultivated an image of professional sophistication, institutional presence, established businesses, and carefully maintained streetscapes. Coconut Grove brings its own history, waterfront identity, creative economy, hospitality, and entrepreneurial culture. Neither neighborhood needs to borrow the other's personality.
The City of Coral Gables provides the civic context. The Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce connects local businesses. The Coconut Grove Business Improvement District represents the Grove's commercial environment.
And now the numbers become considerably more entertaining.
According to the Census Bureau's 2020–2024 American Community Survey figures for Coral Gables city, median household income was $134,216. Per capita income was $87,693. Among residents aged 25 and older, 73.6% held a bachelor's degree or higher. The city's 2025 estimated population was 49,578.
$134,216.
$87,693.
73.6%.
49,578.
That is a lot of numerical information for a city where someone can still spend 17 minutes deciding which espresso is appropriate for a 10-minute meeting.
The distinction matters: these figures describe Coral Gables residents, not MY MIAMI OFFICE customers, not the building's tenants, and not the purchasing power of everyone who drives down Douglas Road. Demographics are context. They are not a sales guarantee.
Nevertheless, context matters.
A company positioning itself near an established professional community is making a different decision from a company selecting a cheap, isolated warehouse because the landlord offered three free months and a complimentary microwave.
$134,216. 73.6%. 2 NEIGHBORHOODS. 1 QUESTION: WHY THERE?
1 UNIVERSITY. 20,104 STUDENTS. $520,000,000 IN RESEARCH. PLEASE STOP CALLING THIS JUST A COLLEGE TOWN.
There is another substantial number in the broader neighborhood.
The University of Miami.
Founded in 1925, with classes beginning in 1926, the university has a 240-acre Coral Gables campus. Its 2025–2026 institutional facts report a $6.6 billion FY2026 budget, a $1.71 billion FY2025 endowment, and $520 million in FY2025 research expenditures. Its student population draws from 50 states, two territories, and 134 other countries.
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$6,600,000,000.
$1,710,000,000.
$520,000,000.
134.
50.
1925.
If your first thought is that MY MIAMI OFFICE must somehow have access to a $6.6 billion budget, please close that spreadsheet immediately. These are university-wide institutional figures, not money flowing through the office building, and much of the university budget relates to its medical campus elsewhere.
But the university's presence tells a broader story about the region's concentration of education, research, professional development, and talent.
Consider the university's research enterprise, its business school, its law school, and its engineering programs. Each represents a different part of a knowledge-intensive regional economy.
The university's 2025–2026 Common Data Set also reports 58,167 first-year applicants and 10,245 admissions, approximately an 18% acceptance rate.
58,167 people applied.
10,245 were admitted.
And some business owners still cannot decide whether they need a conference room.
There is a difference between being geographically near a talent-producing institution and having a formal relationship with it. We are claiming the first, not inventing the second.
Still, an office near a major university, established business districts, and transit infrastructure sits within a very different environment from a unit behind a tire warehouse.
240 ACRES. 134 COUNTRIES. $520M RESEARCH. 1 REGION. THINK BIGGER.
3150. THE NUMBER THAT FINALLY ENDS THE ARGUMENT.
Now we have reached the address.
3150 SW 38TH AVENUE. MIAMI, FL 33146.
The home of MY MIAMI OFFICE at The Crossroads.
Not a theoretical office. Not a proposed development with a beautifully rendered lobby and a delivery date that keeps changing. An actual building.
The Miami Green office building is a LEED-certified Class A commercial property with a rooftop terrace, panoramic views, and connectivity to Douglas Road Metrorail Station. Its official property information identifies the address, nearby transit, and building amenities.
Coral Gables Office Leasing
The Miami-Dade Metrorail system provides regional rail connections. The Coral Gables Trolley serves local destinations. The Underline adds a pedestrian and cycling corridor beneath the Metrorail infrastructure.
3150. 38TH. 33146. 360°.
At this point, the numbers are beginning to sound like a combination to a very expensive safe.
But the real advantage is practical.
A business can consider an office where clients have multiple ways to arrive, where the surrounding districts offer restaurants and professional services, and where the workspace is already designed for commercial use.\
Compare that with signing a traditional lease, planning a buildout, coordinating furniture, waiting for internet installation, and explaining to clients that the conference room will be operational in approximately 6–8 weeks, assuming the contractor's cousin returns from vacation.
At MY MIAMI OFFICE, the proposition is different: ready-to-use private offices and business amenities, with options intended to reduce the friction of establishing a professional workplace.
That does not mean every business can move into every office immediately. Availability, agreements, and setup requirements still matter.
It means the conversation begins with a functioning office environment rather than an architectural fantasy.
3150. REAL ADDRESS. REAL OFFICE. FEWER EXCUSES.
360°. THE VIEW IS PANORAMIC. YOUR EXCUSES SHOULD NOT BE.
Some businesses measure office value in square feet. Others measure it in monthly rent. A few measure it by how many people can fit around a conference table before someone must sit beside the printer.
We prefer a more uncomfortable question.
WHAT DOES YOUR OFFICE ACTUALLY HELP YOU DO?
The rooftop at Miami Green offers 360-degree panoramic views, according to the building's property information. The surrounding geography connects several of Miami's commercial and cultural destinations.
There is Brickell, a major business and mixed-use district. There is Downtown Miami, where public and private investment continues to shape the urban core. There is Miracle Mile, part of Coral Gables' commercial identity. There is Merrick Park, where an ordinary coffee meeting can become a very expensive lunch.
And, of course, there is Miami International Airport, whose existence is particularly helpful when your business involves people who do not live in Miami.
360°. 4 DIRECTIONS. 1 ROOFTOP. 0 REASONS TO HOLD EVERY MEETING ON ZOOM.
That last zero is an opinion, not a scientific measurement. Zoom has its place. But so does a handshake, a real conference table, and the ability to look a potential client in the eye without wondering whether the frozen image on your screen means agreement or a bad internet connection.
An office is not automatically valuable because the view is impressive. It becomes valuable when the environment supports the work, the meeting, the relationship, or the decision.
The view is a bonus.
A very photogenic bonus.
$1,200. THE NUMBER THAT MAKES THE BIG NUMBERS PERSONAL.
We have discussed 50 states, 3,144 counties and county equivalents, 67 Florida counties, three South Florida counties, two neighboring communities, and one crossroads.
We have also mentioned billions in university budgets, millions in research spending, six-figure household incomes, and a substantial collection of numbers that would make an accountant reach for a second calculator.
Now comes the number a business owner can actually place into a monthly operating budget.
$1,200.
That is the advertised starting monthly rate for select private offices at MY MIAMI OFFICE, subject to current availability and contract terms.
$1,200 is not a promise of revenue. It is not a guarantee of profitability. It does not mean your next client will walk through the door carrying a $50,000 contract and a fountain pen.
It is an entry point to a professional office arrangement.
To understand why that matters, consider the costs and obligations businesses often evaluate when choosing a traditional workplace. The U.S. Small Business Administration recommends calculating startup costs before committing resources.
SCORE offers small-business mentoring and planning resources. SBDCNet provides market research and business information. The Federal Reserve's Small Business Credit Survey documents financing and operational challenges facing smaller firms.
These resources do not tell every business to rent a serviced office. They do reinforce the importance of understanding costs, capital, and operational requirements.
And that brings us to an equation:
$1,200/MO. + READY-TO-USE SPACE − UNNECESSARY BUILDOUT = A CONVERSATION WORTH HAVING.
Not a universally valid financial formula.
A very reasonable business question.
Because the most expensive office is not necessarily the one with the highest rent. Sometimes it is the one that consumes time, cash, and attention without helping the business accomplish anything.
$1,200. 1 DECISION. 0 INTEREST IN PAYING FOR EMPTY SPACE.
3. BECAUSE ONE MIAMI IS ALREADY COMPLICATED ENOUGH.
We have spent considerable time at 3150, but MY MIAMI OFFICE is not limited to one location.
There are three office destinations in the brand's portfolio: The Crossroads, Waterford Centre, and Doral Office Plaza.
Three locations are not three identical business cases.
The Crossroads offers positioning around Coral Gables and Coconut Grove, with nearby Metrorail access. Waterford places businesses in an established commercial district near the airport. Doral provides a different commercial environment, connected to the city's extensive business and logistics activity.
The City of Doral describes its municipal and business environment. The Doral Chamber of Commerce represents local commercial interests. Miami-Dade County provides broader regional economic and transportation context. The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau documents the region's destinations and visitor economy.
3 LOCATIONS. 3 BUSINESS CASES. 1 COMPANY.
Some companies need airport proximity. Some need an address near Coral Gables. Others need a Doral business location.
And some businesses spend 11 months evaluating all three before discovering they could
have arranged a tour in the first week.
That is not market research.
That is procrastination with a spreadsheet.
37 → 38. THE STREET MOVED ONE NUMBER. THE BUSINESS WORLD MOVED A LOT MORE.
Look at the historic photograph of Douglas Road and SW 37th Avenue.
The signs are unmistakable. The buildings are modest. The streetscape belongs to an earlier Miami. No one in that image is checking a smartphone, arranging a video conference, or asking an AI assistant to produce 40 backlinks for a commercial real estate article.
The historical scene is near today's Crossroads location, but it is not a photograph of the same building or a literal before-and-after comparison.
The broader transformation of Miami is real. The HistoryMiami Museum documents the city's changing communities. Miami-Dade County's planning resources provide context for land use and development. The Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization studies regional transportation. The Urban Land Institute researches how development and infrastructure shape urban markets.
One generation sees an intersection.
Another sees a transportation corridor.
A third sees a business opportunity.
37 → 38. 1950s → 2026. SAME CITY. DIFFERENT AMBITION.
The dates here describe the historical-to-contemporary creative concept, not a verified date for the supplied archival photograph.
And this is the point where the campaign stops being merely about office rental.
It becomes about the relationship between place and progress.
The old Miami had intersections.
The new Miami has opportunities clustered around them.
You still have to choose the right one.
0. THE MOST DANGEROUS NUMBER IN BUSINESS.
Zero clients.
Zero meetings.
Zero referrals.
Zero progress.
Zero is not always a bad number. Zero unnecessary construction projects can be wonderful. Zero wasted hours is an admirable aspiration. Zero unused square footage would be an interesting achievement.
But zero action has a cost that never appears on a landlord's brochure.
Businesses cannot control every market condition. They cannot predict every interest-rate movement reported by the Federal Reserve, every inflation reading published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, or every economic forecast issued by the Congressional Budget Office.
They can control some decisions.
Where they operate.
How they present themselves.
How much complexity they accept.
Whether their next meeting happens in an environment suited to the business they want to become.
0 PERFECT MARKETS. 0 PERFECT TIMING. 1 DECISION YOU CAN MAKE.
And that decision does not have to involve a 74-page real estate presentation.
1. THE ONLY NUMBER THAT WAS EVER REALLY ABOUT YOU.
After all that geography, economics, university research, neighborhood history, transportation infrastructure, and financial arithmetic, we arrive at a number that does not appear in the Census.
1.
One business.
Yours.
One next client. One important meeting. One expansion. One new employee. One contract. One opportunity to make a more credible first impression.
The country contains 50 states. The federal geographic count includes 3,144 counties and county equivalents across the states and D.C. Florida contains 67 counties. The conventional South Florida metropolitan core contains three. The Crossroads draws its identity from two neighboring communities.
And at 3150 SW 38th Avenue, MY MIAMI OFFICE offers one concrete option for businesses that want a ready-to-use professional address.
That is the entire numerical investigation.
We started with a country.
We ended with a door.
And, mercifully, no one had to build another spreadsheet.
50 → 3,144 → 67 → 3 → 2 → 1 → 3150. FOUND IT.
MY MIAMI OFFICE — THE CROSSROADS
3150 SW 38th Avenue, Suite 500 Miami, Florida 33146 Coral Gables × Coconut Grove
Private offices starting at $1,200/month, subject to availability.
Explore MY MIAMI OFFICE | (305) 456-2496
Because after 50 states, 3,144 counties, 67 Florida counties, three South Florida counties, and two neighboring communities, you deserve to stop looking.
3150. YOUR MOVE.
Editorial data note: The 3,144 figure is the 2025 FFIEC count of counties and county equivalents in the 50 states and D.C.
Coral Gables income and education figures are from Census 2020–2024 estimates; University of Miami financial figures are institution-wide and are not MY MIAMI OFFICE performance claims. All prices and availability should be reconfirmed before publication.
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