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Downtown Doral boosts the local economy
As is known, Downtown Doral is raising about 120 acres of land located in the heart of our city. The vision of a businessman, as Armando Codina, gave the start a project of this size, which in ten years will show its complexity and majesty. However, this year, perhaps a few days before Christmas we will have the honor of opening the downtown, thanks to a group of men and women who are there running this work for doralinos.
Downtown Doral should mean - for everyone here - a leap to growth and economic development of the city. There about one million square feet of office and 200,000 sqtf. of commercial premises, what we referred to the creation of new jobs and great economic movement that will propel Doral.
It is important to mention, that by now – when phase I is under construction, that Codina has generated a little over 1,000 direct jobs only in the Downtown Doral; local workers whose salaries and wages are reinvested in our city consolidating significantly to a number of families of Doral.
While it may refer to the characteristics of Downtown Doral, there is another previous event to highlight, which is the social responsibility of the company to the city. I’m referring to the construction of a Charter School in the heart of the city. A social contribution that this businessman; Armando Codina is delivering to residents of this community. Currently, this school is under construction and will have a capacity for 840 students. The classes will be taught between the Spanish and Portuguese language. It is a fact, that the doors will be open during the month of August of this year.
Another contribution is fifty million dollars invested in the consolidation of internal pathways of the Downtown Doral. Here is an item of note; the sidewalks are wide double to make it friendlier to pedestrians. The walk will have exactly 50 feet long. On the other hand, all buildings will have chargers- as the retail stores for its costumers- for the use of electric cars and thus contribute to a faster and better mobilization.
When we speak of economic movement, I must refer to the 600,000 square feet of office already finished. They will rise 400,000 more and we understand that such amount, 180,000, will begin construction this year. By the way, this building is next to the City Hall and will be called Park Place.
If we talk about businesses, the first 80,000 square feet of retail are under construction. A mixed-use space where Restaurants, Cleaning, Clothing, Spa, Wine Store, Banks, UPS, cell phone companies, etc. are installed. Inside the property, will also be a supermarket of 49,000 square feet and will be located next to the City Hall.
Definitely, residents will enjoy the Downtown Doral, because it will be a place to work, live and enjoy all the amenities that will be installed soon.
I don’t want to leave out a topic that will leave footprints in Doral. I have been talking about to the exaltation of art in Doral. With respect to the Downtown Doral, residents and visitors, will be able appreciate, sculptures right at the project’s entrance, created by the artist John Henry of 30 feet of height. We've been informed that all buildings, specifically in their lobbies, there will be a component of art. At the Charter School, there will murals painted by local artists and the garages on the connection of the four buildings, will have a walk of murals from North to South.
Codina has been building these spaces for thirty years. Armando Codina, has built a large parte of his life in this city. It is the first time that builds condominiums and no doubt, it's one of his more ambitious projects that can leave in regards to construction in Doral.
Within the next ten years, the whole project will be finished and then will be forty years of continuously building in the city. His presence, his contribution, will be permantent in the consoidation of Doral.
