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.
No comments:
Post a Comment