Doral, Miami-Dade: Corporate Headquarters and a Venezuelan Hub
Doral incorporated as a city in 2003, though the area had been developing since the 1960s when Alfred Kaskel built the Doral Hotel and Country Club on former swampland west of Miami International Airport. The name "Doral" combines the first names of Kaskel and his wife, Doris and Alfred. For decades the area was known primarily for the Doral golf resort and the Blue Monster course, which hosted the PGA Tour's Doral Open. Trump National Doral now operates the property.
Corporate relocations transformed Doral in the 2000s and 2010s. The city sits adjacent to Miami International Airport and the Dolphin Expressway, making it a logistics and distribution hub. Carnival Corporation, Perry Ellis International, and numerous Latin American companies maintain their U.S. headquarters here. The area around NW 36th Street and NW 87th Avenue hosts a concentration of corporate offices, warehouses, and freight operations.
Doral has one of the largest Venezuelan and Colombian communities in the United States. The 2010s and 2020s saw significant migration from Venezuela, and businesses catering to this population, from arepera restaurants to Spanish-language media offices, line the commercial corridors. CityPlace Doral, an open-air development, serves as a gathering point for the community. Downtown Doral, a mixed-use development, provides some of the walkable urban fabric that the rest of the car-dependent city lacks.
Population has grown to over 75,000 in a city that did not exist as a municipality until 2003. Schools are overcrowded, traffic on the Palmetto Expressway is heavy at rush hour, and development continues to push westward toward the Everglades.
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Doral incorporated as a city in 2003, though the area had been developing since the 1960s when Alfred Kaskel built the Doral Hotel and Country Club on former swampland west of Miami International Airport. The name "Doral" combines the first names of Kaskel and his wife, Doris and Alfred. For decades the area was known primarily for the Doral golf resort and the Blue Monster course, which hosted the PGA Tour's Doral Open. Trump National Doral now operates the property.
Corporate relocations transformed Doral in the 2000s and 2010s. The city sits adjacent to Miami International Airport and the Dolphin Expressway, making it a logistics and distribution hub. Carnival Corporation, Perry Ellis International, and numerous Latin American companies maintain their U.S. headquarters here. The area around NW 36th Street and NW 87th Avenue hosts a concentration of corporate offices, warehouses, and freight operations.
Doral has one of the largest Venezuelan and Colombian communities in the United States. The 2010s and 2020s saw significant migration from Venezuela, and businesses catering to this population, from arepera restaurants to Spanish-language media offices, line the commercial corridors. CityPlace Doral, an open-air development, serves as a gathering point for the community. Downtown Doral, a mixed-use development, provides some of the walkable urban fabric that the rest of the car-dependent city lacks.
Population has grown to over 75,000 in a city that did not exist as a municipality until 2003. Schools are overcrowded, traffic on the Palmetto Expressway is heavy at rush hour, and development continues to push westward toward the Everglades.
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