Lauderhill: A Caribbean Crossroads in Broward County
Lauderhill was developed in the early 1960s by Herbert Sadkin, who bought farmland west of Fort Lauderdale and built one of Broward County's first planned communities. The name was a play on Fort Lauderdale and the rolling terrain Sadkin tried to create with bulldozers on otherwise flat ground. Early residents were predominantly white retirees from the Northeast. That demographic shifted substantially beginning in the 1980s as Caribbean immigrants, particularly from Jamaica, Trinidad, Haiti, and Guyana, moved into the area.
Today Lauderhill has one of the highest concentrations of Caribbean-born residents of any city in the United States. West Indian grocery stores, roti shops, and Caribbean bakeries line stretches of University Drive and Oakland Park Boulevard. The city built the Central Broward Regional Park, which includes a 20,000-seat cricket stadium, the only purpose-built international cricket venue in the continental United States. ICC T20 World Cup matches were held there in 2024.
The population hovers around 71,500. Commercial activity clusters along major corridors including State Road 7 (US 441), University Drive, and Sunrise Boulevard. The Lauderhill Mall, once a regional shopping center, has been partially repurposed. The housing stock is a mix of single-family homes from the original development, garden-style condominiums, and some newer townhouse projects.
Escort websites covering Lauderhill and surrounding Broward County are reviewed by Escortservice.com for directory inclusion. The site does not broker meetings, accept payments for services, or verify regulatory compliance on behalf of any listed provider. Users must be 21 or older.
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Lauderhill was developed in the early 1960s by Herbert Sadkin, who bought farmland west of Fort Lauderdale and built one of Broward County's first planned communities. The name was a play on Fort Lauderdale and the rolling terrain Sadkin tried to create with bulldozers on otherwise flat ground. Early residents were predominantly white retirees from the Northeast. That demographic shifted substantially beginning in the 1980s as Caribbean immigrants, particularly from Jamaica, Trinidad, Haiti, and Guyana, moved into the area.
Today Lauderhill has one of the highest concentrations of Caribbean-born residents of any city in the United States. West Indian grocery stores, roti shops, and Caribbean bakeries line stretches of University Drive and Oakland Park Boulevard. The city built the Central Broward Regional Park, which includes a 20,000-seat cricket stadium, the only purpose-built international cricket venue in the continental United States. ICC T20 World Cup matches were held there in 2024.
The population hovers around 71,500. Commercial activity clusters along major corridors including State Road 7 (US 441), University Drive, and Sunrise Boulevard. The Lauderhill Mall, once a regional shopping center, has been partially repurposed. The housing stock is a mix of single-family homes from the original development, garden-style condominiums, and some newer townhouse projects.
Escort websites covering Lauderhill and surrounding Broward County are reviewed by Escortservice.com for directory inclusion. The site does not broker meetings, accept payments for services, or verify regulatory compliance on behalf of any listed provider. Users must be 21 or older.
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