Miami International Mall in a sea of swamps
Before Miami International Mall had a name, the land around what is now 1455 NW 107th Avenue was a wet, wild place that only a developer would want.
In the late 1950s, Alfred and Doris Kaskel bought 2,400 acres of swampy land in the western part of the county, put their first names together to make “Doral,” and turned part of it into a golf resort that joined the PGA Tour in 1962. The golf courses were there long before the grocery stores.
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