Doral: a city is born: the Doral/airport west area has long been Miami-Dade's center for...

A recent sign of the times in the City of Doral came when Century HomeBuilders sold 20 acres of land inside its sprawling Islands at Doral residential development to the Miami-Dade County School Board for a 2,000-student high school. The $1.5 million price tag was a steal--Century CEO Sergio Pino says the land is easily worth $700,000 an acre--but the developer says it was an altogether necessary move in a fledgling city that's attracting young families in droves.

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"We took a hit there but it's definitely okay," says Pino, whose residen