. ♪ the father-daughter duo of armando and ana-marie codina bought 31 buildings in an industrial arearal years, but we have now demolished 27 of the 31. >> we really wanted to build a community of locals. we want a vibrant place where people want to live, work, play. >> condo towers, more than 70 stores and restaurants, over a million square feet of office space, even the new $20 million city hall and village green that you see behind me. armando codina says his plan is all coming together now, but it was 30 years in the making. >> i was lucky enough that cuba was 90 miles from the united states and that i was able to come here. so, everything that i have, i owe to this country. you couldn't do what i've done anyplace else. you interview my daughter -- she has an mba from m.i.t. i didn't go to college. i went to support my mama when she got out of cuba, so... >> it wasn't until 2003, after a seven-year battle, that residents finally voted to incorporate and doral became an actual city. >> we want like mixed-use developments like this one, where you can work and learn and play and wher