Doral's Last Big Vacant Tract Gets a Gas Station, Not Housing

A 7.57-acre vacant tract on Doral Boulevard, one of the last sizable unbuilt parcels in a city that has run out of dirt, is headed for a pharmacy, retail storefronts and a gas station, not housing or industrial space. Doral’s City Council votes August 12 on Matter 26-6693, a site plan resolution for the parcel on NW 41 Street between NW 114 and NW 112 Avenue, filed under applicant of record Cedeco 41 LLC.

The application seeks site plan approval under Section 53-184(f) of Doral’s code, not a rezoning. The land is already designated Business on the Future Land Use Map and zoned Community Commercial, so no land use change is needed. A zoning workshop was held June 25, 2026.

Why it matters

Doral is functionally built out. What gets approved on its remaining vacant tracts sets the template for infill in every Miami-Dade suburb that runs out of raw land next. A developer choosing a pharmacy-and-gas-station program over housing or industrial space on 7.57 acres along a major arterial is a signal: single-tenant retail with a fuel component pencils faster than a multifamily fight right now. The choice is drawing organized resistance, too. Three separate letters of opposition target the gas station specifically, citing proximity to homes and noting the area is, in one resident’s words, already served by three other stations nearby.

The numbers

The applicant’s letter of intent, filed by land-use firm Bercow Radell Fernandez Larkin & Tapanes, itemizes the program: a 15,584-square-foot pharmacy with a drive-through, a 26,600-square-foot shopping center, a 3,053-square-foot convenience store and a 7,910-square-foot canopied gas station, roughly 53,147 square feet across 329,845 square feet of land. Miami-Dade’s parcel record puts the lot at 331,056 square feet, 7.60 acres, still classified as vacant acreage. That record shows Cedeco 41 LLC acquired the property from Aran Properties N.V. on February 18, 2021, with a recorded deed price of $100, a nominal figure signaling a related-party transfer, not a market sale that tells us what the dirt is worth today. Plans are by DTI Architects & Associates, with 230 parking spaces proposed, one of several last-mile infill decisions now working through Miami as land inventory tightens.

What’s next

If the council approves the resolution August 12, conditions include Miami-Dade Traffic Engineering sign-off before a final certificate of occupancy and standard stormwater permitting before construction. The opposition letters ask the council to reject the plan or strip the gas station and commission an independent traffic and environmental study, neither of which staff’s recommendation currently requires. Whether the council holds the line on the gas station will tell developers eyeing Doral’s remaining land how much friction a fuel use draws next to rooftops.