Dadeland is a commercial district and urban

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similar to an

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, amid the sprawling

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s of Kendall, Glenvar Heights, and Pinecrest, in the

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, at the end of the

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line.

History

Development in the then-desolate area began in earnest in 1960 with the completion of Palmetto Expressway (Florida 826) and

Dadeland Mall Dadeland Mall is a large enclosed shopping mall located in Kendall, Florida, in the Dadeland district. The mall, originally developed by the Joseph Meyerhoff Company of Baltimore, opened October 1, 1962 as a , open-air complex of 60 stores and s ...

, the largest

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at the time. As Kendall became a center for

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, Dade County constructed two

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s in the area, Don Shula Expressway (Florida 874) and Snapper Creek Expressway (Florida 878), between 1972 and 1980.

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service into

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commenced with the completion of the

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in 1984, providing rail service to suburban commuters in southern Dade into Miami and greater South Florida's

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. Residential and office complexes were constructed in the area in the 1990s and 2000s due to a unique zoning that allowed dense and high-rise development in the triangular area between US-1 and the Palmetto Expressway.

Transportation

Dadeland is served by the

Dadeland North Dadeland North station is a station on the Metrorail rapid transit system in the Dadeland district of Glenvar Heights, Florida. This station is located at the intersection of South Dixie Highway (US 1) and Southwest 83rd Street on the Snapper Cr ...

and Dadeland South stations, directly connecting one of the largest suburban communities in southern Florida with

and

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. Numerous Metrobus lines terminate at the Dadeland South station, with connections to

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and

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via the

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: *

(SW 70th Avenue and U.S. 1) * Dadeland South (Dadeland Boulevard and U.S. 1)

Economy

Pollo Tropical Pollo Tropical (Spanish language, Spanish for "Tropical Chicken") is a South Florida-based restaurant chain and Franchising, franchise specializing in food inspired by Latin-American, Latin-Caribbean cuisine. Founded in 1988, the chain has its h ...

has its headquarters in Dadeland. The headquarters had moved there in 1994.About Us
" Pollo Tropical. Retrieved on February 2, 2012.

Education and institutions

Elementary schools

Miami-Dade County Public Schools Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is a public school district serving Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida. Founded in 1885, it is the largest school district in Florida and the Southeastern United States, and, , the fourth la ...

operates area public schools: *Kenwood Elementary School

Private schools

Gulliver Preparatory School Gulliver Preparatory School or simply Gulliver Prep, is a private co-educational school. Its management offices are in Kendall, a census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Its four campuses are across the county. Previously the ad ...

* Temple Beth AM Day School *Cattoira Montessori School

Points of interest

Downtown Dadeland Downtown Dadeland is an urban residential and retail development in Dadeland, Kendall, Florida, USA. Dadeland is an edge city in Kendall, which is part of unincorporated Miami-Dade County. Downtown Dadeland was completed in 2005, during a South ...

Dadeland Station Dadeland Station is a lifestyle shopping center located in Dadeland, Florida in the metropolitan Miami suburb of Glenvar Heights, near the border with Kendall. It is located immediately across the Snapper Creek and within walking distance of ...

* Kendall, FL * Glenvar Heights, FL * Pinecrest, FL *

Metropolis at Dadeland Metropolis at Dadeland is a pair of skyscraper condos in the Dadeland neighborhood of Kendall, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. - Compare with the street address: - Despite the Miami address, it is in Kendall CDP. Metropolis at Dadelan ...

References

External links

Downtown Dadeland
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