This original development, which is on the east side of the more recently designated Town of Miami Lakes, has neighborhood shopping centers, tot-lot parks, and a town center named Main Street.

The town is an early model of the New Urbanism movement, with shopping and services located within walking distance of residences as well as narrow, walkable streets and plenty of neighborhood parks.

When it was incorporated in December 2000, the Town of Miami Lakes became the 31st municipality in Miami-Dade County.

Lester Collins, former dean of the Harvard School of Design, was enlisted to create a master plan for the area that would become the center of Miami Lakes.

Collins laid the foundation for an integrated community, including residential, commercial, industrial, and mixed uses.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Miami Lakes has a total area of 6.5 square miles (17 km2).

[6] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 30,467 people, 10,393 households, and 7,814 families residing in the town.

[11] As of the 2010 United States census, there were 29,361 people, 9,533 households, and 7,050 families residing in the town.

[13] Since its incorporation in 2000, the Town of Miami Lakes operates under a council-manager form of government.

Potamkin Auto Group, The Graham Companies, Fine Art Lamps, Pacer, New Generation Computing, South Florida ENT Associates, Inktel, Isaco International, Safari, 1st Financial, American Bancshares Mortgage, LLC, National Molding, Lotspeich and Oliva Cigar.

[20] Miami Lakes has a unique indoor veterans memorial located at the Royal Oaks Park Community Center.

The memorial is a 50-foot-long mural that features a combination of two digitized paintings of military scenes throughout U.S. history, wood carvings, stained glass, and hand-made glass mosaics molded from leaves of Miami Lakes' trees.