D.R. Horton seeks zoning approvals for 1,565 homesites in Ridgewood Lakes America’s largest homebuilder is making another huge investment in Polk County with a pending deal to buy more than 1,200 acres in Davenport’s Ridgewood Lakes DRI. D.R. Horton has filed rezoning applications for three separate projects, all under the new title Greystone, with initial approvals for 1,565 homes. One …
The city of Winter Park is excited about the building of its new 21st century, state-of-the-art library & events center. The final project design and $42 million budget was approved by the City Commission January 2020. Construction began March 2020 and is expected to be completed fall 2021. Last week, the city celebrated the raising of the final roofbeam at …
Developer Donald Wingate wants to restore the old American Water Flo Supply building in Winter Garden into a commercial building fit for a new single-tenant user. Before it was an irrigation equipment store, the property at 646 E. Plant St. was a repair shop used by the city’s earliest settlers who were citrus growers. Today, the 7,850-square-foot warehouse is vacant. …
Plans have been submitted to the City of Orlando for a new 33-story mixed-use tower at the 350 E. Pine Street block in downtown Orlando’s South Eola neighborhood. The plans call for a building that would house 129 multi-family residential units, 228 hotel rooms, and a 741-space parking garage on roughly 1.51-acres of property framed by East Church Street, Lake …
Orlando-based Good Salt Restaurant Group will develop its fourth dining concept in the anchor space at the recently completed The Julian Apartments in Creative Village. Owners Jason and Sue Chin announced they had signed on to lease the 6,000-square-foot commercial space and are developing a new concept and menu for the restaurant, which will be named “The Monroe.” The name …
A mixed-use community may soon rise near the master-planned Lake Nona community in southeast Orlando. Arlington, Texas-based homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc. (NYSE: DHI) seeks Orange County approvals for 660 apartment units, 166 townhomes, 160 senior housing units, 150,000 square feet of retail space and 150,000 square feet of office space at 14314 Boggy Creek Road, according to Orange County records. …
The Longwood City Commission is preparing to consider a redevelopment plan in its historic downtown area that’s being proposed by commercial real estate company TI Group. At a city commission meeting held Monday evening, development manager Craig Govan and ELEVEN18 Architecture partner Kim McCann presented a plan that introduces new residential and commercial components to the area, as well as …
A pair of Argentina-born architects inspired by the Spanish Mediterranean estates of their home country want to bring a bit of that refined style to Altamonte Springs. Husband and wife Horatio Gonzalez and Graciela Blanco, founders of real estate company Silver Sea Group, will be building million-dollar homes near the Altamonte Mall and Cranes Roost Park. The family-owned and operated …
Jacksonville-based Dream Finders Homes is under contract to buy and develop more land in Horizon West. The company is planning to build a 151-lot residential community on land south of New Independence Parkway and west of S.R. 429. Lots range between 40 feet and 60 feet. Boyd Development sold the property to a joint partnership between Sun Terra Communities and …
Orange County Public Schools put its 100-acre Hungerford Prep site in Eatonville up for bid, but received zero proposals from developers. The deadline, which was pushed from March to July because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, was 2 p.m. on Tuesday. A spokeswoman for OCPS, Lauren Roth, confirmed no bids were received. “It’s disappointing,” she said in an email. “OCPS …