Laura Kinsler
Laura Kinsler is the editor of GrowthSpotter. She joined the company in 2015 as Osceola County reporter after a 15-year career at the Tampa Tribune, where she covered city and county government, transportation and development in Tampa and Pasco County.
She was named “Journalist of the Year” by the American Planning Association and has won numerous awards for both feature writing and news coverage.
She previously wrote for the Fayetteville (NC) Observer, Athens Banner-Herald and the Macon Telegraph (both in GA), where she covered everything from the Georgia Legislature to the Centennial Olympic Games.
A proud graduate of the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication, Laura follows the Georgia Bulldogs religiously. Follow her on Twitter @LKinslerOGrowth
Recent Articles
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Saunders, Parker recognized for CRE Hallmark deals of the year
It took him over 20 years to close the sale that earned Brad Parker two Hallmark Awards Wednesday, including "Deal of the Year" from the Central Florida Commercial Association of Realtors. "The Hills of Minneola was a blessing to me," the Chairman and CEO of Parker Consulting International told...
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Rezoning sought for 163-acre trail-centric community in Kissimmee
Altamonte Springs developer and civil engineer Richard Wohlfarth has a purchase contract for nearly 163 acres on Kissimmee's Lake Tohopekaliga shoreline and plans to develop a new mixed-use community that will be cradled by the Shingle Creek Regional Trail. Wohlfarth of Wohlfarth Consulting Group...
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Ponte Health submits Master Plan application for Vertical Medical City skyscraper
The developer of the proposed Vertical Medical City in downtown Orlando has filed a Master Plan application with the city for the mixed-use medical tower in the North Quarter District. Ponte Health CEO Tabitha Ponte told GrowthSpotter the firm is negotiating a 100-year land lease for the roughly...
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Osceola to sell Kissimmee softball complex to developer for $8.125M
Osceola County Commissioners have approved the sale of the county's 25-acre softball complex in Kissimmee for $8.125 million. Commissioners approved the sale to Orlando-based Elevation Development last week and scheduled the closing for Oct. 1, 2019. The site on Ball Park Road, just west of John...
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ALDI files constructions plans for new store on U.S. 192 in St. Cloud
German grocer ALDI is continuing its rapid expansion in the Orlando suburbs with another supermarket planned for Osceola County. ALDI has a purchase contract for 2.8 acres on U.S. 192, a half-mile west of Narcoossee Road. Company representatives are scheduled to meet with the St. Cloud Development...
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Harmony West expansion spurs new development activity on E192
The new home construction now underway at Harmony West has been a catalyst for real estate sales and development activity on the once-rural E192 corridor east of St. Cloud. Osceola County's Development Review Committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday with representatives of a trust that owns 61...
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Lennar rebrands 992-home subdivision in Osceola as part of its "Storey" collection
Lennar Homes has rebranded the former Woodlands subdivision in Osceola County as its fourth local Storey community. Brock Nicholas, Orlando Division President, told GrowthSpotter the homebuilder will launch sales of the 992-lot community -- now known as Storey Creek -- in November. “Our Storey...
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Newly renovated Hawthorn Suites on I-Drive sells for $14.4M
Tampa-area hotelier Ben Mallah has sold a Hawthorn Suites on the International Drive corridor to a California firm looking to convert it from an extended-stay hotel to multifamily use. Mallah's Equity Management Partners (EMP) acquired the former first-generation Marriott Residence Inn at 7975...