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Kissimmee developer planning all-suites hotel on Reedy Creek Boulevard

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The proposed hotel would consist of 60 suites with a pool and fitness center on the ground level and a rooftop amenity.

The proposed hotel would consist of 60 suites with a pool and fitness center on the ground level and a rooftop amenity. (The Olive Tree Homebuilder)

Kissimmee developer Daniel Jorge has filed preliminary plans for an all-suite hotel just south of Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park.

Jorge has requested a pre-application meeting with Osceola County planners to review the concept for the proposed 60-suite hotel on Reedy Creek Boulevard. The submitted plan calls for a 6-story building with an infinity pool and jacuzzi and a community pier extending into the existing stormwater pond.

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The ground floor would house the lobby and reception area, a pool bar, a lounge, a fitness center and game room, a business center and back-of-house facilities for the hotel. Floors 2-5 would each have 15 two-bedroom suites measuring about 1,200 square feet. Each would have a living area, full kitchen, laundry, powder room and a den/office.

This perspective looking from Reedy Creek Boulevard shows the pier extending into the existing pond and the open rooftop plaza on the building.

This perspective looking from Reedy Creek Boulevard shows the pier extending into the existing pond and the open rooftop plaza on the building. (The Olive Tree Homebuilder)

The top floor would house a rooftop amenity with a gathering space and bar in the center of the building and eight “master suites” measuring 1,616 square feet on each end. These units are designed with a similar two-bedroom, 2.5-bath floorplan but with larger rooms and a 230-square-foot balcony running the length of the suite.

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Jorge, a licensed contractor and broker, is the principal of Kissimmee-based The Olive Tree Homebuilder and DGC Development Group.

The 2.14-acre parcel is carved out of a larger 53-acre parcel that is under contract to Miami-based One Real Estate Investment for a development that could include a mix of apartments and rental townhomes.

The developers of Magic Village Views had previously planned to build this condo-hotel on the site, which is just north of their resort on Reedy Creek Boulevard.

The developers of Magic Village Views had previously planned to build this condo-hotel on the site, which is just north of their resort on Reedy Creek Boulevard. (Magic Companies)

The parcel was purchased in 2022 by Saab Capital for $2 million from ETNA Holding LLLP, which was affiliated with the developer of the adjacent Magic Village Views Resort. That vacation home resort opened in 2018 and was later branded as a Wyndham Trademark Collection resort. It was developed by Magic Companies, which is currently building its third townhouse-style vacation resort in Kissimmee, which offers three- and four-bedroom units. Magic Companies had intended to build a condo-hotel on the site in question but divested of the property.

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