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- Orlando is considering four proposals to buy and redevelop 6.06 acres in the Parramore neighborhood for mixed-income residential, with affordable housing developers from Orlando, New York, Tampa and Jacksonville still in the running.
- On the Border, the nation's largest full-service Mexican restaurant chain, will open a new location in front of Super Target on U.S. 192.
- Mosaic Church is consolidating two locations into a new Winter Garden property, for which subcontractors are being sought by early March.
- Orlando Health Central has revealed to Orange County staff the first phase plans for what will be a 74-acre medical campus in Horizon West.
- A new industrial development near Orlando International Airport will sign its largest tenant in a major manufacturer to 60,000 square feet or more, its developer says.
- The developer of a fully entitled, 88-unit condominium project set for 7.7 acres near Kissimmee's Judge Farms property is now selling the land and plans for $1.5 million.
- Osceola County leaders named LandDesign as the top-ranked firm in the competition to design and master-plan its 500-acre Judge Farms research park. Perkins+Will and Sasaki complete the top three and will also be invited to present later this month.
- Winter Park-based MMI Development closed the last of four parcel sales for future apartment development to Ohio-based NM Residential on Thursday, with ground to break on projects in Apopka and Maitland in the coming weeks.
- Orange County Public Schools is finding population growth at Lake Nona a bit difficult to keep up with, with construction of a second middle school set to begin this month, and a second elementary school now being planned.
- The committee will spend the next few weeks scoring the proposals and deciding which teams to invite to make formal presentations. GrowthSpotter highlights the final four of eight proposals.
- Eight firms competing for the contract to design Osceola County's high-tech research park have offered a glimpse into their vision for the 500-acre Judge Farm in recent responses to the county's request for letters of interest.
- The regional park will get three new FIFA-standard soccer fields and a championship stadium with seating for up to 2,000 spectators.
- With a Walgreens lease nearly complete and tenant negotiations underway for the building's fourth floor, an elevated sign on the building's corner will honor the original bank sign from the 1930s.
- While the College Station project drew one LOI to design and master plan, the Judge Farm research park drew a bevy of global firms.
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- Haider Development Corp. bought just under one acre from the Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation on Pennsylvania Avenue in downtown Winter Park with plans to build four homes.
- The developer would pay close to $2 million for 8+ acres of prime downtown real estate and must deliver 330 residential units within the next five years.
- A local architect and civil engineer will likely be hired by March 2016, after the property is seen through rezoning and Land Use Plan changes with Orange County, according to a consultant on the project.
- The 23-story hotel is planned for a 5.3-acre tract that will require a lot split from a 38.8-acre parcel owned by Stan Thomas' Orlando Equity Partners.
- The ER facility off I-4 is expected to open in May 2016 and cost an estimated $10 million. Florida Hospital is also opening one in Winter Garden.
- Roundstone Development and Cross Architects rethought their plan to meet Osceola County's needs and is applying for federal tax credits to move forward.
- Proposed complex would add 80 units of affordable housing near the Florida Turnpike but the whole project is at risk if it can't meet a deadline next week.
- Dated land-use limitations for the VOA-Nerbonne PD are limiting the developer, which must ask another parcel owner for permission to max out the PD's residential development.
- The county wants applicants to have creative consultants in "place-making" for the 540-acre Judge Farms property, site of the Florida Advanced Manufacturing Research Center.
- Abdul Mathin says project remains on pace for construction documents and building permits late this year.
- The Orange County School District is gearing up to spend over $75 million to replace dilapidated elementary schools.
- Scott Boyd and Ken Kupp, the partners behind Central Florida's largest town center project, gained perspective from renowned urban planners, architects and retail analysts that influenced their master plan.
- Welbro Building Corp. of Maitland will start construction in the fall on a senior living facility offering a "resort" style of life in Casselberry.
- The iSquare Mall + Hotel development is a $300 million project slated to open in late 2017 on Orlando's International Drive. It will include Solis Orlando Hotel, a five-star hotel.
- More than 300 units through two phases expected over the next year for vacation home development.
- A combined $29 million investment is projected by the company at its Vacation Villas Resort in the coming months.
- Snow White Village is being resurrected as an apartment complex after once serving as a trailer park for people who performed at Epcot.
- Colonial Grand at Randal Lakes will double its size by adding 314 apartments to keep up with demand in Lake Nona.
- The second pre-construction ceremony for the new Orlando Police Department Headquarters is planned for Thursday, teeing off vertical construction.
- Bids are due July 7 for the Medical City project. Reynolds, Smith and Hills was selected as the architect and engineer.
- Sister hotels near Sea World are getting ready for construction, with contractors chosen and subcontractors being sought as the project waits for final permitting.
- The Jack and Lee Rosen Jewish Community Center will nearly double in size through an expansion that will include a theater, an auditorium and almost 10 classrooms.
- Windermere's exclusive enclave Isleworth has taken the unusual step of letting another builder behind its gates.
- NY-based AWH Partners to add 30,000 square feet of meeting space, update rooms and landscaping, exec says.
- The new Florida Hospital tower will take patients in July and start a facelift of the older portion.
- Magic Development expects to open 180-townhome luxury resort Magic Village in September, the first of three timeshare projects the company is developing at a projected $1.23 billion investment over the next decade.
- One of the architects of Horizon West is involved with planning the next big development across the line in Lake County: Wellness Way.
- A trip to Phoenix helped convince Orlando's mayor and the UCF president that Orlando needs a downtown college campus.