Mixed-income project planned near Apopka promises to designate 20 percent of units as affordable After acquiring 40 acres near Apoka, shown here, an Orlando-based construction and land development company is planning to bring a mixed-income project to this segment of Northwest Orange County with townhomes, market-rate apartments, and affordable housing units. After acquiring 40 acres […]
An estimated $400 million project, the seven-story Fairmont Orlando is expected to open in 2025 with 550 rooms. (Smallwood) By DUSTIN WYATT | dwyatt@growthspotter.com | GrowthSpotter PUBLISHED: May 3, 2023 at 3:27 p.m. | UPDATED: May 3, 2023 at 5:53 p.m. Development Ventures Group (DEVEN) has taken a critical step forward on a $400 million plan to bring Fairmont’s luxury hotel product […]
Future Brightline extension, new Universal theme park amp up excitement for long-planned 36-story hotel project By Dustin Wyatt Growthspotter Apr 24, 2023 at 5:57 pm Expand The project, approved by Orange County in early 2022, consists of a 36-story,1,000-room hotel attached to a six-story parking garage with 1,000 spaces. (Smallwood) When Kevin Skorman first rolled out plans […]
Hickory Grove would add nearly 1,200 more homes and jobs to Wellness Way area By Yvette C. Hammett Growthspotter Feb 15, 2023 at 5:11 pm Expand Hickory Groves is the latest master-planned community in the pipeline for the Lake County’s Wellness Way Area. It’s surrounded by new development from Lennar, Pulte and other homebuilders. (HDSI) The owners of […]
Hancock Lone Palm Road near Waterford Lakes poised for nearly 270 housing units By Dustin Wyatt Growthspotter Nov 29, 2022 at 4:51 pm Expand Hancock Lone Palm Road, which stems off to the south of Colonial Drive just east of S.R. 408, has at least 270 single-family housing units in the pipeline across several projects led […]
Orlando’s largest home hits the market again, priced at $30M By Laura Kinsler Growthspotter Oct 04, 2022 at 3:56 pm The main house on the 18-acre compound is roughly 25,000 square feet. The property has been on and off the market since 2015. (UNEEK Luxury Photography) The 50,000-square-foot Colonial Revival mansion on Lake Down in Windermere regarded […]
Orange County signs off on segment of nearly 1,200-acre agrihood project, first of its kind in Orlando By Dustin Wyatt Growthspotter Oct 04, 2022 at 3:57 pm The Orlando market’s first Agrihood community will include 2,078 residential lots and more than 100,000 square feet of commercial space centered around a nine-acre working farm. (PFD) When Dwight […]
Developer revives Mount Dora Groves mixed-use project, but in Lake County By Yvette C. Hammett and Laura Kinsler Growthspotter Sep 07, 2022 at 3:45 pm Mount Dora Groves would straddle U.S. 441, next to the Country Club of Mount Dora. (Lake County Property Appraiser) Bering Homes’ plan for a 224.6-acre mixed-use development on U.S. 441 next to the […]
Orange County wants to incentivize developers to build mixed-income communities By Dustin Wyatt Growthspotter Aug 09, 2022 at 6:00 pm Monroe Landings, built by Wendover Housing Partners, is an example of a mixed-income community in Sanford. (Wendover Housing Partners) Last summer, the longtime owner of 40 acres of land in Apopka began hashing out development ideas for […]
HOTELS & HOSPITALITY DEVELOPMENT NEWS IN CENTRAL FLORIDA New hotel planned for Orlando’s Westwood Boulevard near SeaWorld and OCCC By Dustin Wyatt Growthspotter Apr 18, 2022 at 5:09 pm Expand A rendering shows how a future 1,000 room hotel on Westwood Boulevard will look (Smallwood Architecture) Westwood Boulevard ― a road that runs parallel to State Road […]