Orlando

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
Opening is approaching for the new Embassy Suites hotel, as developer Sierra Land Group announced that the $51.7 million project will be completed September 2012. The 300-room hotel, dubbed Embassy Suites Orlando-Lake Buena Vista South is […]

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
American Campus Communities bought the University Shoppes across from the University of Florida and plans a major redevelopment for the 14-acre property. The shopping center, located on the northwest corner of University Boulevard and Alafaya Trail, […]

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
Baker Barrios Architects prides itself with two major projects currently underway, as it was recently selected to design both a new 247-unit apartment community and a new headquarters for Second Harvest Food Bank.
Hawthorne, N.Y.-based GDC Properties […]

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
The largest open-air retail center in the Millenia trade area has been on the market for less than a week and rumors about its sale price have already been released. The 411,534 square-foot Millenia Plaza, built […]

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
Full Sail University recently purchased a $17.5 million office park close to its University Boulevard campus, adding 225,550 square feet of office space to its portfolio. Silver City Lakeview LLC, the real estate arm of the […]

by Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
Along with the approval of the SunRail commuter rail project, many developers have started revising stalled plans or drafting new ones for transit-oriented developments. Florida Hospital is the first to make an official announcement, surprising the […]

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
Boyd Development Corporation has teamed up with Dallas-based Stratford Land to acquire 600 acres of property in Horizon West, Orange County, Florida. The property, also known as Town Center East is located in the northeast and […]

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
Valencia Community College, after announcing its official change of name to Valencia College, has had another major event on its agenda—it broke ground on a new classroom building in Lake Nona. The new $21,750,000 facility is […]

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
The new Rollins Hotel, whose construction is scheduled to start this fall, will be much more than a hotel. Named after the patron family that donated the $12.5 million needed for its construction, the Alfond Inn […]

By Georgiana Mihaila, Associate Editor
Governor Rick Scott’s recent veto of public-education capital-outlay projects seems to have had a disastrous effect on the University of Central Florida’s (UCF) plans to build a $45 million Interdisciplinary Research and Incubator facility.
The Incubator, planned […]