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8 hours ago, AmIReal said:
Susuru has a really strong following so this is a nice "get" for the space.
Agreed, very strong get. Project would be well on its way to sustainable success imo if it gets support from our local Asian restaurants and chains - Hawker’s, Bento’s, vietnomz, Sus-hi, Seito’s, Kobe.....we’ve quietly built a pretty nice niche of strong Asian concepts in town.
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31 minutes ago, Flotex said:
Thanks, I am not in Orlando now and I was surprised there's little activity in this thread since is the only project currently going on in the city, I thought with this virus thing maybe they stopped it.
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There’s a ton of construction going on in the city and central Florida. -
The building boom is certainly over. Lenders are essentially frozen and people will wait for some level of certainty before they invest in any new projects.
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11 minutes ago, orlandouprise said:
let the crap show begin... BB will value engineer this with the Magic so that it look as bad as possible. That way it can blend in with their other $hitty designs. Nice!
With the economy tanking as we speak, value engineering might be the only way this actually happens. All projects that haven’t yet started are now at risk of never happening, imo.
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14 minutes ago, spenser1058 said:
It gets worse. There’s a Crunch across the street and an LA Fitness next to Target, according to Frank Torres. Four gyms in the same area.
I’m sticking with the Y on Mills.
Reminds me of what just happened to all the new grocers that jumped into the market all at once. Besides these large gyms, a lot of boutique fitness and yoga places have popped up all over the place. It’s gonna get ugly for some of them, unfortunately. I’d assume half of them will fail within the next year or two.
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After years on this board and not having lived through the process of getting the plaza built, I had always taken it for granted that the buildings that were demolished must have been of some tremendous historical significance but after seeing these pics......that’s what some of you guys are upset about? I don’t get it. There are buildings close to identical to those standing in downtown today and no one would be upset to see those go either....
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1 hour ago, spenser1058 said:
Don’t forget the beach although the yahoos in government keep trying to ruin “The World’s Most Famous Beach” and “The Birthplace of Speed” by privatizing it and chopping up a true wondrous expanse of sand and freedom into something as generic as every other beach town in the country.
And they wonder why occupancy has been on the downswing.
There’s more that they’ve lost on the beachside and fewer people are coming to the races but I won’ go into those here. Bottom line: why did they do away with what made Daytona Daytona?
You are going to have a really hard time finding anyone willing to save whatever it is that made Daytona Daytona. And I grew up there.
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17 hours ago, spenser1058 said:
Same thing happened to Memphis. That airport is a now a ghost town and has affected the local economy quite a bit.
Go back a bit more and the same thing has happened to many cities Like St. Louis (old TWA hub) and Kansas City.
IMO, we clearly benefit from not being a hub city. More competition, better prices, and we don’t have all our eggs in one basket.
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7 hours ago, spenser1058 said:
Some pics of the new Starbucks under construction:
https://www.thedailycity.com/post/mills50-starbucks
From The Daily City
So this makes 5 starbucks (if you want to count Target and Barnes and Nobles) within a mile of each other on Colonial but you have to drive all the way up to winter park village to find one on Mills. Something doesn’t compute.
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Bungalower posted a video tour of the project on facebook yesterday.....and what an impressive project it is. Won’t be cheap, we know, but this is premium all the way with a tremendous location, tremendous views and we’ll finally get that food hall we’ve wanted. I was hugely skeptical when such a large project was first proposed for the lot but this one’s a winner.
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59 minutes ago, HankStrong said:
It was the Waterford Lakes Super Target. You are correct, I do not fall into those categories.
Target was always a place where everything made sense. You knew where everything would be and it really isn't that way now. I'm not sure they care about my opinion because I haven't been inside a Target more than a handful of times in the last couple of years, but I definitely won't be going there now. Most shopping is unpleasant for me, but Target was always a bit different. I have started moving to a pickup or delivery mode in recent years and garage like that store will just make that easier to do.
Idk, makes plenty sense to me. Using the Colonial Target as an example, It was bonkers that particular Target carried pet and cleaning supplies in the most trafficked part of the store. They have logically moved low margin, low volume product to the corners and things that have more sizzle close to the entrances. In the case of the Colonial store, that means trendy makeup and “self-care” products from the likes of Harry’s as one example. Very millennial but it also made plain business sense.
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There’s still a lack of hotel rooms in this city away from the tourist corridor. I suspect a hotel in this location would do very well.
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I’ve noticed a bunch of work being done last couple of weeks at the site that was supposed to be an orchard supply. Wonder what’s going on....
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28 minutes ago, Jernigan said:
Per Bungalower (by way of Puff n Stuff), the Orchid Garden and Ballroom will be closing in November to prep for demo
They are not booking anymore events at the venue after November 3rd so while not official, seems like steps are being made to start on tower 2
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28 minutes ago, prahaboheme said:
That’s like asking to leave taxpayers out of the I-4 Ultimate. Is it really sanity to believe that rail is sustainable in the private sector when the world over has already shown it isn’t?
Exactly. Imagine the same article written about a road project.
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4 hours ago, dcluley98 said:
I have been wondering about association fees too. One of the main reasons I have never thought about buying a condo downtown is the ongoing association fees that are sky high in some of the buildings. After doing the math, renting was cheaper once you factored in association fees and insurance. It would be a continually variable cost after you "paid" of the condo as well, so in general, you may say you are building equity, but since the cost of living will continue to go up after it was "paid off" didn't seem like such a bargain to me. If having condos in the same building as a hotel could keep association fees lower, that would be another benefit.
I agree that association fees can get pretty high with condos, especially in downtown areas but I am always amazed by people not realizing you basically have the same costs owing a home - they are just lumpy and not predictable.
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3 hours ago, orange87 said:
I've always wondered why Daytona Beach's population has remained the same for almost 30 years, always right around 61,000. You'd think a place with global name recognition right on the coast with warm weather and low cost of living would make it a place a lot of people would want to move to. Is it the crime and poverty that keeps people away?
The population of Daytona proper is pretty misleading. Daytona is much larger than it seems - the population of the city including port orange, Ormond, holly hill, etc is close to 350,000 these days. Keep in mind Daytona can’t grow north, south or east due to the boundaries with other cities and the sea. The past few years, the most robust population growth has been in Port orange which now sits at about 63k.
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Ponte Health is hosting a Healthcare symposium in Lake Nona today so they are clearly doing “stuff”. At least they seem dedicated.
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12 hours ago, dcluley98 said:
Here's the thing. People think buses are garbage, slow, inefficient and for poor people. Make dedicated lanes separated from traffic with little automated electric pod cars that have less capacity but run more frequently and have wi-fi and better operating cost efficiency, and suddenly. HOLY CRAP THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER.
The millennials and automation are coming. Might as well get in front of it and do it right. Everybody else, including poor people, will benefit too.
Please let's do this! Better than trains, for sure for around town.This is what I have been thinking the whole time reading this discussion. Automated cars will soon start to change the whole dynamic. They are coming and coming fast. Rail might not make that much sense long term. Automated cars have the potential to fix our sprawl and transportation issues and they will not need dedicated lanes or any major infrastructure above and beyond what we currently have.
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12 hours ago, Urban25 said:
Another missed opportunity for Orlando. None of these routes are relevant to the Orlando residents. Miami/south Florida stations are serving the urban population. Hell even Tampa! If I can recall it says something about a stop between downton tampa and Ybor city. This only caters to Disney/tourism sector and the airport.
It is disappointing but these are the only viable options now. The trains are catering to tourists and how many of them will want to take a train to downtown Orlando? I am more interested in seeing this train succeed. Anything that increases the viability of rail long-term in this state is a huge win.
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On 11/10/2018 at 3:08 AM, shardoon said:
Looks like spirit airlines is turning OIA into a full fledged hub. Tons of Caribbean and Latin America flight being added monthly. All I want is a direct St Maarten flight and I'll be set. Fingers crossed.
The growth of Frontier, Southwest, and Spirit is definitely a huge positive factor for MCO. Just a few years back it appeared we would never justify hub status but all the Latin America flights for the low cost airlines are changing that equation and fast. Spirit and Frontier seem determined to be our #1.
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5 hours ago, Jernigan said:
Why, though?
Why not?
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The Edge | 32-Story Mixed Use + SunRail Station [Proposed/Demo Underway]
in Orlando
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Strongly disagree. People from all over metro Orlando have no issue driving to Disney Springs, restaurant row, I-drive, Mills 50, etc.
For some of the brands mentioned, friends of mine regularly drive 30 minutes or so to places like susuru, Tori Tori, yellow dog eats, Domu, etc. I know people from NYC that will make sure to stop at Seito in Baldwin Park when they are here on conferences because of the quality of the place. Many of those same people trek out to Park Ave. and most of them end up at Prato. The brands and reputations do matter.
We also have large minority groups in town that drive long distances regularly for the right restaurants....Asians to Colonial, Puerto Ricans down to Kissimmee.
Orlando is so spread out, people regularly drive huge distances to go literally anywhere. Downtown Sanford is booming because people have proven they are very willing to drive to dining destinations. Heck, some people fly to places like NYC and Austin just to go on “foodie adventures”.
Dining and drinking destinations are now considered tourist destinations in a lot of places. We all criticized Disney for turning Downtown Disney into a dining destination but they were clearly proven right.
I do agree on parking and the general inconvenience of downtown. That’s still a major challenge.