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Lake Nona? She may have been born in the cow fields by a rather unimpressive lake, but she's *Slaps Beep Vehicle* as Urban as they come.

They really should have matched up the ingress/egress with Mc Camy St. and create a lighted intersection. Why does the city allow this type of blatant street disconnect? We have an oppotunirty to slow down traffic in a changing mixed use corridor and create a more pedestrian friendly streetscape and we blew it- again! If we want to get away from our title as most pedestrian unfriendly city in the US, these are the types of fixes we could and should be making. Great little infill development though, but it's the little things....

I do believe there is a perfectly easy way to extend Geneva south, acquiring easements from property owners and plowing through some surface parking and a couple grassy bits, it would be a rather small alley too. If you look at Trinity Church's original expansion plan here, they were planning on putting a little road there in the first place too. One of the hindrances to it being straight is, from what I can tell, was the travelodge property, why not rectify it now? Also, I'm looking at Magnolia, and this general area, from a North to South perspective, not east to west. Obviously height limits aren't changing in the Lake Eola district, but I envision decent height and mixed use along Magnolia in a couple years. With the last empty lots on Orange quickly being developed , Radius under construction, and the Sentinel blocks still in play, N-S Magnolia/Robinson to N.Orange Ave is prime to be central arterial (rivaling Orange ave) in a couple years. And what a shame it will be if up and down Magnolia we have driveway after driveway breaking up the urban form. Overall, I just think the mindset has to change. Parking needs to become more difficult to find, people need to start making less, short distanced trips, VMTS have to go down, developers need to know that surface level parking, hidden or not, will not be acceptable downtown anymore (pipe dream I know but maybe if we had a more progressive mayor it wouldn't be). Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, etc. etc. did not get to where they are today without first taking baby steps. And thank you! Sorry I just worked a 10 hour day and was in.. a mood lol.

Here's my issue with this project (and I'm going to continue calling out this type of short sided planning I see the city partake in they until they begin to take long range planning seriously). There is no place for surface level parking lots in downtown. Full stop. If we want to grow up as a city, if Mayor Demmings and Mayor Dyer are serious about a transportation plan to help further our regions mobility, connectivity, and competitiveness we have GOT to do away with surface level parking lots in the CBD. It's an affront to urbanism and a detriment to any serious efforts to change the public's mindset on transportation (which will be centered around cars for the foreseeable future) in the Orlando region. At the very least take a look at a map. One block north you have Geneva place, a small, alley type street that can run down this block and connect with Livingston St, providing an enter and egress point for deliveries, hidden, multi-story parking lots, and other mundane uses. WHY HAVE A CAR POINT OF ENTRY ON MAGNOLIA? Ruining a potentially beautiful street wall?! You can be sure all those property owners between Travelodge and Amelia are courting developers to buy there land, and what will we have then? More car entry points on Magnolia, or another SUPER, HALF BLOCK SIZED TOWER that distorts scale and perpetuates our stocky, stubby skyline. We need more streets downtown, we need smaller blocks. Can someone complain on my behalf as i'm not in the state right now. I can't wait to move back and raise hell at every appearance review board meeting.

I'd argue that this development sets a new president in Ivanhoe Village in which further developments can be modeled after. I honestly think those homes south of Lake Formosa between Mills and Orange Ave should be on the chopping block soon for some seriously dense redevelopment. Extending the "urban-ness" north towards the Winter Park border, East towards OEA, South towards Pinelock and West towards John Young is the direction we should go in. Focusing more on denser infill, and building up missing middle projects. Ivanhoe Village/Mills 50/Little Saigon is where all our cities cool/artsy/hip development is going to flourish for the foreseeable future. Might as well develop them to be eye-catching.

I suppose we're losing that cute red roofed building where Thai Stop was? That's a shame. The building has character, great street activation, and potential for cool redevelopment. I always thought this area would organically make such a great neighborhood with its small blocks, proximity to transit and jobs. I wish Orlando Health had a more comprehensive development plan instead of this piecemeal business. A couple of "The Yard" projects would look great in this area!

Hi everyone! Longgggggg time lurker, first time poster. Orlando Native, currently not living in the city but still beholden to my city beautiful. Quick thought on this project... did anyone at city planning consider realigning the streetthat bisects this block (does it have a name? the one that goes through crescent) so that it matches up with State Lane. I know it's a small detail, but as planner myself it is absolutely baffling that something like connecting two ends streets that are mere feet apart did not come to mind when Crescent was originally built, and again now that Golden Sparrow is in development. Orlando needs better street connections, signaled intersections, and slower speeds if we're ever going to reduce our pedestrian vs car collision rates, and it starts with small details like this. As for this project I enjoy the density, but I think it's going to look fantastically odd in contrast to the Bank of America building and OC Court House. **** Also screw Crescent for complaining, they should have never developed that crapty suburban style, art deco knock off apartment building there, what a waste of prime real estate.****