[Downtown Orlando Project Discussion]

30 minutes ago, spenser1058 said:

This is sounding more and more like the infamous 7-star resort that promised everything but the kitchen sink. Maybe Ms. Ponte can add a VMC to it…

.....funny.

You seem to be missing the point where this developer is the same as CitiTower.

I'm having a hard time recalling Ms. Pointe's credentials...

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16 hours ago, elefants said:

From the article:

"The museum will anchor the forthcoming 1 million-square-foot modern glass tower at Church, Lake and Pine streets. The new 33-story building, by SDG, LLC and Summa Development Group, LLC, also will contain a luxury restaurant, condominiums, penthouses, a “sky club” and the first five-star hotel in Orlando’s central business district."

This almost seems too good to be true. I hate that I've been conditioned to have the I'll-believe-it-when-I-see-it mentality.

If there is anything disappointing about this project, it's that we won't have a world-class architect designing some avant-garde behemoth of a museum (like I was secretly hoping for)... but I could settle for this.

FYI They've since updated the article - OMA is in addition to the Convention space - "The new 33-story building, by SDG, LLC, and Summa Development Group, LLC, also will contain a luxury restaurant, condominiums, penthouses, a “sky club,” a convention center, a dog park and the first five-star hotel in Orlando’s central business district"

 

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2 hours ago, IAmFloridaBorn said:

Division and Central Southwest corner? 

 

Parking garage I assume? You know since it's Orlando!

it's the new RDV / Magic training facility

[Lake Ave. & Pine St. | 33-Story Mixed-Use [Proposed]]

On 8/2/2019 at 4:38 PM, klstorey said:

I'll be sad to see the St Regis apartments demo'd. I think the region could benefit from more, not fewer, smaller apartment complexes that have character. Garden apartments and the like are sorely needed. That missing middle can add a lot of character to a community and provide a better mix of housing costs. 

St Regis and the adjacent building are not part of this assemblage. The site being marketed is more or less a L shape that wraps around those two buildings.

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51 minutes ago, JFW657 said:

Some of the larger, older trees are on the street side of the sidewalk and could possibly be saved, but there are definitely a lot of them inside the construction area that would have to come down.

Plus, amongst all the existing buildings they'd have to tear down are these two...

And while none of the buildings on this block are "architectural gems", destroying them (and the tree canopy) is destroying the quaint old Orlando feel of the neighborhood.

I hope it doesn't go up, but even if it doesn't, it's just a matter of time before something does. That neighborhood is doomed to become a concrete canyon eventually.

These two buildings aren't actually a part of the assemblage.