Top 8 construction projects in region

International Drive and southeast Orlando dominate the top eight construction projects underway in Orange County, according to a presentation by Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh.

On average, Orange County has had $8.5 million in construction going on every day, the property appraiser said. He added that Orange had $3.1 billion of new construction for 2017.

High-profile projects include: Tremont Plaza in downtown Orlando, StarFlyer on I-Drive, SunRail/Brightline terminal at Orlando International Airport, iSquare on I-Drive, Topgolf on I-Drive, the Amazon Distribution Center in southeast Orlando and the KPMG campus at Lake Nona. two Orlando-area warehouses with a combined 513,000 square feet, according to JLL Vice President Josh Lipoff. Exeter’s newest plans call for construction of a center with 400,000 to 500,000 square feet. Lipoff and JLL Excutive Vice President Joe Hills represented the buyer. The seller was Brian Mulvaney, managing member of

Investor Tuan Mui purchased the former McNamara Pontiac dealership at 1100 W. Colonial Drive, Orlando for $2.8 million. The seller was Greg Kainz and David Lundberg

parties. represented both represented the landlord,

Safemark was the building’s first tenant so space was tailored for it, Davis said.

University of Florida Cancer Center project in Ocoee. Completion is expected in June. The mechanical contractor was selected by

for the Volusia County Public Schools’ Galaxy Middle School renovations in Deltona. That project is to be completed in October 2018.

Orlando’s new-home construction market surged ahead in the first half of the year from the same time in 2016, according to a new Residential Market Report by

The group reported that new-home closings were up 27 percent for the first six months of the year with average prices of $338,000, which was up 5 percent for the same period a year earlier.