Builders’ show back in Orlando this week

More than 70,000 homeconstruction affiliates are expected in Orlando this week for the International Builders’ Show, one of the largest conventions in the country.

At a time when the industry continues to recover from a historic downturn that started more than a decade ago, the National Association of Home Builders estimated attendance will be up 5 percent from last year. The annual show pivots between Orlando and Las Vegas, where it heads for the next two years before returning to Orlando in 2021.

While registration has grown in recent years from a low of about 50,000 in 2011, it has not returned to peak levels of 105,000 attendees for the 2006 show in Orlando.

The show takes over Orange County Convention Center from Tuesday through Thursday in partnership with several related shows and features a kickoff talk by four-time Super Bowl quarterback Terry Bradshaw. In Orlando, show homes include the New American Homes built in Bella Collina by of

Winter Park. reinvented a 1930s house just north of downtown Orlando as the convention’s remodeling showcase.

Altamonte Springs-based Roger B. Kennedy Construction started work on what is now being called Tract 8B Apartments at The Reserve at Alafaya, under a $25 million contract with a group including Linda Parks, Maitland; Daniel Thall, Orlando; and Lawrence Ross of Morristown, N.J. Planned for 275 units, the community will be at 12530 Innovation East Drive in Orlando with completion expected in March 2019. Forum Architecture & Interior Design, Altamonte Springs, designed the project.

purchased Hilton Garden Inn Orlando East/ UCF area, 1959 N. Alafaya Trail, Orlando, for $12.1 million.

sold the property four years after buying it for $9.4 million. The Crescent group invested about $2 million into renovations, according to a CBRE. The commercial real estate group’s hotel team of Paul Weimer, Christian Charre and Jennifer Jin represented the Crescent group. Weimer said the offer generated a “competitive bidding process.”

a New Orleansbased residential and commercial building supplier, closed on a long-term lease for a warehouse with 42,000 square feet at 735 Central Florida Parkway in southwest Orlando. Jason G. Toll, director of industrial services at represented the tenant. The landlord and owner of the property is purchased acres between and sites on South Bay Eustis for $1.2 million.

Street managed by Mount Dora residents Jerry P. Brown and Thomas H. Brown, sold the property and were represented by Rick Gonzalez of

of Atlanta represented the buyers.