Ravaudage adding hotels, offices, more

The 73-acre Ravaudage project at U.S. Highway 17-92 and Lee Road in Winter Park continues to emerge with apartments, offices, storage and assisted living.

New and ongoing projects include the Bainbridge fivestory, 278-unit apartments and structured parking. The

107-bed assisted-living and memorycare facility and

four-story retail selfstorage are slated for construction starting in June, said developer Dan Bellows, of

Bellows plans to break ground in August on: his own four-story, 102-room

along Lee Road next to two-story offices

for headquarters; and a fourstory parking garage with retail and 332 parking spaces in the old Tom and Jerry’s block fronting U.S. 17-92.

A seven-story hotel and 430-space parking garage has been approved for the northwest corner of the Ale House parking lot. Additional retail and office space are slated to get underway in the third or fourth quarter of next year.

The developer is also working with Maitland officials on 23 acres of lakefront property with approvals for 320 residential units and 70,000 square feet of shops and restaurants, he added.

Orlando is forecast to be Florida’s second-fastestgrowing metro this year. In 2018, the population for Orange, Seminole, Lake and Osceola counties is expected to increase 3.2 percent to 2.52 million residents. In Florida, only the Fort Myers metro area stands to grow at a higher rate — 3.6 percent, according to

The populous Miami metro area is projected to grow the least, at less than half Orlando’s rate.

is about to expand with its $6.5 million acquisition of the Main Gate West Flea Market at 8548 W. Irlo Bronson Highway, Kissimmee. Tampa-based U Haul Co. of Florida plans climate-controlled storage with rental services. “UHaul wanted increased exposure on U.S. 192, especially with the various new developments in the area,” said Senior Advisor Ali Mushtaq of SVN, which, with T.C. Chen and Loraine Rahm collaborating, represented the buyers and sellers.

leased 2,600 square feet at Market at Southside, which is at Orange Avenue and Michigan Street south of downtown Orlando.

represented itself as landlord and Jared Ettinger of

represented Fresh Kitchen, which is slated to open in late spring at 2855 S. Orange Ave. in a center with

and other eateries. Fresh Kitchen is owned and operated by

with in partnership In Lake Nona,

leased square feet at the with Vasquez of

representing the tenant and Mitch Heidrich of representing the landlord. 1,269 development Erik