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New 2,900-Home Agrihood Planned Near UCF An Orlando developer is taking the sustainable farm-to-table movement to the extreme with plans for a new $1 billion, 1,237-acre mixed-use development near the University of Central Florida. Dwight Saathoff s related Project Finance & Development LLC announced plans to start construction in 2016 on a new 2,900-home working farm community, known as an agrihood,...

Orlando is One of the Top 10 Cities for Job Creation Orlando is one of the top 10 cities for job creation, according to recent data compiled by Gallup and reported by New York City-based employment search company Monster. The list, on which Orlando ranks fifth, is based on an index that captures the percentage of workers in each metro who say their employers are expanding their workforce level minus the...

Work to Start on Downtown Orlando’s Creative Village Even with new uncertainties about state funding for a downtown UCF campus, work is set to start as soon as this month on Orlando’s long-envisioned Creative Village project. Almost a decade after the concept emerged for a mixture of higher-ed classrooms, apartments, shops and offices on more than 60 acres on the western fringe of downtown Orlando,...

Orlando's Cultural Scene Has Grown Up, No Longer a Wasteland! Long derided as a cultural wasteland, Orlando's restaurant and performing arts scene has grown up in recent years, and it is starting to attract attention from national arbiters of taste. Wine Enthusiast magazine recently named Orlando as one of the nation's top wine travel destinations, and The New York Times singled out the city's food scene...

Developer Plans $102M Downtown Orlando Apartment Complex Downtown Orlando's housing stock is set to get even bigger in the coming years, thanks to a new apartment project being planned by Jefferson Apartment Group, whose office is located right next door to our Metro City Realty boutique office. The McLean, Va.-based developer bought the property just east of its existing Artisan 420 multifamily complex...

Florida's Housing Market Continues on a Steady Track Florida's housing market continues on a steady track with higher median prices, more new listings, and a continued stabilization of inventory in January, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors . Closed sales of single-family homes statewide totaled 16,087 last month, up 10 percent over January 2014. "Home price gains in areas...

Orlando to Give Out Free Composters for Valentine's Day According to the City's Green Works initiative, 24 percent of the municipal solid waste stream is food and yard waste. In an effort to reduce that number, the city will be promoting the use of house-hold composters. The City will be offering free home composters and workshops to residents of the City of Orlando, just in time for Valentine's Day. Be...

Apartment Trend is Accelerating in Downtown Orlando Standing inside the lobby of Orlando's newest luxury apartment complex, Nora, Mayor Buddy Dyer noted that this was his fourth ribbon cutting ceremony of the week a sign of the increased building in Orlando. Dyer was attending the dedication and ribbon cutting at Nora, an eco-friendly, urban rental development at 899 N. Orange Ave. I'm the happiest...

Orlando Science Center Begins New KidsTown Project The Orlando Science Center's KidsTown exhibit has been a staple in the community since the opening of the Science Center in 1997. The specialized 3,000 square foot early-childhood exhibit and play area has gone through several changes through the years to keep up with the number and age of children it serves. However, many parts of the exhibit, including...