The developer of a big new residential community in southeast Orlando has applied for a permit to kick off its first phase of construction.
Beachline South LLC, an entity of Palm Beach Gardens-based Land InnovationsLLC, on Sept. 21 applied for a permit to begin site work on nearly 2,600 acres known as Starwood DRI which is south of State Road 528 and east of SR 417. There, 143 single-family homes, open space, parks, roads and associated storm water retention will be built as the first phase of a much bigger community.
Dewberry is the civil engineer, Donald W. McIntosh Associates Inc. is the surveyor, Edsa Inc. is the landscape architect and Devo Engineering Co. is the geotechnical engineer.
At total buildout, Starwood is slated to have 4,400 single-family homes and 2,000 apartments, Jay Thompson, Land Innovations managing partner, previously told Orlando Business Journal. The homes will be a mix of detached houses and townhomes.
“There will be variety, with prices starting around $230,000 up to $1 million,” said Thompson, who added that first-phase construction is expected to begin by early 2017. Plans still are being vetted by the city of Orlando, but Thompson said final approvals could come in October or November.
Starwood also will have about 400,000 square feet of commercial space in a mix of retail, office and industrial at total buildout. About 30 miles of trails and 800-900 acres of preserved wetlands also will be in the community to center it around nature and connectivity, Thompson said.
Catty-corner to the Starwood property is Vista Park, another new community Land Innovations has in the works. Plans include a mixed-use neighborhood on 1,572 acres with more than 4,000 homes, 20,000 square feet of office and 80,000 square feet of retail. Together, Starwood and Vista Park may create an economic impact of $4.5 billion, as previously reported by OBJ.