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I-Drive’s $386 Million Hotel, a $2.2 Billion Builder Deal and 845 Winter Garden Apartments: Orlando Week in Review

November 13, 2026

by Jared Jones with No Comment Orlando Growth

Orlando week in review: a $386 million loan for the 700-room InterContinental on I-Drive, Publix’s Lakeland warehouse expansion, the $2.2 billion Dream Finders and Beazer deal, Gateway Osceola and 845 apartments proposed near Winter Garden.

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Big Changes Coming to Orlando: Power Bills, St. Cloud Growth, School Enrollment and a $12M Island

September 28, 2026

by Jared Jones with No Comment Orlando Growth

Orlando’s growth story is colliding with household costs. OUC is changing how residential power bills work, OCPS enrollment is falling, property-tax policy is on the ballot, and major development projects are advancing from St. Cloud and Sunbridge to Horizon West, Oakland and Groveland.

Ondich North plans approved by the Apopka Planning Commission on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, show a clustered subdivision design, replacing an earlier layout that had less open space and a more linear arrangement.

Pulte’s Ondich North in Apopka Moves Forward for 197 Homes

March 24, 2026

by Jared Jones with No Comment Community Spotlight Orlando Growth

Pulte Homes is advancing Ondich North in Apopka, a 197-home subdivision planned near Ondich Road, SR 453, SR 429, and the growing Kelly Park area.