By: Scott Powers Orange County Mayor-elect Jerry Demings has announced his transition advisory team to be lead by Orlando entrepreneur Harold Mills and the last Democrat to hold the post he won in the August election, Linda Chapin. The bipartisan, 37-member team is full of leaders of Central Florida businesses and nonprofits including those from Walt Disney World, Adventist Health System, Orlando…
A trio of commercial projects are sprouting up in Ocoee, a growing city west of Orlando, signaling demand for quality space in the area. The projects range from new Class A office space to a pair of industrial parks on dozens of acres. Combined, the projects tally up to 800,000 square feet and about $77.9…
by: Gabby Baquero News Editor OCOEE – Following a nine-year legal battle, the vacant site upon which the Colony Plaza Hotel sat has been approved for redevelopment. In 2001, Ocoee condemned the vacant hotel after malfunctioning sprinklers flooded the property, and the city began a long legal process to demolish the property on May 9, 2009. The site,…