A nearly 20-acre stretch of land just west of the Seminole Towne Center Mall near Sanford is being eyed for a large-scale mixed-use project with more than 300 apartment units, 406,437 square feet of nonresidential space, and a 120-room hotel.

Winter Park-based Douglas Partners has submitted an application to Seminole County requesting to change the zoning for an assemblage of 21 parcels along International Parkway from its current agricultural and office designation to clear the way for the new development.

The proposed land-use change was scheduled to go before the county’s planning and zoning commission on Nov. 1. Staff is recommending approval.

The property, located a short drive south of S.R. 46, sits within Seminole County’s High Intensity Planned Development Target Industry (HIPTI) area. The future land-use designation was established by the county in 1990 to attract economic development to land along the northside of I-4.

“The proposed development meets the criteria of the future land-use as it provides for a mixture of non-residential target industry uses, such as medical office, outpatient facilities, general office, hotel, and commercial support uses,” Chad Moorhead with the Maitland-based engineering firm Madden, Moorhead & Stokes wrote in application materials.  “The proposed development will contain a supportive, high-density residential section that is intended to house the employees of the target industry and other adjacent uses.”

Source:  GrowthSpotter