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  <title>The Orlando Changelog: Housing and development</title>
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  <updated>2026-11-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
  <author><name>AB Support LLC</name></author>
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    <title>Muirfield says construction has started on Gateway Osceola, 252 market-rate apartments in the Kissimmee area</title>
    <link href="https://vibeagentmaking.com/changelog/gateway-osceola-252-apartments-construction-start-kissimmee/"/>
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    <updated>2026-11-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2026-11-08T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <summary>Muirfield Development announced on Oct. 27, 2026 the start of construction on Gateway Osceola, 252 market-rate apartments at 1941 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway in the Kissimmee area of Osceola County; delivery is expected in summer 2028, and no source read gives rents or a leasing date. Before: As of GrowthSpotter's March 2024 report: construction plans filed for a 252-unit project, on a property rezoned in 2023 with preliminary site plan approval. Now: Under construction, per Muirfield Development: 252 market-rate apartments in three four-story buildings and a clubhouse, with delivery expected in summer 2028.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <title>Vertical construction is underway on Exchange at Wyld Oaks, 325 apartments in the Wyld Oaks project in Apopka</title>
    <link href="https://vibeagentmaking.com/changelog/exchange-at-wyld-oaks-325-apartments-vertical-construction-apopka/"/>
    <id>https://vibeagentmaking.com/changelog/exchange-at-wyld-oaks-325-apartments-vertical-construction-apopka/</id>
    <updated>2026-11-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2026-11-02T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <summary>Wyld Oaks announced on Oct. 15, 2026 that vertical construction is underway on Exchange at Wyld Oaks, a 325-apartment community in the 215-acre Wyld Oaks project at the SR 429 Beltway and W. Kelly Park Road; reports give first units in summer 2027 and completion by summer 2028. Before: A planned 325-unit apartment community on an 11-acre Wyld Oaks parcel Hathaway Development bought for $13 million, per GrowthSpotter in June 2026. Now: Vertical construction is underway on Exchange at Wyld Oaks, per the master developer's Oct. 15, 2026 release.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <title>Coalition for the Homeless holds a ceremonial groundbreaking for its new Center for Women and Families in Parramore</title>
    <link href="https://vibeagentmaking.com/changelog/coalition-for-the-homeless-center-for-women-and-families-groundbreaking-parramore-oct-28-2026/"/>
    <id>https://vibeagentmaking.com/changelog/coalition-for-the-homeless-center-for-women-and-families-groundbreaking-parramore-oct-28-2026/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2026-10-28T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <summary>City, county and federal leaders joined the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, for a ceremonial groundbreaking on a building of more than 105,000 square feet at its North Terry Avenue site, which Orange County calls an active construction zone; the… Before: A planned Center for Women and Families, with funding from Orange County and the City of Orlando, per the county's release. Now: A ceremonial groundbreaking held Oct. 28, 2026 on a site the county calls an active construction zone; the Coalition's leaders hope to open the center in the first quarter of 2028.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <title>Equinox agrees to buy the 74-acre Minneola Marketplace site, plans one big-box store and a hotel</title>
    <link href="https://vibeagentmaking.com/changelog/equinox-agrees-to-buy-minneola-marketplace-site/"/>
    <id>https://vibeagentmaking.com/changelog/equinox-agrees-to-buy-minneola-marketplace-site/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2026-10-26T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="housing_development" label="Housing and development"/>
    <summary>Maitland-based Equinox Development has agreed to buy the 74-acre Minneola Marketplace site on Florida's Turnpike, GrowthSpotter reports; its early master plan shows one big-box store, two apartment lots, a 2-acre park and up to 12 outparcels, including a nearly 4-acre hotel, months after Sun Terra… Before: Sun Terra Communities' Minneola Marketplace plan; Sun Terra pulled its Walmart application in June 2026. Now: Equinox Development has agreed to buy the site; its early master plan shows one big-box store, two multi-family lots on over 21 acres, a 2-acre park and up to 12 outparcels, including a nearly 4-acre hotel.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <title>Orange County commissioners approve the Tuscana project near Shingle Creek, 4-3, reversing their 2025 denial</title>
    <link href="https://vibeagentmaking.com/changelog/orange-county-approves-tuscana-shingle-creek-4-3-sept-29-2026/"/>
    <id>https://vibeagentmaking.com/changelog/orange-county-approves-tuscana-shingle-creek-4-3-sept-29-2026/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2026-10-22T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="housing_development" label="Housing and development"/>
    <summary>On Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, Orange County commissioners voted 4-3 to approve a modified Tuscana land use plan and conservation area impact permit just west of the Shingle Creek preserve, 16 months after denying it. Detailed engineering, drainage calculations and other development reviews remain… Before: Denied by the Orange County Board of County Commissioners in May 2025. Now: Approved 4-3 on Sept. 29, 2026, as the special magistrate recommended, modified with the applicant's raised-road condition.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <title>VERVE Orlando, a 626-bed student apartment community at 3133 N. Alafaya Trail near UCF, is open</title>
    <link href="https://vibeagentmaking.com/changelog/verve-orlando-student-apartments-ucf-alafaya-trail-open-2026/"/>
    <id>https://vibeagentmaking.com/changelog/verve-orlando-student-apartments-ucf-alafaya-trail-open-2026/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2026-10-19T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <summary>Subtext says it has officially opened VERVE Orlando, a 626-bed student housing community at 3133 N. Alafaya Trail near the University of Central Florida (announced Sept. 29, 2026); first residents moved in in August 2026, and the leasing page is now taking leases for fall 2027. Before: A student housing development under construction since summer 2024. Now: An open 626-bed student apartment community, leasing for fall 2027.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <title>Orange County plans apartments for lower-income households at the Developer Inn on 33rd Street</title>
    <link href="https://vibeagentmaking.com/changelog/orange-county-developer-inn-housing-plan-october-2026/"/>
    <id>https://vibeagentmaking.com/changelog/orange-county-developer-inn-housing-plan-october-2026/</id>
    <updated>2026-11-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2026-10-13T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="housing_development" label="Housing and development"/>
    <summary>On October 5, 2026, Orange County presented its plan for the Developer Inn at 2500 33rd Street, which commissioners approved buying for $13 million on June 30: most rooms would become one-bedroom apartments for households at or below 50% of the area median income, with about a dozen emergency… Before: A roughly 200-room hotel, the Baymont by Wyndham Orlando North Millenia, which Orange County commissioners approved buying for $13 million on June 30, 2026. Now: Proposed: most rooms become one-bedroom apartments for households at or below 50% of the area median income, plus units for seniors and people with disabilities who need support, about a dozen emergency short-term units for the homeless, and security around the clock.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <title>Apartment List puts Orlando's median rent at $1,520, down 0.5% year over year</title>
    <link href="https://vibeagentmaking.com/changelog/apartment-list-orlando-median-rent-1522-october-2026/"/>
    <id>https://vibeagentmaking.com/changelog/apartment-list-orlando-median-rent-1522-october-2026/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2026-10-12T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="housing_development" label="Housing and development"/>
    <summary>Apartment List's November 2026 Rent Report, dated October 28, puts Orlando's median rent at $1,520, down 0.2% over October and 0.5% over the past 12 months; Zumper reports rents flat on the month and down on the year, while Zillow's rent index has Orlando up through September. Before: By Apartment List's measure, Orlando's median rent was 0.5% higher 12 months earlier (the report gives the change, not last year's dollar figure). Now: A median rent of $1,520 across all bedroom sizes ($1,295 for a 1-bedroom, $1,609 for a 2-bedroom), down 0.2% over October and 0.5% over 12 months, in Apartment List's November 2026 report.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <title>Construction begins on the RoseArts District on the former Lake Orlando golf course</title>
    <link href="https://vibeagentmaking.com/changelog/rosearts-district-breaks-ground-on-former-lake-orlando-golf-course/"/>
    <id>https://vibeagentmaking.com/changelog/rosearts-district-breaks-ground-on-former-lake-orlando-golf-course/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</published>
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    <summary>The developer broke ground on Phase 1 of the RoseArts District with Mayor Buddy Dyer on Wednesday, September 30, 2026: about 1,600 apartments, 160 of them designated affordable, on the former Lake Orlando golf course in Rosemont. The developer expects the first building to take about 30 months from… Before: The closed Lake Orlando golf course, approved for redevelopment as the RoseArts District in December 2021. Now: Construction underway on Phase 1: about 1,600 apartments in four buildings, 160 designated affordable; the first building about 30 months from the September 30, 2026 groundbreaking, per the developer.</summary>
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  <entry>
    <title>Greystar files plans for 377 apartments at Turkey Lake Road and Central Florida Parkway</title>
    <link href="https://vibeagentmaking.com/changelog/greystar-files-plans-377-apartments-turkey-lake-road/"/>
    <id>https://vibeagentmaking.com/changelog/greystar-files-plans-377-apartments-turkey-lake-road/</id>
    <updated>2026-11-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2026-09-30T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="housing_development" label="Housing and development"/>
    <summary>Greystar submitted a development plan to Orange County on August 21, 2026 for Lakeshore at Sand Lake, 377 apartments in four five-story buildings along Big Sand Lake at Turkey Lake Road and Central Florida Parkway; it is a filed plan, not an approval, and gives no start date or rents. Before: A nearly 60-acre site, more than two-thirds water or wetlands, within the Sand Lake Groves planned development. Now: Proposed: Lakeshore at Sand Lake, 377 apartments in four five-story buildings on a 17.84-acre development site, if approved.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Beacon at Creative Village, 115 income-restricted apartments, opens downtown</title>
    <link href="https://vibeagentmaking.com/changelog/the-beacon-at-creative-village-opens-downtown/"/>
    <id>https://vibeagentmaking.com/changelog/the-beacon-at-creative-village-opens-downtown/</id>
    <updated>2026-09-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <published>2026-09-27T00:00:00Z</published>
    <category term="housing_development" label="Housing and development"/>
    <summary>The Beacon at Creative Village, 115 income-restricted studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments at 670 West Amelia Street in downtown Orlando, was open and welcoming residents as of September 15, 2026. Before: ConcordRENTS began pre-leasing in May 2026 for an early fall 2026 opening. Now: Open and welcoming residents; units listed as available now.</summary>
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