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New project with 350 apartments near Tupperware HQ takes shape

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Plans for a 350-apartment community to be built near the headquarters for Tupperware Brands Corp. have surfaced in Orange County.

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David Gastel, senior director of engineering with Southfield, Michigan-based engineering and construction services firm Atwell Group, is the applicant behind a request for preliminary review of “Tupperware Multi-Family,” which would see the apartments rise on 19 acres at the northwest corner of South Orange Avenue and Mary Louis Lane.

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The land is owned by New York-based O’Connor Capital Partners. The privately owned real estate investment, development and management firm bought the assemblage as part of a larger $37 million transaction in 2021 that included 125 acres of developable land and 490 acres of common areas and wetlands from Tupperware (NYSE: TUP), Deerfield Land Corp. and Dart Industries Inc.

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