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New York developer plans to build new mixed-use tower in downtown Orlando

Orlando skyline The financial district of downtown Orlando, Florida. (Nick Papantonis)
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal.

New York-based Lexin Capital filed plans April 21 with the city of Orlando for a 250,000-square-foot, mixed-use tower to rise out of the ground in downtown Orlando.

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A project that size could cost $21.3 million to build, according to industry standards.

The as-yet unnamed project would be a 16-story, 223-unit apartment tower with 19,512 square feet of ground-floor commercial space available. It would be build at 550 Mariposa St., just east of the central business district and south of Lake Eola.

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Click here to read the full story on the Orlando Business Journal’s website.


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