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

The financial district of downtown Orlando, Florida.

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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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