ROSEMONT, Fla. — City leaders on Wednesday broke ground on what officials describe as one of the largest redevelopment projects ever planned for Orlando’s Rosemont neighborhood.
The development, known as RoseArts District, is a $1-2 billion mixed-use project that will transform the former Lake Orlando Golf and Country Club into a community featuring thousands of apartments, retail space, educational facilities and other amenities.
Phase One of the project will include approximately 1,600 apartment units, retail space and a charter school. When fully built out, the development is expected to feature about 5,600 apartment units.
The project site sits on the former golf course property, which closed in 2014. Developers purchased the land, and the Orlando City Council approved redevelopment plans in 2021.
The proposal previously raised concerns among some Rosemont residents, particularly about the potential impact a development of that size could have on traffic in the area.
Developers say they have incorporated plans to address those concerns in-house.
“RoseArts is building its own road to facilitate and accommodate the traffic that may arise from the new development,” said Jakub Hejl, chairman of Westside Capital Group. “Not only are we accommodating our own needs, but we may actually be improving the situation on the roads that already exist here because we’re not relying on the roads that are here.”
We asked the mayor about concerns about the demand for housing.
“It is in the urban core. We’re 10 minutes from downtown Orlando. It’s not 90 minutes from your job,” Dyer said. “So I think this is a really great opportunity for good housing in a good location.”
Construction on the first phase is expected to begin soon. Developers estimate it will take between three and five years to complete.
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