text: Avalon Park Planning 500,000 SF of Retail/Commercial Space | GlobeSt
  Avalon Park Planning 500,000 SF of Retail/Commercial Space
  ORLANDO-The neotraditionally-designed community is set to launch a $15-million construction program that will include a 100,000-sf town center, 70 apartments, 78 luxury townhomes, a community center and a new Lutheran Church.
  The development is launching a $15-million construction program in the first quarter that will include a 100,000-sf town center, 70 apartments, 78 luxury townhomes, a community center and a new Lutheran Church. Townhome sales begin next month. The development is approved for 500,000 sf of commercial space.
  "In about 15 months, you may not recognize Avalon Park," project developer Beat Kahli tells GlobeSt.com. For example, the town center facility will comprise a single four-story building that will have 70 apartments on upper floors and 28,000 sf of rental shops and cafes at street level.
  The estimated value of existing commercial projects at Avalon is $3.5 million, puny compared to what Kahli is planning for the near future. For example, a 19,000-sf Lutheran Church facility and a 3,000-sf community center the church will share with Avalon residents and a 2,000-sf children's golf academy are slated to break ground in the first quarter. Two schools are under construction.