{"id":432890,"date":"2026-10-20T10:34:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T10:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/432890\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T10:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T10:34:19","slug":"contemporary-townhomes-planned-near-lake-eola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/432890\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary townhomes planned near Lake Eola"},"content":{"rendered":"

A development group led by Bellavista Building Group<\/a>\u2018s Aldo Martin is planning to build 15 luxury townhomes near Lake Eola that will start at around $1 million.<\/p>\n

Martin partnered with\u00a0Marcio Ramos of RBZ Corp<\/a>,\u00a0Francesco Arato of Alamo Homes Group<\/a>, and a fourth silent partner to form East Central Holdings LLC, which has purchased three lots in downtown Orlando on E. Central Boulevard and Pine Street, about a block east of Lake Eola.<\/p>\n

The Towns at Eola plan calls for a two-phase development starting with the 10 northern units fronting on Central, followed by the five southern units. A one-way drive aisle would align with the existing driveways and provide access to each unit\u2019s garage.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe site plan calls for 15 luxury townhomes with a one-way drive aisle between E. Central Boulevard and Pine Street. The 10 units on the Central Avenue lots will be constructed in Phase 1. (Site plan by Catalyst Design Group)<\/p>\n

Each unit would have three bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms. The first 10 units will each have a 2-car garage. The last five will use a slightly smaller footprint with a one-car garage. The front entrance will have a small deck facing either the street or a private walkway within the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing that we\u2019re going for is to bring a luxury-type townhome to downtown,\u201d Martin told GrowthSpotter. \u201cWe\u2019ve done some in SoDo, and we\u2019re actually going to start another project on Michigan Avenue and Lake Holden. They\u2019re similar concepts for people who want to live downtown but don\u2019t want a condo or apartment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The developers are working with Catalyst Design Group<\/a> for planning, engineering, architecture and landscape design. They received a courtesy review last week from Orlando\u2019s Appearance Review Board for the concept, where the feedback was generally positive, though one member thought the design was somewhat busy and the window pattern looked \u201crandom.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Each of the 15 three-story townhomes will have rooftop decks with views of Lake Eola. (Rendering by Catalyst Design Group)<\/p>\n

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The design calls for contemporary architecture with a mix of white stucco, charcoal gray metal, stone, and wood-toned accent trim and doors. (Rendering by Catalyst Design Group)<\/p>\n

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The drive aisle will align with the existing driveways to minimize the impact on the existing streetscape. (Rendering by Catalyst Design Group)<\/p>\n

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Front doors and stoops will front on a private walkway extending from E Central Boulevard to Pine Street. (Rendering by Catalyst Design Group)<\/p>\n

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The design includes a small parklet in the common area. (Rendering by Catalyst Design Group)<\/p>\n

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Each of the 15 three-story townhomes will have rooftop decks with views of Lake Eola. (Rendering by Catalyst Design Group)<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere\u2019s a lot going on,\u201d one member said.<\/p>\n

The staff had few notes, but questioned how the developer would maintain access to Pine Street during the Phase 2 construction.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we should be able to start construction in mid-2027,\u201d Martin said. He said they need to apply for rezoning to create a unified site plan for the three parcels. The partners are also under contract for a fourth parcel on E. Pine Street, so if that closes, they\u2019ll be able to expand the project to 20 townhomes.<\/p>\n

Martin said the units are not planned to have elevators. \u201cMost likely it\u2019s going to be steps because there\u2019s not a lot of square footage in the units, and the elevator would take away a lot of space.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pricing will be finalized at a later date, but it will be comparable to other townhome projects in the Central Business District.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight down the street from us, Jordan Homes is doing something similar on Robinson, and I think he\u2019s listing units there between $900,000 and $1.2 million,\u201d Martin said. \u201cI\u2019m thinking we\u2019re going to land in the same range \u2014 maybe a little bit more \u2014 because we\u2019re closer to Lake Eola and the downtown area. But it\u2019s somewhere in that range.\u201d<\/p>\n

Have a tip about Central Florida development? Contact me at\u00a0lkinsler@GrowthSpotter.com<\/a> or (407) 420-6261. Follow GrowthSpotter on\u00a0Facebook<\/a> and\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A development group led by Bellavista Building Group\u2018s Aldo Martin is planning to build 15 luxury townhomes near…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[558,15891,34752,28,114,15892,1335,139,141,140,480,11478,11479],"class_list":["post-432890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-business","tag-central-florida-notable-home-sales","tag-downtown-orlando-developments","tag-florida","tag-latest-headlines","tag-notable-home-sales","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-real-estate","tag-residential-developments","tag-single-family-residential"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}