{"id":302640,"date":"2026-10-08T22:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T22:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/302640\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T22:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T22:20:08","slug":"city-accepts-first-reading-of-southfork-drive-annexation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/302640\/","title":{"rendered":"City accepts first reading of Southfork Drive annexation\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FloridianFloridian Town Center is expected to begin construction by spring of 2027. <\/p>\n

Concept art courtesy of CR Endeavors<\/p>\n

The Apopka City Commission accepted the first reading of an ordinance to annex Southfork Drive\u2019s remaining segment on Wednesday, marking another step in the creation of the upcoming mixed-use development Floridian Town Center.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe proposed annexation will bring the remaining segment of Southfork Drive, located between S.R. 429 and its westerly terminus, into the City limits. This segment currently separates the north and south portions of the Floridian Town Center development,\u201d said the staff report<\/a>. \u201cAfter annexation, the developer intends to request the vacation of the applicable portion of Southfork Drive so the existing alignment can be incorporated into the master planned roadway system. Annexation must occur before the roadway vacation and subsequent platting activities can proceed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to developer CR Endeavors\u2019 website<\/a>, Floridian Town Center will span approximately 75 acres and include residential, shopping, dining and health care partners. Last month, the commission approved the development plan<\/a> for Floridian Town Center\u2019s upcoming Marriott-branded hotel<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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CR Endeavors President Jimmy Holloway expects the project to begin construction by spring of 2027. Although CR Endeavors is based in Alabama, Holloway has done business in Florida \u201cfor 30 years through different means in the real estate sector.\u201d His foray into the Orlando metropolitan area, however, begins with Floridian Town Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we were going around, we were looking at different areas in the Orlando metro area that had growth. 429 had not opened all the way around and connected before at that point, but we saw what was happening,\u201d Holloway said in a phone interview with The Apopka Chief. \u201cWe found out [Apopka] was a bedroom community for a lot of people that actually worked in the health services sectors in Orlando, so that was an interesting combination, which has also led to our desire to make this a little bit more of a wellness village-type.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Holloway said Floridian Town Center would be built in a similar manner to one of CR Endeavors\u2019 other projects, Alabama\u2019s Riverwalk Village<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201c[Riverwalk Village] is going to have a very large medical facility in it, ambulatory surgery, physician medical practices, diagnostics, imaging, wellness facilities,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have some larger buildings on this property\u2013we probably won\u2019t have quite as large buildings in Florida \u2014 but we have some smaller-scale medical specialties, wellness facilities, and then just walkability because we\u2019ve got a lot of property here\u2026 There\u2019s going to be a fair amount of green space with all of the drainage systems and everything that are in place. So from a walkability standpoint, on 70 acres, there\u2019s a lot of property to walk around and do things between the different areas.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Although Holloway said high interest rates and \u201cthe slowdown of people migrating into Florida\u201d proved difficult, he is confident in the future of the project.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThings are stabilizing. We\u2019re seeing a lot more level playing field and level need base from renters and owners, and also retail is doing well and expanding. We foresee, in addition to medical, specialized, smaller boutique retail here, such as restaurants and specialized stores, maybe a market or two,\u201d he said. \u201cThings have been challenged in the past, but we\u2019re heading into a better time and era. And I\u2019d say that we\u2019re in the right place from a growth pattern standpoint, coming north out of Orlando, and we\u2019re very excited about where this project is going to go.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Floridian Town Center is expected to begin construction by spring of 2027. Concept art courtesy of CR Endeavors…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-302640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}