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Architect's Life-Long Dream Project Jelling

ORLANDO-Veteran commercial designer C.T. Hsu plans $60 million, 15-acre boardwalk amusement attraction in southwest Orlando's hot tourist retail hub.

By Alex Finkelstein | Updated on July 31, 2000

The clock is ticking on architect C.T. Hsu’s ambitious, life-long venture: A $60-million, 15-acre boardwalk amusement attraction. Hsu wants the indoor/outdoor project in Orlando’s hot southwest tourist retail hub to surface by late 2001. His problem: He”s just lining up the funding>

“Not to worry,” Hsu tells GlobeSt.com. “That’s the easy part. We have an excellent start on that front.” He says that because his analysts, California-based Economic Research Associates, assure him the payback on the investment should be three years. “We figured five, so this pleases us immensely,” Hsu says.

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