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City Saves $214,000 for Developer

LEESBURG, FL-LCA Development of Orlando wanted to reduce parking spaces to 348 from 458 on a $15 million, 200-unit affordable housing apartment project. The compromised 400 space number cut the developer's costs. Leesburg (Pop. 15,596) is 45 miles northwest of Downtown Orlando.

By Alex Finkelstein | Updated on July 05, 2001

LEESBURG, FL-It isn’t every morning that city officials go out of their way to save a developer money. But that’s what happened in Leesburg (Pop. 15,596), 45 miles northwest of Downtown Orlando.

The city and Lou Frey III, president of LCA Development of Orlando, compromised on the developer’s request to reduce parking spaces to 400 from 458. The action shaved $147,000 off the estimated $15 million development cost of the 200-unit affordable housing project near one of the city’s busiest intersections at U.S. 441 and Mills street.

Frey realized another $67,000 savings in city fees by agreeing to install gas pipes for the building’s gas appliances. Frey still has to find final funding for the project which is applying for federal tax credits through the Florida Housing Finance Corp.

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