In his Lake County of 210,528 permanent residents, the tax roll is up for the second consecutive year, a booming 10% to $8.46 billion from $784 million the previous year. Multifamily and single-family projects helped increase the base. Developers from neighboring Orlando bang on the property appraiser's office door regularly for county demographics.

Havill couldn't be reached for comment at GlobeSt.com's publication deadline but associates who work with him tell GlobeSt.com the property appraiser doesn't see a slowdown in the county's current growth curve.

"Almost every developer in Orlando has taken at least one look at Lake County in the past year or so and considered starting projects there," Daryl M. Carter, president, Maury L. Carter & Associates Inc., Orlando, tells GlobeSt.com.

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