Lake County's First Planned Office Park Wins Staff OK

ORLANDO-A three-development group partnership, with no track record of major commercial accomplishments, proposes to create Lake County’s first office park–a 283-acre, estimated $1 billion mixed-use venture comprising 130 acres of office; 13 acres of commercial; and 71 acres of single-family housing, restaurants and a hotel.

The park would be developed south of Leesburg, FL, 50 miles northwest of Downtown Orlando and three miles south of the 750-acre Christopher C. Ford Commerce Park near Groveland, FL in south Lake County.

The office park would complement the Groveland area industrial park, Lake County planners say. The industrial park, almost built out, houses distribution centers for Circuit City, Home Depot, Dominos, Marriott International Inc. and other national tenants.