ORLANDO-Standard & Poor's Ratings Service has downgraded Lake County's Resource Recovery Industrial Development refunding revenue bonds to triple-B from triple-B plus.

The New York-based firm fears the civil lawsuit Lake filed in April of this year against Fairfield, NJ-based Covanta Energy Corp. could affect the sale of the bonds. Lake is trying to regain control of the 13-year-old, 100-acre incinerator complex near Okahumpka, FL, 55 miles northwest of Downtown Orlando.

The plant, outside of Leesburg, FL, is Lake County's most controversial commercial/industrial venture.

Continue Reading for Free

Register and gain access to:

  • Breaking commercial real estate news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical coverage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.