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WINTER PARK — Two premium Park Avenue lots on Lake Maitland sit empty next to each other after mansions on both were demolished in recent months.

One sold for $6.85 million late last year. The other changed hands earlier this month for $6.5 million, the second time that property has sold in less than six months, making the seller a nice profit.

Together, they encompass three acres of prime waterfront land with about 240 feet of shoreline.

“That’s the rumor in town [that they are connected] and I have heard it from more than one person, and no they are not connected,” said Brian Mitnick, a real estate agent with Re/Max 200 Realty, told GrowthSpotter. “There was a period where you could have bought both, which would have been pretty incredible, but no, they had nothing to do with each other.”

Mitnick represented the seller of the property at 1190 N. Park Ave. when it sold in October 2023. The 20,000-square-foot home was torn down.

That property was the family home of homebuilder Charlie Clayton’s late parents, Joan and Charles Clayton. read more

Orlando Health officials have opted not to pursue plans for a 200,000-square-foot corporate office tower following discussion with Orlando planning staff.

Members of the company’s development team and their planning firm, GAI Consultants, held a pre-application meeting with city staff in December to discuss the project, which was contemplated for 1227 S. Division Ave.

Spokeswoman Kena Lewis told GrowthSpotter on Tuesday the tower project is a “no-go.”

Orlando Health purchased the site in 2018 for $1.6 million from AT&T, which previously operated a small office and a warehouse, both built in 1959, on the site. The hospital also bought the adjacent warehouse at 1309 S. Division Ave., increasing the size of the property to 3.68 acres. Lewis said there are currently no plans for future development on the parcel.

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