{"id":17337,"date":"2021-11-18T18:58:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T23:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=17337"},"modified":"2021-11-18T18:58:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T23:58:48","slug":"lake-wire-apartments-and-retail-gets-approval-by-ldda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/11\/18\/lake-wire-apartments-and-retail-gets-approval-by-ldda\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Wire Apartments and Retail Gets Approval by LDDA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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630 apartments with restaurants and shops will be built on the abandoned Florida Tile site west of Lake Wire, under plans unveiled today at a meeting of the LDDA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conceptual design by Atlanta developers Carter & Associates and architects The Preston Partnership received a wholehearted approval from the LDDA board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The project, located between Lake Wire and the upcoming\u00a0Bonnet Springs Park, is viewed as a key part in plans to develop \u201cdowntown west.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The developers hope to obtain all city and state permits by early next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phase 1A of the project includes two 7,500-square-foot buildings for shops and restaurants facing Kathleen Road just south of George Jenkins Boulevard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phase 1B includes 300 apartments in four four-story buildings on 10.33 acres on the southern portion of the property closest to George Jenkins Boulevard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phase 2 of construction would include two buildings, one five stories and one four stories, with 330 apartments and 15,000 square feet of first-floor retail on 8.18 acres along Sikes Boulevard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n