Eateries slated for Maguire Road, State Road 50

OCOEE – Papa John’s Pizza, Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches, QDOBA Mexican Eats and T-Mobile have all been approved as tenants for a 10,400-square-foot plaza proposed for the northeast corner of the State Road 50 and Maguire Road intersection.

Ocoee City Planner Mike Rumer confirmed a building permit request had been filed for the 1.25-acre site located on the northeast corner of the intersection, where the Sabal Hotel once stood. A building permit also has been filed for the southwest corner of the intersection.

“On the southwest corner, we have a building coming in and on the building plans it says Orlando Health urgent care and the other says Tijuana Flats,” Rumer said. “So for those they told us upfront two of the users that are going in there.”

The site plans for the northeast corner outline a shell retail building — owned by Equity Investment Services — which will be leased out to multiple tenants. Nick Barbato, vice president of Equity Investment Services, confirmed they already have brokered a deal with the four food tenants. 

This will be Mexican chain QDOBA’s first location in West Orange. Barbato said the company still is negotiating with other potential tenants for the remaining 3,000 square feet of space available.

“I can’t share who those are just yet, because we’re still negotiating with a couple of interested parties looking to take that space,” Barbato said. “But we’re negotiating with one tenant that would take the entire space. And then our secondary option would be to subdivide the space and do two smaller units, so we’ll have between five to six tenants.”

Barbato added his company is not looking for additional restaurants — because the parking is limited. Rather, it would like to fill the space with retail and medical uses. 

Because construction is ahead of schedule, Barbato expects to deliver the space to the tenants by the fourth quarter of 2017. Tenants will be able to open for business by the first or second quarter of 2018.

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