Mixed-use project in Ocoee clears first hurdle

OCOEE – A proposal for a mixed-use project received the green light on its first reading during the Jan. 16 Ocoee City Commission meeting.

The proposed project, dubbed Inspiration PUD, is planned for two parcels totaling 16.27 acres of property at the southwest corner of Maguire Road and Florida’s Turnpike. 

The applicant for the project, Maguire Road LLC, is requesting annexation and a change in the zoning classification from Orange County A-1 and Ocoee C-3 to Ocoee Planned Unit Development.

According to city documents, the applicant seeks to develop the property with a mixed-use commercial center, which would include 90 townhome units built in a modern style, a preschool and retail/commercial space housed across four buildings.

Building No. 1 would be a 13,681-square-foot preschool, and building No. 2 would host 12,600 square feet of office/retail. Building No. 3 would be a two-story, 42,350-square-foot building for office/retail use, while building No. 4, spanning 3,300 square feet, is earmarked for retail use.

Access to the site, which is currently heavily wooded with a majority of pine trees, would be provided by a new road extending north from Tomyn Boulevard.

IN OTHER NEWS

• Ocoee commissioners approved a new appointment to the Community Redevelopment Agency following the end of the four-year term for former CRA member Carla Bell Johnson. The new appointee, Randy June, was nominated by Orange County with a term to expire January 2022.
• Ocoee city leaders authorized the Public Works Department to purchase 11 replacement vehicles for a total cost of $278,719.10.
• The city commission authorized the additional expenditure of $16,300 for design services by S&ME, Inc, for the Lakefront Park improvements project, which was originally $46,300. The additional $16,300 brings the total amount to $62,600.