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300 Units Are Coming to Ivanhoe Village — Right Next to the SunRail Tracks

Studs Team

Studs Team

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A long-vacant lot in one of Orlando’s most active urban corridors is finally getting its moment. Gables Residential is bringing a seven-story, 300-unit multifamily development to 1000 N. Orange Ave. in the Ivanhoe district, with plans going before Orlando’s municipal planning board on June 16. The 2.53-acre infill site sits at the intersection of North Orange and North Garland avenues, with SunRail tracks running along the southeast edge of the property — a factor that’s baked directly into the design. Baker Barrios Architects is specifying a durable masonry base as a sound buffer, while the upper floors will feature balconies on every unit, a 10,000-square-foot ground-floor amenity lobby, and a rooftop pool on the eighth level. Parking comes in at 450 spaces across seven structured levels.

This site has a history. It was previously slated for Ponte Health’s 35-story “Vertical Medical City” — an ambitious tower with assisted living, medical offices, and more that never broke ground. The land sat on the market until Gables Residential came in with a considerably more realistic multifamily program. The unit mix skews heavily toward one- and two-bedroom apartments —166 one-beds and 115 two-beds make up the bulk of the 300 units — with a handful of studios and three-bedroom options rounding out the offering. It’s a product type that fits the market: urban, transit-adjacent, and close to the employment and entertainment activity building up across the North Quarter, Mills 50, and Ivanhoe corridors.

The Ivanhoe district is quietly stacking up.The Yard at Brookhaven — 265 units plus 19,000 square feet of development space and a 500-space garage — is already under construction at 459 Virginia Drive. DRB Homes has 37 luxury townhomes in the pipeline on 2.12 acres south of Lake Highland Preparatory School. Now Gables is adding 300 more. For the trades, this means structured parking, urban infill site work, and the kind of noise and vibration mitigation details that don’t come up often but matter a lot when the SunRail runs through your backyard. The June 16 planning board meeting is the next gate to watch.

Project Specs

  • 7-story building, 300 units on 2.53 acres at 1000 N. Orange Ave., Orlando
  • 14 studios (610 sq. ft.) | 166 one-beds (800 sq. ft.) | 115 two-beds (1,150 sq. ft.) | 5 three-beds (1,350 sq. ft.)
  • Rooftop pool on 8th floor | 10,000 sq. ft. ground-floor amenity lobby
  • 450 structured parking spaces across 7 levels
  • Planning board review: June 16

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