# ORLANDO METRO | LOW-RISE / GENERAL Development News + Construction **URL:** \ **Category:** FLORIDA\ **Created:** [January 1, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/orlando-metro-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/20902 "2022-01-01T19:51:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skyalign](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/skyalign/32/128133_2.png) [@Skyalign](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Skyalign)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/orlando-metro-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/20902/1 "2022-01-01T19:51:59Z")
> **[Concrete Core Walls Begin To Rise For Bayfront On Sand Lake In Dr. Phillips,...](https://floridayimby.com/2022/01/concrete-core-walls-begin-to-rise-for-bayfront-on-sand-lake-in-dr-phillips-orlando.html)** > > Florida YIMBY says "Yes In My Backyard" to positive new development in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Skyalign](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/skyalign/32/128133_2.png) [@Skyalign](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Skyalign)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/orlando-metro-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/20902/2 "2022-02-05T17:51:24Z")
> **[Exterior Work Nears Completion On 13495 Veterans Way In Lake Nona, Orlando -...](https://floridayimby.com/2022/02/exterior-work-nears-completion-on-13495-veterans-way-in-lake-nona-orlando.html)** > > Florida YIMBY says "Yes In My Backyard" to positive new development in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Skyalign](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/skyalign/32/128133_2.png) [@Skyalign](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Skyalign)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/orlando-metro-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/20902/3 "2022-07-03T16:37:18Z")
> **[Innovation Tower’s Exterior Nears Completion At 225 E. Rollins Street In...](https://floridayimby.com/2022/07/innovation-towers-exterior-nears-completion-at-225-e-rollins-street-in-north-orange-orlando.html)** > > Florida YIMBY says "Yes In My Backyard" to positive new development in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![TK2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tk2000/32/114212_2.png) [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/orlando-metro-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/20902/4 "2022-07-05T04:01:43Z")
Lol I thought that was just a glass mockup…then I clicked onto the article ---
**Author:** ![Skyalign](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/skyalign/32/128133_2.png) [@Skyalign](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Skyalign)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/orlando-metro-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/20902/5 "2022-07-05T04:18:01Z")
Hahaha yeah it’s the actual building ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/orlando-metro-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/20902/6 "2023-01-09T22:04:14Z")
construction of expansion of SunRail commuter rail north from DeBary to DeLand will begin later this year > **[Construction for SunRail to DeLand starting soon - The West Volusia Beacon](https://beacononlinenews.com/2023/01/03/construction-for-sunrail-to-deland-starting-soon/)** > > Nine years after the regional commuter-rail system known as SunRail began operating, construction of the final north segment is scheduled to start within the coming weeks and months.  The 12-mile \[…\] ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/orlando-metro-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/20902/7 "2023-05-18T19:40:12Z")
Huge win for the governor of Florida. > **[Disney canceling $1B campus project for Orlando’s Lake Nona. Here’s why](https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/05/18/disney-canceling-1b-campus-project-for-orlandos-lake-nona-heres-why/)** > > Disney is canceling its plans to build a $1 billion campus in the Lake Nona area of Orlando. The timing couldn’t be better, as he is scheduled to announce his presidential campaign next week. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/orlando-metro-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/20902/8 "2023-05-23T11:35:29Z")
> **[SunRail breaks ground on new DeLand station](https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/05/22/sunrail-to-break-ground-on-new-deland-station/)** > > Officials hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the new SunRail station in DeLand. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/d/2d13bce884844dbc00ddf82277384b1a95cc685b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/orlando-metro-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/20902/9 "2024-01-04T18:39:26Z")
update on extension of commuter rail to DeLand > **[New SunRail station set to open this year in DeLand](https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2024/01/03/new-sunrail-station-opens-this-year-in-deland)** > > Getting to the SunRail stop may be challenging for cyclists ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/orlando-metro-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/20902/10 "2024-07-08T17:28:10Z")
Maitland, FL SunRail (regional rail) station might close by end of year. > **[Maitland starts process to shut SunRail station down](https://www.wftv.com/news/local/maitland-starts-process-shut-sunrail-station-down/QZ45P4AM4JC3DJZ7GYNZ6WED4Y/)** > > Maitland expected Orange County voters to pass the county’s Transportation Sales Tax in 2022, which would have funded the Sunrail system and several expansions to other areas of the county. However, voters shot it down. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/orlando-metro-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/20902/11 "2024-07-28T02:40:23Z")
Commuter rail extension opens next month > **[DeLand SunRail station gets an opening date, holds preview event](https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2024/07/25/deland-sunrail-station-gets-an-opening-date-heres-how-to-explore-early/)** > > Hopeful train hoppers up in DeLand will soon be able to try out SunRail. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/orlando-metro-low-rise-general-development-news-construction/20902/12 "2024-10-24T15:44:02Z")
> **[Orlando delays vote to annex 52,000-acre Deseret Ranch land](https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2024/10/21/orlando-delays-vote-to-annex-52000-acre-deseret-ranch-land/)** > > The city of Orlando is delaying a decision on whether to annex a piece of east Orange County property until just before the November election, when county voters could approve two charter amendments that will make annexation harder. There are plans to annex a huge chunk of land owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. But it’s not clear if this will actually happen.