From blockbuster sales to backroom deals, real estate stories dominated news in 2024 | GrowthSpotter
By Laura Kinsler | lkinsler@growthspotter.com | GrowthSpotter | UPDATED: December 31, 2024 at 9:51 AM EST Orlando’s red-hot real estate market cruised into overdrive for much of 2024 as developers turned out thousands of new homes and apartments, hotel rooms and new retail space. … Developers spent over $440 million this year on land just in the Wellness Way […]
Daryl Carter Feature in OBJ
December 20, 2024 Orlando Business Journal Daryl Carter, president and broker of Maury L. Carter & Associates, continues to be a driving force in Central Florida’s growth, leading landmark transactions such as the $165.5 million, 2,400-acre Lake County sale near Disney and the $130 million Daryl Carter Parkway project. His firm is actively guiding site […]
Seminole County agrees to buy horse farm, may build soccer fields | Orlando Sentinel
By Martin E. Comas | mcomas@orlandosentinel.com | Orlando Sentinel | UPDATED: November 27, 2024 at 10:16 AM EST Seminole County commissioners have agreed to buy a horse farm of nearly 45 acres adjacent to Sylvan Lake Park to protect the land from development, with the aim of adding more athletic fields to a popular sports […]
Orlando’s tourist core sees full-time residents moving in | Daily Commercial
The following transaction was handled by Maury L. Carter & Associates, Inc.: “The Orange County School District is moving forward with two school sites to serve families in the area. Earlier this year, it agreed to spend $25 million on property at Daryl Carter and Palm Parkway for a 2,776-student high school to relieve crowding […]
Groveland growth continues at rapid pace | Daily Commercial
Frank Stanfield For the Daily Commercial | USA TODAY NETWORK | Published 12:48 p.m. ET July 20, 2023 Updated 4:21 p.m. ET July 21, 2023 GROVELAND —– This small town has been showered recently with environmental awards, including one celebrating its Dark Sky initiative, which is aimed at cutting back on lighting so citizens can […]
‘We’re concerned about the animals’: Pristine land on Lake Griffin could be developed | Daily Commercial
Frank Stanfield For the Daily Commercial | USA TODAY NETWORK | Published 5:12 a.m. ET Aug. 17, 2023 FRUITLAND PARK —– Art Ayris and his wife, Kelly, routinely find black bears scampering across their yard on Bay Forest Lane, and that’s OK with them. What’s not OK is that a nearby lush, pristine 500-acre plot […]
Another record Lake County deal: $165M for Wellness Way land minutes from Disney | Orlando Sentinel
By Laura Kinsler | lkinsler@growthspotter.com | GrowthSpotter | UPDATED: October 1, 2024 at 5:34 a.m. A Canadian homebuilder paid a staggering $165 million Friday for 2,300 acres of undeveloped land in Lake County’s Wellness Way area, breaking the county’s previous sale record set just three months ago. Daryl Carter and Conrad Carter with Maury L. Carter & […]
GT USA pays $165 million for Wellness Way land minutes from Disney | GrowthSpotter
By Laura Kinsler | lkinsler@growthspotter.com | GrowthSpotter | UPDATED: September 28, 2024 at 10:53 a.m. GT USA paid a staggering $165 million Friday for nearly 2,500 acres of undeveloped land in Lake County’s Wellness Way area, breaking the county’s previous sale record that was set just three months ago. The American division of Canadian homebuilder GT Homes […]
Massive $166.5 million land deal closes in Lake County’s Wellness Way region | Orlando Business Journal
By Steven Ryzewski – Associate Managing Editor, Orlando Business Journal | Sep 27, 2024 | Updated Sep 28, 2024 9:16am EDT A massive — and perhaps historic — land deal has closed in the Wellness Way area of Lake County. GT Homes Wellness Way II LP — an entity related to GT USA, a Fort Lauderdale-based […]
Park Square Homes set to join Unicorp’s Sutton Lakes project near Four Corners | GrowthSpotter
By TYLER WILLIAMS | tywilliams@growthspotter.com | GrowthSpotter | PUBLISHED: July 19, 2024 at 4:15 p.m. A prominent Orlando-based developer behind popular developments such as O-Town West and Icon Park hopes to break ground at the beginning of next year on a project that will ultimately deliver 807 housing units to the rapidly growing Four Corners […]