Volunteers Raising Funds to Buy Eola 7-Eleven Building
A group of local volunteers are rallying together to purchase a large parcel of land on the corner of Central Boulevard and Rosalind Avenue in Downtown Orlando.
The property in question was the target of a possible multi-family high rise that we wrote about HERE in 2015. The project was proposed by a Chicago developer to place a 28-story tower on two lots that currently host the historic Lubbe building and a 7-Eleven.
That project, while approved by the Municipal Planning Board, was eventually abandoned by the developer.
Local volunteers motivated by the now-defunct project’s proximity to Lake Eola Park, have started a capital campaign to establish a new land trust to acquire the property and to create more greenspace in the park.
The self-described “little old ladies” are comprised of Lynn Long and Eugenia Sefcik, backed by Orlando native and philanthropist Ted Haddock.
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