Conner Joins ONIC's Board

A specialist on storm water management issues, Conner will advise ONIC on new development opportunities in Orlando. The developer has five projects under way. They are:

--Hampton Park (cost: $20 million): Redevelopment of 17 vacant acres in Colonial Town, Downtown Orlando. The mixed-use and mixed-income project will have 48 rental apartments for the elderly, 65 single-family homes; and 20,000 sf of office and commercial space. The project, owned by the Orlando Housing Authority, started in February 2000 and is expected to be completed in 2004.

--City View @ Hughes Square (cost: $38 million): The development will comprise 266 apartments with half reserved for affordable housing; 25,000 sf of retail; and a 1,000-space parking garage. Banc of America Community Development Corp. is a co-developer and co-owner of the project.

--Hidden Cove (cost: $4.6 million): Acquisition in September 1999 and ongoing rehabilitation of 128 rental units in southwest Orange County.

--Palm Grove Gardens ($4.1 million): Acquisition in December 2002 and ongoing rehabilitation in of 142 rental units on Country Club Road near Mercy Drive.

--Winter Park Pennsylvania Avenue Apts. (cost: $3 million): Construction under way on 30 apartments for the city of Winter Park, FL and the Winter Park Housing Authority. Completion expected in December.

Recent projects completed include The Villages of Southport, $40 million; Winter Park Oaks, Phase II, $2.49 million; Richard Allen Gardens, $1.29 million; and Herndon Landings, $358,000.

In a separate action, Miller Sellen Conner & Walsh has opened a satellite office in The Villages, north Sumter County and named company vice president Lori Webb-Paris to manage the new location at 541 Fieldcrest Drive. The community planning, design and engineering firm, has been involved in numerous major commercial real estate projects in Central Florida over the past 25 years.