The only catch here is that the state and county weren'tinitially asked to approve shelter projects when ICP surfaced in1985, area industrial brokers intimate with the controversialproject tell GlobeSt.com. The East Central Florida PlanningCouncil, and state and county officials are reviewing the newdevelopment plans. However, real estate lawyers and brokers in aposition to know tell GlobeSt.com unanimous votes from the variousofficials may be a difficult and time-consuming hurdle.

"What's bothering some officials is that the original owner hadpromised he would create up to 40,000 new permanent jobs fromvarious office and industrial projects but never followed through,"says a local lawyer familiar with the enterprise but not part ofthe hearings. "Now officials are wondering if they are looking atthe same scenario, with a slightly different twist--that ofdeveloping shelter product along with the industrial product." Thepark has been sold twice in the past 15 years.

The lawyer adds, "Officials can't be faulted if they suspect atotal 4,000 homes would be the dominant development component ofthis project, and not the office and industrial sector for whichthe park was originally created."