Downtown has had no movie theater, major department store orsupermarket for the past 20 years, even though an estimated 35,000people go in and out of Downtown daily to their jobs, according toGreater Orlando Chamber of Commerce.

Headed by CEO Mitchell F. Rice, RMC has filed preliminarydevelopment plans with the city for a 303-unit, 16-storycondominium complex that will have 38,000 sf of retail, 3,100 sf ofoffice space and inside condominium parking for 625 vehicles.

The project requires a rezoning approval and couldn't becompleted before 2006, even with all the paperwork in place, cityhall staffers tell GlobeSt.com. "I don't know them personally but Ido know of their reputation and track record, and if anyone cansucceed with a major grocery store development Downtown, it will bethis group," Dean Fritchen, a senior associate in the Winter Park,FL office of Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT, tells GlobeSt.com.