PROJECTS
Levey Consulting has collaborated with both public and private entities, providing effective advice and services on projects in various stages of planning and development.
FPO
FPO
Location: Orlando
Size: 7,000 acres
11,000-dwelling units approved
7+ million SF
Services: Master Planning
Entitlements
Community Design
Governmental Relations
Asset Management
Community Governance
Environmental & Development
Permitting
Lake Nona is a mixed-use planned community within the city limits of Orlando. Developed by Lake Nona Property Holdings, it is home to Lake Nona's Medical City and an array of retail centers, recreational facilities and residential options.
Location: Southeast Orlando
Size: 24,000-acre development
36,000-dwelling units
Services: Master Planning
Financial Modeling
Land Entitlements
Community Outreach
Sunbridge
Sunbridge is a large master planned community located southeast of Orlando. Sunbridge spans two counties and two Water Management Districts making the entitlement process one of the most complex in Central Florida.
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Services: Strategic Planning
Stakeholder Engagement
The "Innovation District" is a compact, walkable area south of downtown that includes health care, higher education and marine research. The City is collaborating with a variety of partners to further develop this area into a micro-community where innovative and creative people work, live and play.
St. Petersburg Innovation District
Location: Orlando, FL
Size: 1.12 million SF retail site
Services: Land Entitlements
Master Planning
Infrastructure Finance
The Mall at Millenia
This retail shopping mall was established after a unique tax-increment financing instrument was developed to construct a new interchange with Interstate 4. This resulted in rapid expansion of the surrounding commercial and employment tax base, as well as opening a new real estate market in southwest Orlando.
Location: Orlando, FL
Size: 1.2 million SF attraction
Services: Land Entitlements
Master Planning
Infrastructure Finance
Universal Studios Florida
A creative approach to financing the Republic Drive/Interstate 4 interchange was required in order to establish the attraction at this location. The public/private partnership facilitated the needed credit enhancement to secure the necessary tax-exempt debt for the project.
Location: Orlando, FL
Size: 465,000 SF campus
Services: Job Creation Incentive Negotiation
Darden Headquarters
Advisory services were provided to Darden's leadership in negotiating an economic developement and job creative incentive package with Orange County Government. The campus was the first anchor in an emerging corporate employment center surrounding the John Young Parkway and SR 528 interchange.
Location: Orlando, FL
Size: 350,000 SF retail site
Services: Strategic Development Advice
Permit Expediting
Impact Fee Credit Negotiation
Lee Vista Promenade
Strategic development advice and other advisory services were provided to DDR Corporation, the developer for this shopping center located near Orlando International Airport. This project brought a retail element to an area that serves as a gateway into Orlando for travelers with shopping, dining, hotel rooms and office space.
Location: Ocala, FL
Size: 2,650-dwelling units
225,000 SF retail site
375 hotel rooms
700,000 SF office/employment space
Services: Master Planning
Entitlements
Design Guidelines
Red Oak Farm
The equestrian history of the famous Red Oak Farm offered a unique opportunity to create a multi-use master planned community. This effort was the largest land entitlement in the history of Ocala, Florida.
Location: Miami, FL
Size: 111,400-dwelling units
2.8 million SF employment space
Services: Entitlements
Economic Development Strategy
Green City Miami
Crafted the entitlement and economic development strategy for a proposed life sciences and medical cluster representing a geographic concentration of interconnected companies and institutions in medical education and clinical medicine, research, development technology transfer and commercialization.
City of Clermont
Following an extensive Visioning process, the City required an interdisciplinary approach to defining the future of their waterfront and downtown. Dispersed economic activities were consolidated into a more organized and concentrated area to accelerate economic development for the City Center.
Location: Clermont, FL
Project: Downtown & Waterfront Master Plan
Services: Master Planning
Strategic Planning
Economic Development Strategy
Location: Orlando
Size: 1,000 acres
3,000-dwelling units
2.7 million SF commercial usage
Services: Land Entitlements
Intergovernmental Coordination
Infrastructure Finance
Master Development Agreement
Negotiations
Baldwin Park is a traditional neighborhood development built on the site of the former Orlando Naval Training Center two miles from downtown Orlando. The community includes houses, retail sites, commercial employment, lakes and public parks.