Hotel on Orange Blossom Trail could undergo conversion to affordable housing

An ownership group is exploring the idea of converting an aging hotel on Orange Blossom Trail into apartments, but the proposal is still highly preliminary and open to change.

Rebecca Wilson of Lowndes recently filed plans on behalf of New Jersey-based InTown Orlando GSN, Inc. to convert the OYO Hotel Orlando Airport at 7100 S. Orange Blossom Trail into multifamily residential units. Under the plans, the hotel’s 212 rooms would be available as studio apartments set aside for residents making 80% of the area median income (AMI).

However, Ravi Sheth of InTown Orlando GSN, Inc. said that he and his partners are still working out the details, including how many units would be affordable and what the rental rates would be.

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