Orange County agrees to sell former Pulse Museum site property once owned by OnePULSE

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The property that was supposed to be the site of the national Pulse Museum will soon be up for sale.

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Orange County commission agreed to declare the Kaley Street property as “surplus” offering it up for public sale.

OnePULSE Foundation purchased the property in 2019 for $3.5 million using the county’s tourist development tax dollars.

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Orange County government obtained the property after OnePULSE Foundation dissolved and the county learned the nonprofit was collecting rent on the property without county approval.

9 Investigates reported in November that the nonprofit could have collected up to $129,000 from renting out the property, based on leasing agreements.

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Comptroller Phil Diamond provided Channel 9 with the following statement:

“I support the Commission’s decision to obtain a fair price for the Pulse property. It’s in the tax payers interest to stop paying for maintenance and insurance, and time to add this property to the tax rolls.”

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