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If Apopka is one day seen as a model of dense, urbanist development with walkable neighborhoods, public squares and shopping centers, a lot of the credit will belong to Tony Benge.
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As president of Orlando-based Benge Development Corp., Benge has had his eye on the Orlando suburb for decades. “Apopka has been on the radar since the company we hired in 1994 to be our landscaping company had part of their nursery in Apopka taken by the Expressway Authority for State Road 429 right-of-way.”
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That land formed the beginning of the $500 million Floridian Town Center, a 65-acre, mixed-use development that will include 600 apartments, retail and industrial space, as well as a hotel by Huntsville, Alabama-based Doradus Partners.
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