We told you about the Broadstone Lake House project coming to Ivanhoe Village on the shores of Lake Ivanhoe at 301 NE Ivanhoe Blvd (MAP). The plans called for a huge building: 10-stories and 276-units. We also explained in detail that the building was allowed to be so big because it was considered what's known as "mixed-use."
If a building is deemed mixed use, it gets a density bonus of 200 dwelling units per acre versus the standard 75 so long as the developer agrees to make 10% of the building anything but dwelling units. But in most of Orlando, the usage of that 10% cannot be defined by the City.
However, typical mixed-use means residential on the top, retail on the bottom.
This was not the case with Broadstone Lake House: the first floor was to have 12 live/work units and a community workspace, none of which would be retail or even open to the public. Basically the building would provide zero amenities for the surrounding locals. But that 39,664 sq ft of space equaled 10% of the building's 396, 347 sq ft and therefore qualified the building as mixed use which qualified it for more apartments (density bonus).
People took notice.
Not only did local citizens who showed up to the March 21st meeting of the City's Municipal Planning Board decry the lack of traditional mixed-use content (retail) but also the size. The public convinced the board, which pushed the vote on whether or not the building will get its density bonus based on the current planned use of that 10% back a month to April 18th according to Orlando Sentinel.
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