With affordable housing, especially the lack of it, a top topic of conversation in Osceola County, the conversation has moved to conversion.
As in turning old hotels, like those common along the U.S. Highway 192 corridor, into apartments.
A study by RentCafe, a nationwide apartment search website that follows trends in the rental market, shows that’s been a common occurrence in Kissimmee—by turning that surplus of hotels into new housing The study (found at https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/rentalmarket/market-snapshots/adaptive-reuse-apartments/) showed the city ranked second nationwide for hotel-to-apartment conversions in 2024 and took the top spot in Florida for repurposed hotels…