After months of glossy marketing and quiet county records, Magnifica, the $1 billion luxury-home megaproject planned for a large tract in Osceola County near Kissimmee, showed fresh signs of life Monday. A pair of development applications landed with county planners, offering the clearest permitting activity yet for a project pitched as an ultra-luxury gated community and resort. For nearby residents, those filings immediately restart the conversation about timing, traffic, and basic infrastructure along the south Osceola corridor.
The applications were first spotted by the Orlando Business Journal, which described them as a pair of submissions that could pave the way for early site or infrastructure work tied to the development. The activity is limited so far, but…..