After a long wait, 156 new affordable apartment units are now open within walking distance of Orange County’s Barnett Park.
The site first went under contract 10 years ago, according to Jeff Kiss, co-founder of the Orlando-based Banyan Development Group. Getting the project financed and built from there was challenging, up until the very end — with several move-in delays for residents over the last six months.
“We had hoped to have this grand opening a while ago. … We had to delay the residents moving in many times,” Kiss said at the community’s ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday…