Chain of Lakes Park, the former spring home of the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians, would be redeveloped as a lakeside village with retail and restaurants under a plan submitted to Winter Haven officials, with work beginning in a month.
The Landings, proposed by Orlando developer Tony Benge, would take the former spring-training site on 45 acres of city-owned land overlooking Lake Lulu, at the southeast corner of U.S. 17 and Cypress Gardens Boulevard. The spring-training site, now used for baseball tournaments, would be torn down at some time, through initial development would take place on the Orange Dome location.The plan calls for an entertainment/retail complex with stores, restaurants, bars and movie theater. Financing is apparently lined up; if approved by the City Commission, construction could begin next month.
No word on how the action affects the Winter Haven Loggerheads (summer collegiate; Florida Collegiate Summer League), set to debut at Chain of Lakes Park this summer.
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