PUBLISHER’S PICK: COMMUNITY PARK HILL
rew Hill, a principal at Oviedo-based Hill Gray Seven
Development, isn’t shy about extolling the virtues of
the company’s new Park Hill luxury townhome community
in historic downtown Winter Park.
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This is a one-of-a-kind, ultra-luxury product,” Hill says. “There
are luxury products in Orlando. But no one has attempted anything
like this, which is comparable to what you’d see in Chicago,
Los Angeles and New York. We wanted to bring that to Winter
Park.”
The community — located at the corner of North Park Avenue
and Whipple Avenue, across from the Winter Park Country Club —
has been an instant success as well as a legacy development that
will almost certainly be as breathtaking in a generation as it today.
“If you drive by, this fits in with Winter Park right away — and
20 years from now it will still stand the test of time,” adds Hill,
6 HOMEBUYER // CENTRAL FLORIDA EDITION
who built the project where a small circa 1960s apartment
building had incongruously previously stood.
There are 10 classically styled, three-story townhomes, each
encompassing 4,300 square feet, with prices ranging from
roughly $2.85 million to $3.7 million, depending upon features.
Seven townhomes sit directly on Park Avenue, representing
the only new residential construction along the iconic stretch of
the “The Avenue” that encompasses its quaint downtown district,
packed with upscale retailers, restaurants and museums.
In fact, Park Hill may well be the last new residential construction
along Central Florida’s most famous stretch of asphalt —
well, of bricks, really. There is no other vacant residential property
nearby and no buildings that appear likely candidates for
demolition and redevelopment.
A Park Hill townhome comes with fee-simple ownership and a
homeowners’ association that handles all exterior maintenance.
In terms of materials, look for handmade tumbled brick,
soundproof hollow-core floors, slate roofs with copper detailing,
high ceilings, window walls, French doors, custom builtins,
intricate trim and crown molding, custom closets and
smart-home technology.
Each townhome has three bedrooms plus a bonus room,
ONE-OF-A-KIND
NEW TOWNHOMES
ON PARK AVENUE
The seven townhomes encompassing Park Hill sit
directly on Park Avenue, representing the only
new residential construction in Park Avenue’s
historic downtown district, which is packed with
upscale retailers, restaurants and museums.