Davis Development is moving forward with plans to add 200 more apartments next to its Paros Vineland community on Orlando's International Drive corridor, a project that would push the complex to 600 total units near the Orlando Vineland Premium Outlets. Orange County's Development Review Committee agreed on October 21 to advance the second-phase plan, but only on the condition that the developer return with revised drawings.
The second phase would sit on 8.13 acres along Westwood Boulevard, east of Wildwood Avenue and south of International Drive, directly adjoining the existing 400-unit first phase, according to GrowthSpotter. The updated drawings are slated to return on a future consent agenda rather than face another full committee hearing. GrowthSpotter first reported Davis Development's application for the expansion back in September 2025.
What the New Building Would Include
Plans call for a single four-story residential building wrapped around an interior courtyard, with 90 one-bedroom units, 94 two-bedroom units and 16 three-bedroom units. The design, credited to Atlanta-based Geheber Lewis Architects, features balconies, light-colored facades and a tower element above the entrance. Stantec Consulting Services, working through its Sarasota office, prepared the civil engineering plans for the site.
Amenities planned for the second phase include a swimming pool and grilling area, a clubhouse with fitness spaces, a dog park, and a maintenance building with a car wash. The site plan calls for 357 parking spaces spread around the building and along the property's southern portion.
County Staff Flagged Several Design Issues
Orange County staff asked for a wider planting buffer along the building's west side, additional detail on grading and retaining walls, and a more consistent pool and courtyard layout across the plan sheets — the issues that triggered the request for revised drawings. The county will also have to determine whether the surrounding road network can handle the added traffic, since Davis Development's original transportation-capacity application from June 2022 has since expired. The developer must now submit a new transportation-capacity application and traffic-impact analysis before the project can proceed further.
Before residents could move in, the new building would need a Westwood Boulevard entrance and two connections to the existing first phase in order to receive a county certificate of completion. The drainage design must also account for groundwater effects tied to a nearby county wastewater-disposal site, and future tenants will need to be notified about periodic land-management activities — including prescribed burns — in the nearby Shingle Creek Management Area. Short-term rentals are prohibited at the community, with stays required to last at least 180 consecutive days.
How the Site Got Here
The land traces back to 2020, when SVO Vistana Villages Inc., the then-owner, sought county approval to raise the allowed multifamily unit count within the Benson Planned Development from 400 to 600; Davis Development was eyeing the land and later bought the 26.9-acre property for $9.8 million. County records list the owner as DD Intl Drive 26.9 LLC, with Davis Development named as its manager in Florida corporate filings. An earlier approval established capacity for 600 apartments. The broader Benson Planned Development spans roughly 90 acres and also includes the Sheraton Vistana Villages resort, per the earlier GrowthSpotter report on Davis Development's initial push into the area.
Davis Development has not publicly announced pricing or a construction schedule for the expansion. At the existing first phase, now marketed as Paros Vineland at 11115 South Beach Circle, the complex's website advertises one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments along with a saltwater pool, golf simulator, movie theater and coworking lounge. As of October 27, advertised starting rents at Paros Vineland were $1,789 a month for one-bedroom units, $2,329 for two-bedroom units and $2,899 for three-bedroom units — figures that apply only to the existing first phase, not the planned expansion.
A Crowded Corridor Even as the Market Cools
The project adds to a dense cluster of apartment construction along International Drive. CoStar data cited by the original GrowthSpotter report found that 2,610 multifamily units opened in the I-Drive submarket over a recent 12-month span, representing 24% of new deliveries across the Orlando market, with another 3,158 units under construction in the corridor at the time — 27% of the region's total. Nearby projects include Related Group's 396-unit Town Vineland Apartments just south of the site and Bainbridge Companies' 415-unit World Center 2 complex near I-Drive and World Center Drive.
Even so, the broader pipeline has been shrinking. Orlando's multifamily supply pipeline fell from more than 25,000 units in the first quarter of 2023 to roughly 12,000 by the third quarter of 2025, the same GrowthSpotter report noted. More recent figures from NorthMarq show vacancy easing in the first quarter of 2026 as absorption outpaced new deliveries, even though the rate remained 70 basis points higher than a year earlier; Class A properties posted 10.4% vacancy compared with 6.2% for combined Class B and C stock. NorthMarq also found that roughly 9,100 Orlando-area units were scheduled for delivery in 2026, well below 2025 levels, with 40% of the construction pipeline concentrated in the International Drive and Northwest submarkets, and permitting activity tracking at less than half the five-year first-quarter average.
Other recent data points to a market working through its oversupply. Construction activity in Orlando has declined 65.9% since its 2023 peak and 40% year over year, according to The Real Deal, which also reported that the market has absorbed nearly 6,400 units so far this year — outpacing construction completions for the first time since 2021. Yardi Matrix separately found that the metro's average occupancy in stabilized assets stood at 93.7% in April, down 70 basis points year over year, even as developers added 3,792 units to the area through May, about 1.3% of existing stock.
