KISSIMMEE, FLA. — Plaza Lakes, a subsidiary of a private, family-owned business group from Puerto Rico, plans to develop a 130,000-square-foot shopping center located along Simpson Road in Kissimmee, a suburb of Orlando. The company has selected SRS Real Estate Partners to oversee leasing at the development, named The Village at Hillard Isle. The property is the retail component of the Hillard Isle master-planned community that will also include 560 apartments and 2,000 single-family homes by Pulte Group.
Sandi Bargfrede, Willow Ferrelli and Sammy Gabbai of SRS are actively marketing the project, which is in the planning and permitting phase. Target users include grocers, restaurants, coffee shops, fitness, specialty retailers and daily needs retailers. Infrastructure work for the retail and multifamily portions of Hillard Isle is anticipated to begin in the first quarter of 2028. Delivery of the first commercial pads is expected by the third quarter of 2028.