With people-first mindset, new car condo complex aims to stand out from crowd

Orlando developer Paul Scarpello’s car condo complex in Polk County, Circuit Florida, is the latest in what’s becoming a congested marketplace.

  • By Jim Stinson
  • | 5:00 a.m. August 8, 2023
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Paul Scarpello sits in a Ferrari at his Auburndale development, Circuit Florida, whose first condos and racetrack will open in the late fall.
Paul Scarpello sits in a Ferrari at his Auburndale development, Circuit Florida, whose first condos and racetrack will open in the late fall.
Photo by Mark Wemple
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An Orlando-based developer believes 75 luxury condos located in Auburndale will attract people who want to live between Tampa and Disney World, while storing their cars and occasionally racing them on a 1.7-mile private racetrack.

Perhaps because of that racetrack, people from Naples, Lake Worth and Melbourne are slapping down deposits, something Circuit Florida CEO Paul Scarpello didn't fully expect.

 

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