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Avalon Park Breaks Ground On First Downtown Building

One of Wesley Chapel’s most anticipated projects broke ground on July 14, as Avalon Park Wesley Chapel held a ceremony to kick off its upcoming downtown area.

The groundbreaking event featured food, music and entertainment by Jazz Under the Starz, the Wesley Chapel Theater Group and the Pasco County Fine Arts Council, and a number of dignitaries, including developer Beat Khali (left in near right photo) and District 2 Pasco County Commissioner Mike Moore (right in same photo).

The three-story, 73,000-sq.-ft. mixed use building will be the first to be built in downtown, and will feature 40 apartments and below them more than 23,00 sq. ft. of retail space. — Story by JCC, photos by Charmaine George