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New Home Construction in Orlando, Florida

If you're interested in new home construction in Orlando, Florida, Baldwin Park is the place for you. We're a traditional neighborhood development (TND), with plenty of parks and lakes for rest and relaxation, excellent Florida schools, and wonderful homes built in the style of the traditional Orlando villa. With a full range of styles to choose from - apartments and townhomes, as well as family-friendly villas and luxury Orlando vacation homes - Baldwin Park offers something for everyone.

For more information about the styles of the new home construction in Orlando, Florida, check out our Photo Gallery. We think you'll like what you find - smart growth of traditional Orlando…

A Proud History

The site that is now Baldwin Park has a long and proud history of The United States Military service. From 1940 throughout World War II and until 1968, the site was an Army Air Corps and Air Force base. In 1968, that base became the Orlando Naval Training Center (ONTC), sort of a college campus for sailors. Over 650,000 naval recruits received basic training here before the ONTC was closed in 1999. Lake Baldwin and Baldwin Park take their names from former Under Secretary of the Navy, Robert H. B. Baldwin. Lakefront land has been donated for a commemorative Veterans Park planned for the northern shore of Lake Baldwin.

An Ideal Location

A little over two miles from downtown Orlando, Baldwin Park enjoys an exceptionally convenient location…

The National Association of Home Builders and Professional Builder magazine have honored Baldwin Park with two awards in the 2005 Best in American Living Awards program.  The Orlando development was recognized for “Best Neighborhood” and “Best Smart Growth” community.

“This old naval base evolved into a mixed-use, large-scale master planned community by carefully weaving the redeveloped portion with existing neighborhoods surrounding the old naval base,” said to the judges in selecting Baldwin Park. “Baldwin Park partnered with Audubon of Florida to help plan the parks and water edges, to create viable ecosystems where none existed. The developer also preserved and enhanced the existing mature tree canopy without being required under city regulations to…