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DevelopmentColonial Promenade moves a step closer to a $20 million 1980s-style makeoverIf you've driven past the mostly empty Colonial Promenade on East Colonial Drive, here's what's next. A Greater Orlando Aviation Authority committee unanimously approved a 30-year lease Wednesday with The Wideman Company, which pledges a $20 million rehab. The plan keeps the arches and palm trees, swaps the awnings for a covered walkway, and leans into the plaza's 1985 roots.Today’s editionRead

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