A award-winning chef who had planned a renovation of a closed fast food restaurant in the amount of $ 1.5 million for a closed fast food restaurant on the West Colonial Drive last week and started working on a new structure without announcing without any permits.
Amit Kumar, who last year 1.1 million US dollars for the former Burger King at 744 W. Colonial Dr. paid no calls or e -mails from Growthspotter via the project. Before that, he explained that he wanted to convert the building into a test kitchen for his expanded portfolio of Indian restaurants and a restaurant with limited seating, which offers a five-course chef menu.
Kumar currently owns and runs three restaurants in the Orlando area, including the Bombay Street Kitchen, who has earned a Michelin -Bib -Gourmand for three years. He builds a fourth, a fine restaurant called Sama in winter park.
In February he told Growthspotter that he bought the West Colonial location in West so that he could be near the city center and the I-4. He wanted to be a catalyst to promote the renovation in an area that was prepared for growth. He said he was working with an architect to submit plans that would have requested a complete renovation with a new kitchen and a new dining area.
It was a welcome news for urban planners who just started a new study on the West Colonial Corridor between the I-4 and Tampa Avenue to determine how a more attractive goal can be created in the city center. The 1.4-mile route has 32 free plots and buildings and makes it one of the most coated streets in the city.
But Kumar has never submitted plans for the building, and he did not apply for a demolition permit. Usually the owner of the property from the city's appearance examination board would have to be approved before a structure in the city center of Orlando is torn down, and then a second approval for new buildings. The location plan would also require the approval of the city planning committee and the city council of the city, a process that usually takes at least six months.
The city's spokeswoman, Andrea Otero, said the case was referred to code enforcement, who issued a stop work order on May 30th. Up to this point, the contractor had not only destroyed the building without permission, but also cast a foundation and started building a new structure.
“You have to come in for the building permits; as a rule, the fee for permission after tracking is 100% of the application costs,” she said. “You also have to comply with all rules/regulations for Arb … as soon as you apply.”
It is unclear who the general contractor is because there are no permits on the construction site. The concrete block walls were built after the stop of the stop work arrangement and the order apparently removed.
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