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In Review Commercial

Commercial project moving forward on Lake Avenue in Auburndale

Where it is. On East Lake Avenue in Auburndale, about 350 feet from Sweet Magnolias and about 500 feet from Adler's & Revel Jane's. Distance measured from map data, October 2026.

Two of the places within a quarter mile, nearest first; the nearest large store is kept when there is one. Straight-line distance between the mapped points. Restaurant locations geocoded from the Florida DBPR active food-service licence file, read Oct 15, 2026.

A commercial site plan is under review in Auburndale near East Lake Avenue.

Auburndale has a commercial site plan application in review as of September 2026. The filing is Site Plan Application SITE-26-00002, located near 117 Lake Avenue East.

Related commercial building permits have been filed and issued for work at the same general location. Records show City Staff filed one permit (BC-26-0126) at 6 Bobby Green Place, while Stephen Owen filed two permits at 117 Lake Avenue East—one of which has received final approval with a certificate of occupancy.

What happens next

The site plan application SITE-26-00002 is currently under plan review with the City of Auburndale. The next step would be city staff approval or a hearing before the planning board, depending on the city's development review process.

Timeline

Apr 29
Plans submitted to the state: Abigaile filed a kitchen plan-review application (no. 1852611). That is an application to build out a kitchen, not an opening date.
Florida DBPR plan-review file HR_plan_review.csv · the state's whole file, a download of several megabytes — search it for the number
May 19
Kitchen plans approved for Abigaile (application no. 1852611; state file status: "Approved with Provisos").
Florida DBPR plan-review file HR_plan_review.csv · the state's whole file, a download of several megabytes — search it for the number
Jul 2
Plans submitted to the state: Bebos Cajun Kitchen filed a kitchen plan-review application (no. 1861905). That is an application to build out a kitchen, not an opening date.
Florida DBPR plan-review file HR_plan_review.csv · the state's whole file, a download of several megabytes — search it for the number
Aug 13
Commercial building permit BC-26-0126 filed by City Staff at 6 Bobby Green Place
City of Auburndale Building Permits · Auburndale portal blocks direct links
Aug 18
Commercial building permit BC-26-0126 issued
City of Auburndale Building Permits · Auburndale portal blocks direct links
Aug 24
Kitchen plans approved for Bebos Cajun Kitchen (application no. 1861905; state file status: "Approved with Provisos").
Florida DBPR plan-review file HR_plan_review.csv · the state's whole file, a download of several megabytes — search it for the number
Aug 26
Commercial building permits BC-26-0137 and BC-26-0138 filed by Stephen Owen at 117 Lake Avenue East
City of Auburndale Building Permits · Auburndale portal blocks direct links
Sep 2
Site plan application SITE-26-00002 filed
City of Auburndale Site Plans · Auburndale portal blocks direct links
Sep 21
Commercial building permit BC-26-0137 issued
City of Auburndale Building Permits · Auburndale portal blocks direct links
Sep 22
Commercial building permit BC-26-0138 finaled with certificate of occupancy
City of Auburndale Building Permits · Auburndale portal blocks direct links

Receipts — verify every claim

These are the records this page is built from. None of them open directly right now — the agencies require a sign-in, offer only a search form, or publish the record inside a file to download.

Spotted by the Lakelandmarks records pipeline · records checked Nov 3, 2026

Summaries are derived from public permit and agenda records and may contain errors — verify with the City of Auburndale or Florida DBPR Hotels & Restaurants before relying on them. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it fast.

Sources for this page: City of Auburndale permit records · Florida DBPR Hotels & Restaurants plan-review records.