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Markets

Markets we serve

Three regions along I-95 and I-4, worked from the Daytona Beach office of Oceans Commercial and serving Winter Park and the Orlando metro: Volusia and Flagler counties, the four-county Orlando metro, and Brevard County on the Space Coast. The figures below are from public sources, each one cited.

The practice is organized around counties, because that is how land is entitled, taxed and served with utilities. Seven counties make up the core of the work; the rest of Florida is taken on by engagement.

Statewide by engagement. Assignments outside these counties — a land portfolio, a net-lease disposition, an exchange buyer’s search — are taken on case by case, with the same two principals doing the work.

Volusia · Flagler

Volusia & Flagler

The home market. The office is on the beachside in Daytona Beach, and most of the firm’s land and commercial work sits along the I-95 and I-4 corridors through Volusia County and north into Flagler: Daytona Beach, Ormond Beach, Port Orange, New Smyrna Beach, DeLand, Deltona and Palm Coast.

Growth here is being shaped by a handful of very large approvals west of I-95 and by the interchange work that will serve them: a new I-95 interchange at Pioneer Trail (under construction, completion expected in early 2028), the $130M rebuild of I-95 at US-1 in Ormond Beach that began in spring 2026, and the I-95 at LPGA Boulevard project now in design, with an estimated construction cost of $307M.

Current listings in this market include a ±12,289 SF freestanding retail building at 118 Fairview Ave in Daytona Beach and a ±0.64-acre retail outparcel at 745 S Nova Rd in Ormond Beach.

Properties for sale 

Pipeline

  • Avalon Park Daytona Approved May 2026: 2,760 acres, 8,818 homes and about 1.09 million SF of commercial space, west of I-95 and south of SR 40.Source: Ormond Beach Observer, May 23, 2026
  • Ormond Crossings Broke ground January 12, 2026: about 3,000 acres straddling I-95 south of US-1 in Volusia and Flagler. Meritage Homes bought Phase 1, about 450 lots, for $15.54M.Source: Ormond Beach Observer, January 12, 2026
  • Florida Logistics Center About 290 acres on S Williamson Blvd in Daytona Beach; two buildings under construction for delivery in 2027.Source: CBRE press release, May 29, 2026

Orange · Seminole · Osceola · Lake

Orlando metro

Drake Dickerson is based in Winter Park, and the practice serves Winter Park and the Orlando metro directly: Orange, Seminole, Osceola and Lake counties. Land work here runs from finished lots and entitled residential parcels to commercial sites, and the buyer pool is the same set of national and regional homebuilders Drake worked for before joining the Lifestyle Group.

The Grassmere Reserve transaction in Zellwood, Orange County — 153 lots on ±130 acres, about $12.4M, closed with M/I Homes in April 2024, 50 days from letter of intent to closing — is one of the firm’s selected transactions in this market.

Homebuilding has cooled from its 2022–2024 pace. That changes how land is priced and how a takedown is structured, and it is the first thing we discuss with a landowner here.

Homebuilder land & lots 

Pipeline and market signals

  • Industrial construction 2.9 million SF under construction in the Orlando industrial market in Q2 2026; vacancy 10.2%, average asking rent $10.29 per SF.Source: CBRE, Orlando Industrial Figures Q2 2026, July 9, 2026
  • Residential permits Orlando residential building permits fell 22.1% in the twelve months ending July 2026.Source: Zillow Group, September 14, 2026
  • SunRail to DeLand Commuter-rail service between DeLand in Volusia County and the Orlando metro began August 12, 2024; the system runs 61 miles with 17 stations.Source: SunRail press release, August 2024

Brevard

Space Coast

Brevard County is the third market, reached from Daytona Beach down I-95 and from Winter Park along SR 528. Its economy is anchored by the launch industry at Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center, and the practice covers land, industrial and commercial sales here by engagement.

The county’s long-term growth area connects to Volusia’s through the Farmton Local Plan, about 47,000 acres in Volusia and about 12,000 in Brevard along I-95, whose first phase is now under way as Deering Park in Edgewater.

Land & development 

Pipeline

  • Brightline Cocoa station About $56M in federal funds plus $5M local secured for Brevard’s first Brightline stop, with a 2030 target.Source: Spectrum News 13, August 13, 2026
  • Farmton Local Plan About 47,000 acres in Volusia plus about 12,000 in Brevard: a 15,081-acre development area, 31,876 acres of conservation land and an 821-acre Gateway district at SR 442 and I-95; second planning horizon 2026–2060.Source: Volusia County, Farmton Local Plan
  • Deering Park On the Volusia side of the Farmton lands at SR 442 and I-95 in Edgewater; approved for 8,312 units and 4.3 million SF of non-residential space, with Phase 1 of 1,747 homes. Ground broken April 11, 2025.Source: Hometown News Volusia, April 17, 2025

Sources

  1. University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR), Florida Estimates of Population 2025 (as of April 1, 2025). Percentage changes are computed from the published 2020 Census and 2025 counts.
  2. U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates for metros and counties, released March 26, 2026.
  3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Economy at a Glance: Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach, FL and Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, FL; August 2026 preliminary data, extracted September 18, 2026.
  4. University of Florida BEBR, Florida Population Studies, Vol. 59, Bulletin 203 (projections, medium series), February 2026.
  5. Ormond Beach Observer, Daytona Beach approves Avalon Park’s 8,800 homes, May 23, 2026.
  6. Ormond Beach Observer, Ormond Crossings breaks ground, January 12, 2026.
  7. CBRE, Construction underway at 290-acre Florida Logistics Center in Daytona Beach, May 29, 2026.
  8. Florida Department of Transportation, cflroads.com: I-95 interchange at Pioneer Trail (436292-1), updated June 25, 2026; I-95 at LPGA Blvd (448456-1), updated July 24, 2026.
  9. Central Florida Public Media, Work begins early on project to improve I-95 interchange in Volusia, April 30, 2026.
  10. CBRE, Orlando Industrial Figures Q2 2026, July 9, 2026.
  11. Zillow Group, The new home construction boom is running out of steam, September 14, 2026.
  12. SunRail, Service at new DeLand station to begin Monday, August 12, 2024.
  13. WFTV via Yahoo News, Space Coast shatters launch record, January 2, 2026.
  14. Spectrum News 13, Cocoa secures federal grant to build Brightline station, August 13, 2026.
  15. Volusia County, Farmton Local Plan.
  16. Hometown News Volusia, Deering Park breaks ground on first phase, welcome center, April 17, 2025.

Figures are as of the dates shown and were last checked in September 2026. Project details are as reported by the sources cited and change as approvals, financing and construction progress; confirm current status before relying on any item. Nothing on this page is investment advice.

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