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Atlantic Gulf Communities: Construction Underway At Falcon Trace Recreation Center.


ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 1999--

Atlantic Gulf Communities, the developer of Falcon Trace in South Orlando announced that construction has commenced on the community recreation complex.

As its name implies, the Big Hawk John Edward Hawkins (November 1, 1969 – May 1, 2006), better known as Big Hawk or H.A.W.K was a rapper from Houston, Texas and a founding member of the late DJ Screw's rap group the Screwed Up Click.  Lake Recreation Center is being built adjacent to a 70-acre lake which is the center piece of the community.

The Center will feature a junior Olympic swimming pool with a two-story water slide, a fishing dock, a boat ramp, a playground, basketball and tennis courts, and a clubhouse. The water slide has become an Atlantic Gulf trademark, with communities in Tampa and Jacksonville boasting similar slides.

The facility, which will be completed in December, is owned and operated by the Falcon Trace Community Development District.

Falcon Trace, a planned community Noun 1. planned community - a residential district that is planned for a certain class of residents
residential area, residential district, community - a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences
 of 871 homes is located on US 441 (Orange Blossom Trail O. B. T. is a major highway that runs north-south through the Orlando, Florida area.

The northern terminus occurs at the the Orange / Lake County line near Mt. Dora, Florida, though the road continues to the North as US-441.
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 Homes, Cambridge Homes and Mercedes Homes are building in Falcon Trace. The builders' model center is open daily.

Atlantic Gulf Communities, with offices in downtown Orlando, is a Miami-based community developer with projects in Orlando, Tampa, North Naples, Ft. Lauderdale, Dallas, Texas, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures


Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop.
 and Aspen, Colorado.
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