The Vue at Lake Eola
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The VUE at Lake Eola is a residential skyscraper
in Downtown Orlando
. It is the third tallest building in the city; being only two feet shorter than the Peabody Orlando and 15 feet (4.6 m) shorter than the Suntrust Center
. It houses 34 floors of condos and has penthouses on its top level. The penthouses have access to the balcony on the 36th floor roof of the building.
The sides and "crown" of the building light up at night with blue lights. During December the side lights have a light show with red and green Christmas colors.
The building which took about 3 years to construct opened in January 2008 and has about 200000 square feet (18,580.6 m²) of space. The building's pool is elevated about 100 feet (30.5 m) in the air, and sits next to its tennis and basketball courts which are also elevated.
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...
in Downtown Orlando
Downtown Orlando
Downtown Orlando is the historic core and central business district of Orlando, Florida, United States. It is bordered by East Marks St in the north, Mills Ave in the east, Orange Blossom Trail in the west, and Kaley Ave in the south...
. It is the third tallest building in the city; being only two feet shorter than the Peabody Orlando and 15 feet (4.6 m) shorter than the Suntrust Center
SunTrust Center
The SunTrust Center is a skyscraper located in the Central Business District of Orlando, Florida. Rising to , it is the tallest building in Orlando and Central Florida. Completed in 1988, it has 35 stories and 30 floors of usable office space. Originally named the Sun Bank Center, the name changed...
. It houses 34 floors of condos and has penthouses on its top level. The penthouses have access to the balcony on the 36th floor roof of the building.
Details
When the view opened most of the 375 units had already been sold. The prices for the units ranged from US$500,000 to US$3,000,000 for the top Penthouse units. The reason they were sold so successfully is because they had been sold early before the market bubble hit.The sides and "crown" of the building light up at night with blue lights. During December the side lights have a light show with red and green Christmas colors.
The building which took about 3 years to construct opened in January 2008 and has about 200000 square feet (18,580.6 m²) of space. The building's pool is elevated about 100 feet (30.5 m) in the air, and sits next to its tennis and basketball courts which are also elevated.