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Berkley Accelerated Middle School plans a spot on Lake Avenue in Auburndale

A commercial site plan for Berkley Accelerated Middle School is under review at 117 Lake Avenue East, with tenant buildout permits filed for two suites.

Records from the City of Auburndale show a commercial site plan filed by Berkley Accelerated Middle School Inc for a location at 117 Lake Avenue East. That application (PLAN-26-0005) was filed in May 2026 and is currently under plan review.

At the same address, applicant Stephen Owen filed two commercial building permit applications in August 2026 for suites #101 and #103. Both permits are listed as on hold. The records do not spell out the scope of the work or confirm the connection between the permits and the school, so the relationship is not certain.

Several other filings landed at nearly the same map point but appear to be separate matters, including a City Staff permit at 6 Bobby Green Place and an approved planned-development application by Clayton Properties Group on Bel Canto Road. Those are noted below but are not clearly part of this project.

What happens next

The site plan remains under city plan review, and the two building permits are on hold. Next steps would be completion of review and any conditions the city sets before permits can be issued.

Timeline

May 21
Berkley Accelerated Middle School site plan application filed (PLAN-26-0005)
Site Plan Application PLAN-26-0005
Aug 26
Commercial building permit application filed for suite #101 (BC-26-0138)
Permit BC-26-0138
Aug 26
Commercial building permit application filed for suite #103 (BC-26-0137)
Permit BC-26-0137

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Spotted by the Lakelandmarks records pipeline Β· records checked Aug 27, 2026

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Sources for this page: City of Auburndale permit records.