A long empty parcel of prime real estate in downtown Orlando — the former home of the Orlando Sentinel newspaper — is set to be redeveloped, city officials said Tuesday.

The project in motion was announced during Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer’s State of the Downtown address .

“I couldn’t be more excited about what’s going to happen on the Sentinel site. I truly believe that’s going to be catalytic for our community,” Dyer said during the round table conversation with other community leaders.

During the pandemic, the Sentinel abandoned its nearly 70-year-old headquarters on 633 N. Orange Ave. and never moved back. The daily newspaper still employs reporters who work from home or stop into the new office in the nearby suburbs.

Since the newspaper left, the 20-acre site on the

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