WINTER GARDEN / CLERMONT · AREA TO BE CONFIRMED
An investor acquires land and builds a simple, suitable chapel. The Church considers a lease that fits its community and its planning horizon.
Explore the proposalA conceptual proposal for institutional discussion.
Space requirements, location and terms remain subject to validation.
Vacant land
CONCEPTUAL ANIMATION · NOT AN ACTUAL SITE OR APPROVED DESIGN
02 / THE SITUATION AND ALTERNATIVES
Sharing a chapel, adapting a commercial property or building an owned property can each be appropriate. A fourth path is to lease a simple chapel built around the required location and program.
| Alternative | Why consider it | What to validate |
|---|---|---|
| 01 · Share an existing chapel | A place already suited to worship and Church activities. | Available meeting times, capacity, travel distance and weekday use. |
| 02 · Acquire land and build traditionally | Ownership and a program developed for long-term needs. | Upfront capital, delivery time, location and the long-term property commitment. |
| 03 · Lease and adapt a commercial property | An existing property may offer a suitable location and size. | Renovation in a leased property, layout, reverence, weekday activities, parking and total adaptation cost. Suitability varies by property. |
Our proposal
A program tailored to the community, with the timing flexibility of a lease.
Explore benefits and terms ↓What to validate
Investor structure, site feasibility, delivery, rent, total occupancy cost and contractual responsibilities.
No alternative is presumed cheaper or suitable without a comparable study. An existing commercial property may work well when its location, layout and adaptation requirements fit the program.
03 / THE BUILD-TO-SUIT LEASE
A space suited to worship and weekday activities in the area the Church needs, without requiring its own land acquisition and construction now. Institutional, technical and contractual review still applies.
The investor identifies and evaluates sites in the area defined with the Church. Selection depends on permitted use, physical conditions, access and infrastructure.
The investor develops and constructs a property suited or adaptable to the validated program, in accordance with agreed designs, permits and criteria.
The Church considers occupying the property under a lease. A term of three years may serve as an example for discussion, with duration and terms to be negotiated.
Seek competitive rent and an appropriate total occupancy cost, with acquisition and construction organized by the investor.
Compare rent together with adaptations, maintenance, insurance, taxes, utilities and delivery or exit obligations, as allocated in the lease. No rent or savings have been established.
CONCEPTUAL LAYOUTS / NOT TO SCALE
Compare circulation and the administrative program before setting dimensions. These are spatial diagrams, not floor plans or engineering approvals.
Possible use by 1–2 wards, with schedules to validate.
Administration grouped on one side. Study whether a future second corridor and additional program could be feasible; expansion is not assumed.
Potential use by up to 4 wards, with shared spaces and validated schedules.
Administrative groups on both sides of the central hall, following the broader reference concept. Four wards would use different schedules, not four simultaneous sacrament meetings.
Room counts, restrooms, seating, circulation widths, parking, accessibility, exits, structure and future expansion require program, code and institutional validation. No areas, costs or occupancy capacity are established by these diagrams.
PROPOSED CONTRACTUAL STRUCTURE
The Church’s proposed commitment would be limited to the agreed commercial lease, without an obligation to acquire the land or building, or to guarantee the investor’s investment, debt or construction.
At the regular end of the lease, after fulfilling agreed rent and handover or return obligations, the Church could choose not to renew or buy and leave without an additional penalty for that choice or continuing responsibility for the investor’s investment.
These are terms to negotiate, not an existing agreement or an automatic legal rule. They do not permit early departure without rent, damages or other obligations that remain due.
05 / FUTURE POSSIBILITIES
The contract may address future options that make sense for both parties. None of the options below has been granted or approved.
If the property continues to serve the community, the parties may consider renewing the lease, with a new term and negotiated conditions.
Adaptation or expansion will depend on available space, permits, funding and agreement on who carries out and pays for the work.
A purchase preference could be negotiated as an optional future term. This proposal creates no existing purchase preference, right, price or obligation to buy or sell.
Under the proposed structure, the Church could leave at regular expiry after meeting the agreed lease obligations, without an additional penalty merely for declining renewal or purchase. Early termination would follow separately negotiated terms.
04 / THE PILOT PROJECT
Validate demand, the service area, the space program and lease terms with the responsible Church department. These inputs will guide the structure to be proposed to an investor.
Confirm community needs, locations to consider, meeting capacity and the workable scheduling of two to four wards.
Review permitted religious use, land conditions, the simplified building, parking, accessibility, exits and required approvals.
Develop comparable costs and lease terms. The investor’s proposed role is acquisition and construction; the Church validates requirements and evaluates occupancy. Allocate maintenance, taxes, insurance, adaptations and exit responsibilities before commitment.
Proceed only through the necessary institutional, technical and contractual decisions. If the pilot works, the approach could be considered in other regions; replication is not an approved program.
The next step is institutional dialogue. Presenting this concept does not authorize a purchase, contract or start of construction.