A group wants to tear down Winter Park’s Aloma Bowl bowling alley to make way for a new chain home improvement store.
Orchard Supply Hardware, a subsidiary of Lowe’s, has made an offer for the bowling alley property at 2530 Aloma Ave. and has applied with the City of Winter Park to redevelop it.
“Recently, the owners of Aloma Bowling Centers received an unsolicited offer to purchase our property,” said a statement from Aloma Bowling Centers, the alley’s ownership group . “As we consider their offer, part of the discussions include the developer’s ability to construct a building suitable for their use.”
The 32-lane bowling alley is at 2530 Aloma Ave. in Winter Park. It also features a full-service bar, a grill and an arcade.
Oppidan Holdings LLC made the zoning request to Winter Park, asking to build a 39,877-square-foot building at the existing Aloma Bowl site.
Plans call for a two story property with about 60 parking spaces.
The current Aloma Bowl owners have held the 2.06 acre property since 1977 and it is assessed at about $2.14 million.
Aloma Bowl spent about $2 million in upgrades to the facility in 2015, including a renovated interior, new signs, more arcade games and updates to the lanes and scoring system.
Orchard Supply did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the project.
“The proposal is set to go before Winter Park’s planning and zoning board and March 7 and potentially before the full City Commission on March 27,” said a statement from Aloma Bowl’s owners.
“The results of the hearings and application are part of a very lengthy process to determine if the development is possible. There is no guaranteed result, and a completed transaction is far from certain at this investigatory stage.”
The bowling alley has not timeline for the sale or a potential closure.
“As we move forward, we want to reassure our league bowlers that their season will not be interrupted,” the statement said. “League schedules and all group events will continue as planned, and no changes will take place.”
The statement said in the event of a sale, a “newly developed center” was a possibility.
Aloma Bowling Centers also owns Airport Lanes in Sanford and Boardwalk Bowl in Orlando.
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