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Lucky for lake Nona to have creative and artistic parking garages instead of an outdated concrete eyesore though

Yes Praha, I was trying to be humerous without calling anyone out as uncreative username stated. Tavistock does a pretty good job of involving different architects and designers to add character and variety to this area . it definitely helps make LN less cookie cutter. what other developer in town has a history of making things larger, taller, and better at the end instead of value engineering? The wave, the newest office building and this project all have a history of getting taller rather than smaller. it’s the “one more thing” at the end that makes it unique rather than “how can we save a buck”

Two story townhouse next to a parking garage and 18-story tower?? Wow that sounds just like Thornton par…ehh Eola south. There’s a horrible neighborhood

Lake Nona’s, and by extension Orlando’s, biotech industry set to get a huge leap forward with Caritas Therapeutics opening a facility (spun off as a separate company from formerly announced Amicus). Moving forward and funded, great news.

The design is growing on me when shown next to CSS 1 and I like how the blade/edge thing appears to give the building added height from that vantage point.

So have to clarify, the blade feature doesn’t make sense on the upper floors of the south side in the rendering. Like, the the floors will be overlooking a metal wall? It’s cool on the bottom however I don’t understand the top. Wouldn’t it go through the building sand not the exterior? What am I missing?

Gotcha. Pretty sure the founder of bungalower is involved with a major LN project also. I think the Orlando govt center at LN will also include a police substation. And it sounds like both library are pretty much a done deal which is great imo.

Do you find it odd that a downtown publication like bungalower reports on lake Nona? Why wouldn’t the city open a government center in a portion of the city to serve city residents?

Growth Spotter: 12 story office and 26 story apt and potential hotel 50E511CB-AA26-49E6-96EF-8F450FDAAD07.webp

Two parcels in LN seeking approval for height increase up to 30 stories and several other seeking an increase from 10 stories to 20 stories . Lake Nona has energy. The density will come.

Ah. Pretty sure it is privately funded

Definitely an upfront deal with the land being the former police hq. And I believe some potential funding for desired conference space possibly more

So the devos family purchased a smaller ownership share in the Orlando City would assume that’s a great thing for this proposed district, as it can now be programmed for both sports teams. And the new Orlando city owners are also in real estate devevelopemmt.

good discussion. Wanted to add a couple things: lake nona has been around since the 80s (well before Baldwin park, Avalon park, universal studios, and a huge convention center were in Orlando). Yes, the growth in medical city is newer (but some is well over a decade old though) Institutions such as two university medical campuses and five different independent medical groups are permanent and not going anywhere. Some of these are federally and state funded, and the growth is happening around them. Places like horizon west or Windermere will simply never have the cluster that lake Nona does. and an aeropolis is a pretty real (and urban) type of development.

Yes Includes 12,000 sq ft retail/restaurant

Six story medical office building, One Performance Plaza, anticipated ground breaking this year.

How can one not get excited by projects like this: https://youtu.be/jMTAP1u2Y_Q

Exciting to see this one going up.

How this for a name: Nona was one of the Parcae, the three personifications of destiny in Roman mythology (the Moirai in Greek mythology and in Germanic mythology, the Norns), and the Roman goddess of pregnancy. The Roman equivalent of the Greek Clotho, she spun the thread of life from her distaffonto her spindle. Nona, whose name means "ninth", was called upon by pregnant women in their ninth month when the child was due to be born.[1][2]

+1 for LN Lake Nona is in the city limits and adjacent to one of the largest economic engines in the state. It arguably has and is building the most technologically advanced transportation network in the country, with self driving automobiles within walking distance to thousands of homes, apartments, two hospitals, an outdoor adventure park (wake boarding, ball fields) and a growing town center, with expansion planned. And a drone/air taxi system in advance planning to the space coast and other cities. it’s Orlando’s nascent answer to Austin. The research triangle, and Silicon Valley and is only getting better with seemingly weekly news job announcements. Paying tolls on the 417, will soon be no different than tolls on I-4, and 417 is a straight shot to the Disney area, with easy access to most other parts of town. And closer to the Atlantic beaches. Art is in the community’s DNA, good public schools, and has partnerships with community institutions,. It’s a diverse community and doesn’t have the historical stigma of segregation that places like downtown and winter park do, as Lake Nona ‘s neighborhoods have always been welcoming to all.

Next up - the colorful Braille inspired parking garage currently u/c adjacent to the hotel and the simcom building looks interesting nearby: UCF Lake Nona Medical Center opens next week and medically integrated Lake Nona Performance Club opens July 15.

Any updates or pics yet?

Hospital number 4 announcement: https://brooksrehab.org/news/brooks-rehabilitation-to-open-a-rehabilitation-hospital-in-lake-nona/ pretty amazing what lake Nona has turned into

Ha, you can’t have open space in Florida? Wouldn’t most locals agree that the climate here in Orlando is nearly perfect six months of the year? I am talking about neighborhoods near Orlando’s core, which these are. Being a great outdoor city is a stated goal of Orlando and this green space not only contributes to that vision but offers an additional amenity that is lacking near the core of the city.

The open green space at Baldwin park gets used all the time. Soccer, football, boot camps, frisbee, etc. with all those dorms and apartments, sure it will get plenty of use.