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This is the new Orlando Health Digestive Health Institute. They recently hired 4 out of the 5 advanced endoscopists away from Advent Health and will be starting the institute at the end of 2021/early 2022. They have already put up fencing around the planned extension.

No, but honestly I don't think it would make much sense to connect it to the others given the planned use of the building. There is good connectivity between the patient towers. Would be nice to have connection from the main hospital to Winnie/Arnold Palmer (which are connected to each other).

Some updated construction photos and a picture of downtown from OH.

Any updates on what might be going into the old Orlando Sentinel and adjacent lots?

Things coming along construction-wise. Orlando Health also planning to clear multiple lots on their property in preparation for future growth. Going to be interesting to see how this city block looks 5 years from now. In the meantime, the new Foxtail is open and looks great!

Hey they’ve got to spend money somewhere to maintain their non-profit status!

I work in both systems. Both have their strengths and weaknesses. Advent Health definitely spends wayyyy more on PR. Doesn’t necessarily equate to better care, though. Orlando Health, as the only level 1 trauma center in central Florida, tends to service a different part of the population. The rivalry is a boon to the greater Orlando area as they both compete to provide ever higher quality care to the population IMO.

Funny that currently both Orlando and Advent Health are building their orthopedic hospitals simultaneously. Below is the render of AH Rothman Orthopaedic Institute.

Why don't you know how to feel about it?

Construction recently started on the new Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute. The Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute, set to open in 2023, will be a 195,000-square-foot inpatient facility at the corner of Lucerne Terrace and Columbia Street in downtown Orlando.

So excited about it. We just moved to CP and have really enjoyed the restaurant scene so far. The new Lebanese place, Jaber, was pretty solid.

I agree with the idea of using the stadium to galvanize improving the surrounding community without displacing the current residents. Buddy Dyer spoke at the beginning of the game about some programs aiming to do that, but I'm not sure what stage those are in. I think the approach of bulldoze it and build it closer would just doom that part of town to continued stagnation, making it left behind vs the investments we are making to the more metropolitan and affluent parts of the city.

We went to the Florida Miami game this weekend and it was an absolute disaster getting out of there. I understand that any event like this is going to have logistical issues, but this was pretty bad. Not helped by the fact that you find yourself in a terrible part of town. Overheard many out of towners say this was the worst football stadium/city they had ever been to. They really need to work on connecting this stadium to Exploria and then downtown.

Couple of pictures I took from Winnie Palmer. Looking pretty good. And another vantage point.

Nice pictures and what a beautiful day! I really like the white paneling mixed with the blue glass. Looking real nice

Whoops my bad. Guess I just hadn't heard of it. Yeah I thought the SCC Orlando thread was pretty much defunct but it's picked up a bit recently.

https://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=235035 This was just posted on skyscrapercity, new "high rise" 9-story luxury apartment building on Lake Ivanhoe slated for 2020.

Not sure what you’re talking about. I’ve seen respect and reverence from CNN and NYT, to name a few. Obama himself spoke respectfully about HW and Michelle Obama halted her book tour to go to the funeral. Not everyone is forgetting about the controversies that exist with his legacy, just like when McCain passed. Yes there are people that are crass and inhumane in times like this, but I would say it is nowhere near the norm.

Huh? Sweeping generalization there.

Any word on this?

One of the most frustrating things about Orlando. Too many chains, not enough unique institutions. I guess it's not part of the culture here yet.

Do y’all recommend any of these paid sources for general Orlando business and development news? OBJ, sentinel, growthspotter, etc?

Awesome, thanks for the recs!

Yeah, I agree. I mean, Anchorage #28? I would put Orlando in the mid-30's. These articles always feel so click-baity and something like this is so subjective anyways. Orlando doesn't have any significantly tall buildings (and I don't suspect it will in the near future). I guess right now there isn't a great vantage point that really encompasses the breadth of the Orlando skyline and it lacks a signature building/feature. I currently live in a high rise south of Eola with a nice but incomplete view of downtown from the balcony. Having just moved here from New Orleans, I would say that, moreso than tall buildings, this place needs more hip locales for eating/drinking/listening to music. Having said that, we've been to some great restaurants so far and I'm a big fan of running around Lake Eola.

Some kind of food hall would be great. As someone moving to Orlando from New Orleans, the sheer amount of chain restaurants in the city is a little depressing. I will be living a few blocks from this building and would love some nice, unique places to eat/drink at.