A 55,000-square-foot Publix will be the anchor tenant of a 200,000-square-foot shopping center east of State Road 429 and south of New Independence Parkway. This area west of Windermere and north of the Magic Kingdom is a popular growing community, in West Orange County. The Hamlin center is expected to be completed by summer 2017, and will have 10 additional buildings for retailers. The design takes advantage of the scenic shoreline of Lake Hancock. Nearby theaters and a Wal

Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin founder, and CEO of Amazon, said the $205 million facility will be completed by December 2017. The 750,000 Square foot rocket factory will accomodate manufacturing, processing, integration and testing. All of the vehicle will be manufactured here except for the engines. They are conducting a site selection process to construct a separate engine manufacturing facility. Blue Origin plans to launch manned orbital vehicles from Florida’s Space Coast within

The therapy center, designed by RLF Inc. is three stories and 15,000 square feet, and will hold a Mevion S250 superconducting synchrocyclotron proton accelerator — the most advanced radiation technology for treating brain, spine, prostate, lung, breast, head, neck and pediatric cancers, according to Orlando Health. It’s located at 1400 S. Orange Ave. in Orlando. The frosted glass walls surrounding the building open to the sky like petals of a flower. The exterior brick ties t

Florida Hospital has just opened their $65 million, three-story, 97,000-square-foot emergency center and 32 bed outpatient facility located at 2000 Fowler Grove Blvd. Earl Swensson Associates, Inc. (ESa) , were the architects. You can see more photos and read the entire article by Rachel Williams in the Orlando Business Journal: http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/blog/2016/02/first-look-inside-florida-hospital-winter-garden.html?ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2016-02-12&u=dymwE

Upgraded Concourses and 40 escalators will improve circulation at the famous Daytona International Speedway, which will host the Rolex 24 on January 30th. The new exterior cladding of the viewing stands is a combination of solid and perforated metal panels and screens, with color accents, and creates a lively façade from the street. A larger tower now with 60 elegantly detailed private boxes graces the seating bowl. Completely new restrooms have also been built in this $400 m

Nebraska-based architecture firm Leo A. Daly has designed the Clermont-based college’s new science-health building. The 51,000 square foot building has just broken ground, and is estimated to cost $11.6 million. When completed, the building will have labs for biology, microbiology, chemistry, physics, organic chemistry, anatomy, physiology and health sciences. The new building also will support the demand from students wanting to take courses in science and health — fields th

The plans for the complex originally included five stories with 226 units. The complex now will be three stories tall with 206 units. Poole & Poole Architecture LLC are the design firm, They also designed Steelhouse in downtown Orlando for Pollack Shores. Pollack Shores said it worked collaboratively with “hundreds of residents of the College Park neighborhood throughout the development process” by hosting four public meetings and more than 50 private meetings with residents,

North Carolina-based Duda Paine Architects is the design firm and Orlando-based Jack Jennings & Sons is the general contractor. The new wellness center will provide additional facilities and fitness programs for the 25-year-old Peggy & Philip B. Crosby Wellness Center YMCA, and it will be a space for the foundation to meet with other nonprofit organizations. You can read the complete article by staff writer Rachel Williams in the Orlando Business Journal at this link: http://

You can read the complete article by Megan Ribbens in the Orlando Business Journal with additional images at this link: http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/morning_call/2015/11/cupcake-wars-baker-to-open-new-shop-in-orlando.html?ana=e_orl_rdup&s=newsletter&ed=2015-11-03&u=dymwEYfzIcmIVE0o96saXQ0923d260&t=1446572894 Learn more about LA Sweetz on its website: http://lasweetz.com/ Learn more about Rabits and Romano at their website: http://www.rabits-architect.com/#! #franchise #

A new recently announced four-story building, to be constructed at 500 Colonial Center Parkway in Lake Mary, will be anchored by CNA. It will also will include a 600-space parking structure. Baker Barrios Architects is the project architect, IBI Group Inc. is the civil engineer, Innovations Design Group is the landscape architect, BBM Structural Engineers handled structural engineering, and Sims Wilkerson Cartier Engineering Inc. is in charge of mechanical, electrical and plu

SchenkelShultz is the architect for a new Osceola County school district Employee Health Center, to be run by Florida Hospital System, and constructed by Wharton-Smith. Patients will have access to pediatrics, women’s health, geriatrics, preventive services, urgent care, occupational medicine and physical therapy, among others. The facility is expected to open by April 2016, said John Davis, director of facilities design and construction with the school district. You can read

Placing number 2 for activities, and No. 12 for Healthcare, Orlando’s overall score in Wallet Hub’s survey of best places to retire ranked Orlando No. 5 overall. WalletHub compared the retirement-friendliness of the 150 largest U.S. cities across 24 key metrics, ranging from the cost of living to the percentage of the elderly population and the availability of recreational activities. Read the whole article in the Orlando Business Journal: http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/m

A report release by NerdWallet has ranked Orlando as a great place to live if you desire an environmentally sensitive lifestyle. The consumer advocacy website based their analysis of the nation’s 150 largest cities on following criteria: Median air quality index Percentage of workers who carpool, bike, walk or use public transit to commute to work Percentage of occupied buildings with 10 or more residents Residential buildings with a primary heat source of solar per 10,000 bu

Debra’s nomination revolves around many business accomplishments (from blazing the trail in architectural school as one of five women in her class) to choosing the business development and management side of the design industry, leading the effort to win many iconic projects through the years, while with HLM, then TLC Engineering for Architecture, with ten years as the CEO at TLC (she retires on May 1, 2015). Debra has a long history of participation in the American Institute

Disney added an overnight hotel type suite, inside the Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, some time after the park opened. Refurbished in 2007 and promoted through annual contests, it is the most exclusive location for overnight stay inside the resort. Since few of us will ever have a chance to see it. View this slide show of the suite interiors on the Orlando Business Journal site in an article by photojournalist Jim Carchidi: http://www.bizjournals.com/

Legoland Florida and Busch Gardens theme parks have won 2014 Brass Rings Awards, presented during the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) gathering at the Orange County Convention Center. We want to extend our congratulations to them both. Legoland, which opened in Winter Haven in 2011, won in the games and retail excellence division. Its “Build a Mini” program won in the category of hard goods for parks with more than a million in attendance.

SchenkelShultz Architecture announced it completed the master plan for the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority’s planned expansion. Above is their design for the Intermodal Hub. The hub will be sited south of the current terminal and runways, with a people mover connection back to the current A and B Terminal, and in the future will connect additional people movers from this hub to the planned south airside gate terminals. While new gates are not in the current construction pl

Construction breaks ground this week for new a nine-story, 333-unit luxury mid-rise apartment at 777 N. Orange Ave. in downtown Orlando. The Pizzuti Cos. LLC is the developer. Charlan Brock & Associates Inc. of Maitland, are the architects who have designed The Sevens, which is slated to include 9,500 square feet of ground-level retail, plus a rooftop pool deck, dog park and integrated parking garage. The design has a strong urban presence on the street, and the double cornic

Thanks to HuntonBrady Architects, the Orlando Business Journal has posted an archive of old photos of downtown’s iconic “round building,” the American Federal Building. The building is being dismantled to make way for new development adjacent to the soon to be opened Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center. Preservationists were unsuccessful at saving the structure, but the precast screen wrapping the second and third floors is being saved for repurposing to honor the memory of t

Here is a link to the complete article by Anjali Fluker in the Orlando Business Journal: http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/blog/2014/07/exclusive-contractor-named-for-42m-downtown.html #OBJ #apartments #parkinggarage #OrangeCounty #OrlandoBusinessJournal #Orlando #pool #BakerBarios #retail