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"We are dedicated to excellence in everything we do." - Joe Lewis
2023 This book contains a visual history of Lake Nona's development. Starting with a greenfield site two decades ago, Tavistock Group, the private investment organization founded by Joe Lewis, started with a vision for Lake Nona to create an extraordinary place through public and private partnerships, and has evolved into one of the nation's most innovative communities. Located in Orlando, Florida, Lake Nona is one of America's fastest growing communities. Contiguous to Orlando International Airport, the 17-square-mile, master-planned community is home to thoughtfully designed neighborhoods, a globally recognized health and life sciences cluster, world-class education facilities, and a Training & Human Performance District.
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"Lake Nona - The Next Great American City"
“Joe Lewis’ dream of opening a medical city in Lake Nona is coming together, with three large medical institutions, and a children’s hospital now open.”
“As the prestige of the Lake Nona project has grown, more institutions are coming aboard.”
“Lake Nona might appear like a normal community, but it is actually a giant experiment in how we can keep people healthy.”
PICTURED: Lake Nona Town Center
History of Lake Nona
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1996 Tavistock Group purchases Lake Nona, including the Lake Nona Golf & Country Club.
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2004 Inaugural Tavistock Cup hosted at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club.
JULY
2010 University of Central Florida College of Medicine opens.
SEPTEMBER
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The New York Times proclaims Lake Nona Medical City as “Orlando’s newest attraction.”
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2012 Valencia College opens its Lake Nona campus.
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The inaugural Lake Nona Impact Forum takes palace. Nemours Children’s Hospital opens.
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The University of Florida Research & Academic Center opens.
MAY
2013 University of Central Florida College of Medicine’s inaugural class graduates.
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2014 FORTUNE Magazine proclaims Lake Nona as “How to Build a Great American City.”
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Cisco announces its partnership with Lake Nona Institute and names Lake Nona the first U.S. iconic Smart + Connected community.
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How to Build a Great American City
Is Lake Nona’s medical and residential development the future of cities–or a unique creation that can’t be replicated? By Jennifer Reingold I L L U S T R A T I O N B Y MICHAEL BYERS
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2015 The 1.2 million-squarefoot Orlando VA Medical Center is located in Lake Nona’s health and life sciences ecosystem. The complex serves the region’s large veteran population and is also home to the SimLEARN National Simulation Center.
As our helicopter banks sharply over Orlando, the sinuous shapes and bright colors of Disney World, Epcot Center, and Universal Studios rise up to meet our gaze. This is the land of the theme park, the most visited city in the U.S., and the ultimate family vacation spot. ¶ But if you look away from the Technicolor fantasy toward the southeast, there’s something
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2015 In collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Health & Wellness Solutions, the Lake Nona Institute launches the Lake Nona Life Project, a multi-generational wellness research project. 9
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Lake Nona opens first onsite hotels, office and retail buildings in the Phase 1 of Lake Nona Town Center, a 3.8 million square foot shopping and entertainment district.
The VA opens the nation’s first SimLEARN Center in Lake Nona.
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WHIT, a Wellness Home built on Innovation and Technology, opens in Laureate Park as a oneof-a-kind living lab for the healthy home. The New York Times proclaims Lake Nona a “City for Wellness.”
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2018 Tavistock Development Company completes the purchase of 1,147 acres within a portion of Poitras, south of Laureate Park with development plans to include 2,700+ residential units, 100,000 SF of commercial space, a school, neighborhood center, and community park.
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FEBRUARY
Amazon’s Lake Nona fulfillment center officially opens.
Boxi Park, Central Florida’s first outdoor entertainment venue built with repurposed shipping containers, opens in Lake Nona Town Center.
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2020 KPMG Lakehouse, the firm's $450 million national training center, high-tech campus with almost 800,000 square feet of meeting, classroom, hospitality, and dining space, opens in Lake Nona.
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Lake Nona partners with leAD Sports to create first-of-its-kind accelerator in the United States.
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Plans for the Lake Nona Vertiport, a first-of-itskind aviation facility and the country’s first regional hub for highspeed, electric vertical takeoff, and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, is announced.
Lake Nona Performance Club (LNPC), a medicallyintegrated fitness facility and the region's most complete and advanced fitness center, opens in Lake Nona Town Center.
Lake Nona Wave Hotel opens, paving a new path for Orlando's hospitality landscape as the region's newest and smartest lifestyle hotel.
The 10th annual Lake Nona Impact Forum gathered the nation’s top CEOs, health care innovators, and thought leaders for a series of in-depth, collaborative discussions about health innovation in the new reality. The Forum explored timely topics such as health equity, mental health, aging, digital innovation, and more.
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HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES ON THE RISE
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SIGNATURE EVENTS CELEBRATE & INSPIRE
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RESIDENTIAL HOMES FOR EVERY LIFESTYLE
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EDUCATION FROM PRE-K to PH-D
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TRAINING & HUMAN PERFORMANCE INSPIRING PERFORMANCE AT ALL LEVELS
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OFFICE, ENTERTAINMENT & HOSPITALITY LAKE NONA DEVELOPMENTS
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INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY THE FUTURE IS HERE
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Health & Life Sciences ON THE RISE
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Lake Nona Health & Life Sciences Lake Nona’s Health & Life Sciences Cluster has become home to some of the nation’s top hospitals, universities, research centers, and health and life science companies, creating an economic development and job creation engine for the region.
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UCF Lake Nona Cancer Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, University of Florida Research & Academic Center, GuideWell Innovation Center, and Nemours Children's Hospital. 16
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UCF Health Sciences Campus COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND BURNETT BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES BUILDINGS COMPLETED: AUGUST 2010 FA L L 2 0 0 9
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The inaugural charter class of the College of Medicine received full, four-year scholarships. BOTTOM RIGHT:
UCF Health Science Campus classes underway. LEFT PAGE:
College of Medicine dedication in August 2010. 19
UCF Lake Nona Cancer Center COMPLETED: 2009
UCF College of Medicine COMPLETED: 2010
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The UCF Lake Nona Cancer Center houses cancer researchers, clinical trials and treatment for patients. The facility is adjacent to the UCF Lake Nona Hospital and UCF College of Medicine and Health Sciences Campus. 20
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UF Research & Academic Center COMPLETED: 2012
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The University of Florida Research and Academic Center in Lake Nona houses a nationally ranked Doctorate in Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) program, world-class research facilities, and a team of faculty and staff focused on innovative approaches to research and patient care, particularly in the areas of cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and brain disorders. 23
Nemours Children's Hospital CONSTRUCTION: 2021
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Nemours Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Division. TOP RIGHT:
Nemours main lobby. BOTTOM:
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Orlando VA Medical Center COMPLETED: 2015
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The 1.2 million-square-foot Orlando VA Medical Center serves the region’s 400,000+ veterans by providing acute care, complex specialty care, advanced diagnostic services, a large specialty outpatient clinic, administrative, and support services. This campus is also home to the SimLEARN National Simulation Center. BOTTOM LEFT & RIGHT:
VA Medical Center and SimLEARN National Simulation Center. VA Medical Center under construction. 25
GuideWell Innovation Center S TAT E - O F - T H E - A R T H E A LT H I N N O V AT I O N FA C I L I T Y A N D B I O T E C H I N C U B AT O R COMPLETED: 2015
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The GuideWell Innovation Center welcomes biotech companies, digital developers, and modern business-minds to collaborate on groundbreaking ideas to advance health science. The Innovation Center houses a mix of co-working office spaces, high-tech facilities, a 360-degree auditorium and highspeed data processing systems. 26
UCF Lake Nona Hospital A D U LT T E A C H I N G H O S P I TA L COMPLETED: 2021
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University of Central Florida Lake Nona Hospital. 27
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Signature Events C E L E B R AT E & I N S P I R E
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The HGV LPGA Tournament of Champions JANUARY 2022
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LPGA kicked off the 2022 Tour season at the Lake Nona Golf & Country Club with the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions. The tournament brought 29 LPGA Tour champions together to play alongside 50 beloved celebrities, athletes, and entertainers on Lake Nona’s championship golf course. 30
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Lake Nona Impact Forum 2 0 1 2 - P R E S E N T D AY Each year, more than 300 of the nation’s top CEOs, health care innovators and thought leaders gather in Lake Nona for the Lake Nona Impact Forum. Speaker Alumni include:
President Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States Sanjay Gupta, MD Multiple Emmy®-award winning Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN Founder & Co Host, LIFE ITSELF
Hans Vestberg, Chairman and CEO, Verizon Brian Moynihan, Chairman & CEO, Bank of America Russell Wilson, Super Bowl Champion, Seattle Seahawks Quarterback
Ciara, GRAMMY Award-winning artist, entrepreneur & philanthropist
Alex Gorsky, CEO & Chairman, Johnson & Johnson Frederick Smith, Founder, Chairman & CEO, FedEx Corporation
Steve Case, Chairman & CEO, Revolution LLC; Founder, AOL
Ray Kurzweil, Director of Engineering, Google Billie Jean King, Founder, Billie Jean King Leadership Institute
Alice Walton, Founder & Chairwoman, Crystal Bridges Museum; Board Member, Walton Family Foundation
Steve Forbes, Chairman, Forbes Media Group Noubar Afeyan, Co-Founder & Chairman, Moderna; Founder & CEO, Flagship Pioneering
Robert Redfield, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kenneth Cole, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, Kenneth Cole Productions
Goldie Hawn, Academy Award winning actress, producer, director, Founder, MindUP
Deepak Chopra, Founder & Chairman Chopra Foundation, Chopra Global
Brett Giroir, Admiral, U.S. Public Health Services, Assistant Secretary of Health HHS and more.
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American Diabetes Association Tour De Cure CYCLISTS RIDE FOR DIABETES CURE 2 0 1 3 - P R E S E N T D AY
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Tour de Cure riders racing through Laureate Park. BOTTOM LEFT:
Tour de Cure participants at Lake Nona Town Center. BOTTOM RIGHT:
Riders heading toward Nemours Children's Hospital. 34
Oh, What Fun! A Holiday Festival A N N U A L H O L I D AY C E L E B R AT I O N
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Lake Nona's annual holiday festival features a skating rink, live entertainment, occasional snow falls, festive food and drink options, classic holiday movies, and appearances from Santa Claus. 35
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Residential HOMES FOR EVERY LIFESTYLE
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Lake Nona Golf & Country Club OPENED: 1986 Noted as one of the top private golf and country clubs in the world, Lake Nona Golf & Country Club is a sanctuary of luxury real estate and amenities nestled along the shores of Lake Nona. The 600-acre community features a Tom Fazio-designed championship golf course, clubhouse, lodge, Bath & Racquet Club, yearround children’s programming and 24-hour gated security.
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Laureate Park OPENED: 2011 Brightly colored bungalows, town homes, cottages and multi-story houses are complemented by modern design and technology features, all situated alongside health and wellness centers, landscaped green belts, pocket parks, and trails.
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The community's numerous parks encourage residents to enjoy the outdoors and gather with neighbors. Laureate Park's resident-only aquatic center features both adult and children's pools, a volleyball court, and a vibrant community events program. Community gardens are a unique feature of the neighborhood, where residents can reserve plots to grow herbs, flowers and vegetables. 41
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Laureate Park Village Center OPENED: 2011 Located in the heart of Laureate Park, the Laureate Park Village Center is home to a variety of convenient amenities, including Canvas Restaurant & Market, Amazing Explorers Academy early learning center, a resortstyle aquatic center and LP Fit fitness center- both for Laureate Park residents only, Dockside, an event venue with 2,000 squarefoot event venue with lakeviews along with a variety of retail service offerings.
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NorthLake Park OPENED: 1998 Situated on 500 acres in the northernmost point of Lake Nona, the NorthLake Park community offers single- and multi-family homes in addition to contemporary apartments. This expansive neighborhood is home to an award-winning school and YMCA, Olympic pool, sport courts, and fields, and a dog park.
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VillageWalk OPENED: 2006
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VillageWalk Town Center. BOTTOM:
Mediterranean–inspired homes with scenic views. 44
Enclave at VillageWalk OPENED: 2014
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This private, gated neighborhood features Mediterranean-inspired estate homes and provides access for its residents to the resort-style amenities in the neighboring VillageWalk community. 45
Ariel Apartments OPENED: 2017
LandonHouse Apartments OPENED: 2016
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Ariel Apartments, close to the Orlando International Airport, offers resort-style living. BOTTOM:
LandonHouse, which features 280 apartment homes, offers units with open layouts and high-end finishes across a variety of one, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include a fullyamenitized pool and courtyard reserved for residents-only. 46
Pixon Apartments OPENED: 2019
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Lake Nona's Pixon offers studio, one- and two-bedroom homes, two- and three-bedroom penthouses and Orlando’s first micro-apartments. Located in Lake Nona Town Center, Pixon residents enjoy a car-share program featuring Tesla Model 3 vehicles, electric car charging stations, computer stations, and a luxurious sky lounge with private outdoor dining and panoramic views. 47
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Education FROM PRE-K TO PH.D.
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Early Education A NEW WAVE OF LEARNING
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The Learning Experience. BOTTOM LEFT:
The Primrose School. RIGHT PAGE:
Amazing Explorers. 50
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Primary & Secondary Education BUILDING BLOCKS FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE
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NorthLake Park Community School Completed 1999. Village Park Elementary School Completed 2021. Laureate Park Elementary Completed 2017. TOP RIGHT:
Lake Nona High School Completed 2009. BOTTOM RIGHT: Lake Nona Middle School Completed 2010. 53
Education Obsessed U C F H E A LT H SCIENCES CAMPUS & COLLEGE OF MEDICINE UF RESEARCH & ACADEMIC CENTER
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Training & Human Performance INSPIRING PERFORMANCE AT A L L L E V E L S
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USTA National Campus THE HOME OF AMERICAN TENNIS OPENED: 2016
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United States Tennis Association's 100 courts. 59
KPMG Lakehouse LEARNING, DEVELOPMENT & I N N O V AT I O N FA C I L I T Y OPENED: 2020
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KPMG's National Training Center is situated on 55 acres in Lake Nona. The facility includes 800 lodging rooms and over 200,000 square-feet of dedicated meeting and conference space. (Picture Credit: Starling Productions)
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Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute OPENED: 2019
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Entrance to the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute. 61
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Lake Nona Performance Club OPENED: 2021
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The 127,000 square-foot Lake Nona Performance Club is a unique blend of state-ofthe-art fitness facility, cutting edge wellness programming, and seamless integration of medical professionals all working to help individuals and organizations achieve new levels of health, wellbeing, and human performance. 63
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Office, Entertainment & Hospitality LAKE NONA DEVELOPMENTS
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Lake Nona Town Center PHASE I OPENED: 2015
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Chroma Modern Bar + Kitchen, Lake Nona Town Center, and Marriott Courtyard & Residence Inn. 67
Boxi Park IN LAKE NONA TOWN CENTER OPENED: 2019
PICTURED: The 30,000 square-foot Boxi Park at Lake Nona, Orlando's first shipping container park, features familyfriendly and dog-friendly outdoor amenities with a mix of restaurants, bars, beach volleyball courts, dog park, playground, events, and outdoor entertainment. 68
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Park Pizza & Brewing IN LAKE NONA TOWN CENTER OPENED: 2018
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Park Pizza & Brewing Company is a full-service restaurant and brewery specializing in wood-fired pizza and house-brewed craft beer. 70 70
Chroma Modern Bar + Kitchen IN LAKE NONA TOWN CENTER OPENED: 2016
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Chroma Modern Bar + Kitchen serves a wide variety of sharable plates, with craft drinks and wines on tap in a social atmosphere. The modern American restaurant concept was the first to open in the Lake Nona Town Center. 71
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Lake Nona Town Center PHASE II C U R R E N T LY I N DEVELOPMENT
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Amazon Fulfillment Center OPENED: 2018
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This 2.3 million square foot Amazon Fulfillment Center covers 130 acres and features a four-story, robotics heavy facility. The fulfillment center employs 1,500 full-time employees, increasing to 2,500 during peak time. 74
Airport Business Park OPENED: 2015
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Lake Nona Airport Business Park is located minutes from Orlando International Airport and hosts Voxx International Corporation global headquarters and their state-of-the-art light industrial manufacturing facility. 75
KPMG Capability Center COMPLETED: 2020
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The KPMG Capability Center is a 120,827 square foot Class A office building located in Lake Nona Town Center. The four-story corporate office is covered in innovative View Smart Windows and is Gold Wired Certified. 76
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Lake Nona Office Pipeline N E W LY C O M P L E T E D AND UPCOMING IN LAKE NONA TOWN CENTER
TOP & BOTTOM LEFT: Wrapped in View Glass, 13495 Veterans Way is Lake Nona's “jewel box” office building, the newest mixed-used addition and features five-levels, with ground floor retail and upper levels of Class-A office space.The building was completed in Spring 2022. One Performance Plaza is a cuttingedge Class “A” medical office tower connected to Lake Nona Performance Club, a destination medically-integrated sports, performance, and rehabilitation center. The building will include 12,000+ SF of carefully curated restaurant and retail tenants that will complement the Plaza’s holistic health and wellbeing mission. Currently under construction, the building was completed in 2022. BOTTOM RIGHT: 6876 Marwick Lane will be a stateof-the art, eight-story corporate office environment adjacent to the bustling Lake Nona Town Center and is slated for completion by the end of 2022. 77
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Lake Nona Wave Hotel OPENED: 2021
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Lake Nona Wave Hotel lighting up the night sky. 78
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Lake Nona Wave Hotel
PICTURED: Lake Nona Wave Hotel is a luxurious escape for sophisticated travelers, business professionals, and lifestyle-focused guests. The 17-story hotel provides a curated luxury lifestyle experience powered by thoughtful technology yet grounded in the wellbeing of all guests. Guests will find a venue to suit any celebration from the colorful roof-top pool deck that ignites celebrations with color and sound to the whimsical Sculpture Garden offering a dramatic locale under a canopy of almost 300 palm trees. 81
Lake Nona Sculpture Garden WORLD-RENOWNED ARTISTS
PICTURED: Adjacent to the newly opened Lake Nona Wave Hotel, the Sculpture Garden is a 50,000 square-foot outdoor space designed for the exploration and discovery of a distinguished selection of sculptures from one of the world’s largest private art collections, The Lewis Collection. An elegant and inviting canopy of verdant palms and fragrant flowers surround meandering walking paths through the garden’s signature sculpture collection featuring the works of acclaimed artists such as Fernando Botero, Philip Jackson, Henry Moore, and Enzo Plazzotta. 82
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Lake Nona Vertiport
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America’s first high-speed, electric air mobility hub is planned for Lake Nona in 2025. Built in partnership with the City of Orlando and Lilium, the German aviation company developing an all-electric, vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, Lake Nona will be a hub for regional air mobility network. 86
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Move Nona: Autonomous Shuttles & Mobility Network LAUNCHED: 2019
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Move Nona is a bold new approach to transportation. Featuring the region’s first autonomous shuttles and the country's largest and longest-running autonomous vehicle fleet, Move Nona provides Lake Nona residents and visitors with a variety of efficient and inter-connected ways to get around the community. Lake Nona's autonomous shuttles have moved over 65,000 passengers since launching in September 2019. 89
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leAD Lake Nona Sports & Health Tech Accelerator OPENED: 2020
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The leAD Lake Nona Sports & Health Tech Accelerator, in partnership with leAD Sports, is designed to help entrepreneurs test their ideas in a real-life environment using Lake Nona’s exclusive Verizon 5G broadband capacity. The accelerator is the first-ofits-kind in the United States and focuses on “future of living” solutions covering sports and health tech, smart cities, and the future of nutrition. 90
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WHIT House OPENED: 2017
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WHIT is a Wellness Home built on Innovation and Technology, with every detail designed to inspire and empower a healthier life. 92
Verizon 5G Innovation Hub OPENED: 2019
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Lake Nona is home to Verizon's Global 5G Innovation Hub, where solutions can be developed and tested across a variety of industries prevalent in our community such as healthcare, technology, autonomous mobility, health and wellness, education, retail, and sports. Thanks to exclusive Verizon 5G broadband capacity, innovators that use the Verizon 5G Innovation Hub are also able to test their solutions in Lake Nona’s real world living lab environment.The new Verizon 5G Innovation Hub is part of Verizon’s broader strategy to partner with businesses and organizations to explore how 5G can disrupt and transform nearly every industry. 93
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