Tag: Lake Nona

  • Lake Nona Lowe’s store to open soon, jobs available

    Lake Nona Lowe’s store to open soon, jobs available

    Lake Nona-area DIY’ers will soon be able to flock to the area’s newest home improvement store that will open next month. The 158,000-square-foot Lowe’s home improvement store with an indoor lumber yard and garden center will host its grand opening on Dec. 21 in the Lake Nona Landing shopping center on Narcoossee Road, according to the store’s Facebook…

  • Drive Shack hiring for 400 Orlando jobs, seeks Puerto Rico evacuees

    Drive Shack hiring for 400 Orlando jobs, seeks Puerto Rico evacuees

    As thousands of Puerto Ricans evacuate to Central Florida after Hurricane Maria, a local company is appealing to new residents while hiring 400 people. Drive Shack, a golfing attraction with restaurant and meeting space, is seeking a variety of positions, mostly in the customer service category. Positions include golf-related jobs, such as drivers for the Ballzoni…

  • Lake Nona Medical City may be growing

    Lake Nona Medical City may be growing

    Lake Nona’s Medical City currently houses the Orlando VA Medical Center, which opened last year and the Nemours Children’s Hospital, which opened five years ago, but the community seems to be ever growing.

  • Tavistock announces new performance resort planned for Lake Nona, featuring a Crystal Lagoon

    Tavistock announces new performance resort planned for Lake Nona, featuring a Crystal Lagoon

    Tavistock Development Company, a diversified real estate firm owned by Tavistock Group, today announced details surrounding an iconic performance resort and spa at its master-planned Lake Nona community in Orlando, Fla. Arquitectonica, a leading Miami-based architecture firm, is designing the Lake Nona Resort, which is planned to break ground in 2018 with an opening date…

  • Drive Shack follows Topgolf into area with January debut

    Drive Shack follows Topgolf into area with January debut

    A second golf-entertainment center Drive Shack is teeing up to open in Central Florida, just months after Topgolf. Drive Shake has pegged January to open its 66,000-square-foot, three-story golf, restaurant and meeting center in the Lake Nona District, said Sara Yakin, the company’s chief operating officer. The Lake Nona complex will be the debut location for the…

  • Water sports park planned for Lake Nona

    Water sports park planned for Lake Nona

    A new water sports park is being planned for Orlando’s Lake Nona development, the Tavistock Group said Monday. (Photo via Tavistock Development Co.) Nona Adventure Park will feature a solar-powered water ski and wakeboard cable park, an inflatable aqua park, a climbing tower with a ropes course and climbing walls, the Bahamas-based private investment organization…

  • MetroPlan to Amazon HQ2: We are open to changing priorities to meet your needs

    MetroPlan to Amazon HQ2: We are open to changing priorities to meet your needs

    It looks like the Central Florida region’s transit systems may get a speedy timeline for their ongoing project completions if Amazon’s second headquarters is built here. MetroPlan Orlando, the metropolitan planning organization for Seminole, Orange and Osceola counties, submitted a letter to the Amazon.com Inc. (NYSE: AMZN) HQ2 site selection team stating how it will work with…