Business
Lake Nona is home to businesses spanning a variety of industries from health care and aviation to professional services and hospitality. Lake Nona’s borders run contiguous to Orlando International Airport making it a top destination for company headquarters. Many global companies have built a presence in the community, including: *KPMG *Verizon *Johnson & Johnson *Disney *U.S. Tennis Association *Amazon *Veterans Affairs Administration *GuideWell *HCA Healthcare *Nemours Children’s HealthAerotropolis
Lake Nona has been defined as an aerotropolis: as an urban economic region whose infrastructure, land use, and economy are centered on a major airport. Lake Nona is a highly successful airport edge city. Together with MCO, the community constitutes the multimodal, multifunctional commercial, infrastructure, and institutional core of the Orlando Aerotropolis.Technology
Called the ‘Silicon Valley of the East’, Lake Nona actively recruits businesses that work to uplift other businesses—from the Verizon 5G Innovation Hub and a sports health accelerator program to various workspaces, Class A office buildings, and wired gigabit connectivity. In 2020, Lake Nona and leAD Sports partnered to launch the leAD Lake Nona Sports & Health Tech Accelerator program, exploring 5G-powered solutions in sports and health tech. The accelerator is a joint partnership with leAD Sports, the premier sports venture ecosystem inspired by Adidas Founder Adi Dassler. Lake Nona is building a mobility network to integrate multi-modal transportation options that support pedestrians and cyclists, electric-assist personal vehicles, the country’s largest and longest-running autonomous vehicle fleet (known as Move Nona), and city-to-city flight.Sports and Human Performance
Lake Nona’s sports and human performance resources include a championship golf course, the 98-court U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) National Campus, KPMG Lakehouse national training center, and Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute. Lake Nona is a frequent destination for large-scale amateur and professional athletic tournaments. Lake Nona has hosted the LPGA Gainbridge Tournament and LPGA Tournament of Champions at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club, the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Division I Championships at the USTA National Campus, and a USA Volleyball exhibition at Boxi Park. In 2021, Lake Nona opened one of the most comprehensive and advanced fitness centers in the country – the Lake Nona Performance Club. The facility redefines the fitness center experience with first-of-their-kind amenities and partnerships including the first-ever Chopra Mind-Body Zone and Spa built in collaboration with Lake Nona’s long-time wellbeing ambassador Dr. Deepak Chopra, mindset and peak performance experiences from Limitless Minds (co-founded by NFL quarterback Russell Wilson), and a premier indoor golf training and performance lab by InClubGolf. Recreational sports entertainment facilities also include: *XL Soccer: Indoor athletic complex with multipurpose fields for soccer, futsal, lacrosse, flag football, and volleyball and a coaching staff led by former Manchester United player Alan Smith and World Cup Champion Sydney Leroux. *Nona Adventure Park: Outdoor watersports park with on-water cable system, inflatable obstacle course, on-land climbing tower, pro shop with equipment rentals, and cafe. Nona Adventure Park’s elite systems help athletes train for international wakeboarding competitions. *Drive Shack: Golf entertainment destination with 90 playing bays, restaurant and bar, and private event spaces. The company is partially owned by BlackRock Fund Advisors and The Vanguard Group, Inc.Health Care
Global Wellness Institute named Lake Nona as “the most sophisticated example in the world of what master planning for wellness can accomplish”. Lake Nona is a model for deliberate wellbeing planning activated by a globally-recognized hub for health and life sciences innovation. Health and well-being by design with positive health intentions are essential to Lake Nona’s master plan. Neighborhoods are designed to support and encourage an active lifestyle with more than 40 miles of trails, parks, and nearly 1,000 community events each year from yoga in the park to large-scale 5K runs. Every year, the community hosts the Lake Nona Impact Forum conference that draws business, government, academic, and industry leaders from across the globe to discuss innovative health and wellbeing solutions. Past speakers include Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Russell Wilson, Alice Walton, Alex Gorsky, and Steve Case, among others. In less than a decade, Lake Nona’s 650-acre health and life sciences campus (often called Medical City) grew to include some of the nation’s top hospitals, universities, research institutions, and health and life science companies, providing a unique foundation to reinvent health care. An East Coast hub for health innovation, the health and life sciences hub is anchored by: *University of Central Florida (UCF) College of Medicine *UCF Lake Nona Cancer Center *UCF Lake Nona Hospital *University of Florida Research & Academic Center and College of Pharmacy *Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center and SimLEARN national training center *Nemours Children’s Hospital *GuideWell Innovation Center *Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute global headquartersNeighborhoods
Lake Nona neighborhoods encompass a variety of different home types and price points—from micro-apartments and townhomes to single-family homes and large estates—and also offer multi-generational living options (including an assisted-living facility and 55+ neighborhood).Education
Thousands of students call Lake Nona home, with three major universities and colleges in the area, an A-rated public schools and several early childhood education centers. *Amazing Explorers Academy *Primrose School *Learning Experience *Goddard School *Laureate Park Elementary *NorthLake Park Community Elementary *Village Park Elementary *Lake Nona Middle *Lake Nona High Higher Education: *Valencia College *UCF College of Medicine *UF College of Pharmacy *The Inter American University of Puerto RicoArt
Lake Nona is home to an extensive public art program that’s open and free to the public including dozens of pieces that feature different art forms like sculptures, murals, digital art, and live performances. Artwork is located throughout the community from a mix of local, international, and master artists including JEFRË, Colette Miller, Tom Fruin, LeDania,Entertainment
Lake Nona’s hub of activity is the 100-acre, open-air Town Center. The urban district and regional entertainment destination feature a wide variety of shops, restaurants, business headquarters, hotels, and interactive artwork all interconnected with green spaces and walkable vistas. Boxi Park, Central Florida’s only open-air park built using repurposed shipping containers that house different restaurant and bar concepts, also provides various forms of entertainment. In 2021, the high-tech Lake Nona Wave Hotel opened in Lake Nona Town Center. It’s been called, “America’s greatest new confluence of art and technology”. Each of the 234 rooms — including the 16 one-bedroom suites and two penthouses — runs on a digital concierge. In-room voice commands control the smart lighting and temperature controls and View Smart Windows dynamically blocks 99% of UV light throughout the day resulting in an extra 16 minutes of sleep each night. As a whole, the upscale lifestyle hotel features an artwork collection of more than 300 pieces; two restaurants – Bacán and Haven – and a Living Room Bar, a swimming pool, and a Technogym-powered fitness studio.References
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