Lake Nona is a mixed-use
planned community
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within the city limits of
Orlando
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, southeast of
Orlando International Airport
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. Being developed by Lake Nona Property Holdings (owned by
Tavistock Group), the Lake Nona Region is home to
Lake Nona Golf & Country Club.
The community is named for a large lake in the northern part.
Demographics
The population of Lake Nona has grown from merely 1,500 in 2000 to over 50,000 people in 2015. Some of the population growth is attributable to immigration from Puerto Rico during the
Puerto Rican government-debt crisis
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of 2015.
Education
Lake Nona Medical City contains several centers for
biomedical research
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and education including the
University of Central Florida College of Medicine and the site of the planned relocation of the
College of Nursing, as well as the addition of the
University of Central Florida College of Dental Medicine,
and the
University of Florida College of Pharmacy, which is ranked #5 among all pharmacy schools in the nation. Several other private, governmental, and educational medical centers are located in the area as well.
Neighborhoods
The city of Orlando has officially divided Lake Nona into four neighborhoods:
*Lake Nona Central, including VillageWalk at Lake Nona and the
USTA National Campus
The USTA National Campus is a tennis training center and tournament venue in Lake Nona, Orlando, Florida. Owned by the United States Tennis Association (USTA), it houses 100 tennis courts, a strength and conditioning center, and a dormitory.
H ...
*Lake Nona Estates, including the
Lake Nona Golf & Country Club
*Lake Nona South, including the Medical City and Laureate Park residential development
*Northlake Park at Lake Nona, which includes the separate developments of Morningside at Lake Nona and Waters Edge at Lake Nona
A fifth neighborhood, Education Village (formerly Narcoossee Groves), lies outside the original borders of Lake Nona. Lake Nona High School and the
Valencia College Lake Nona Campus are located here.
Vertiport
German aviation company
Lilium
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plans to open one of its
vertiports, the first one in USA, in Lake Nona. It's planned to be finished 2025. The company is building 6-seater electric air taxis with the ability to vertically take off.
References
External links
Official site of Lake NonaFlorida Trend, Medical City Is Changing Florida's DNAOrlando Sentinel, Burnham's impact may rival Disney's in Metro Orlando*
ttp://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2009/05/18/story13.html Orlando Business Journal, Biotech boom: Lake Nona’s medical city ready to growOrlando Sentinel, Medical City at Lake Nona a booster shot for tourism
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