BREAKING COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE NEWS
GREATER ORLANDO METRO
WEEK OF MAY 11, 2020
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Disney World restaurant, entertainment complex to begin reopening May 20 ORLANDO, Fla. - Walt Disney World plans to reopen its restaurant and entertainment area later this month, though the theme parks and hotels will remain closed. Disney Springs vice president Matt Simon posted Thursday on the official Disney Parks Blog that the area will reopen May 20 with enhanced safety measures to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus... |
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Exclusive: Corkcicle halts construction on new HQ One of Central Florida's largest privately-held firms has temporarily stopped construction on its new Winter Park headquarters as retailers across the U.S. experience pandemic-related pain, according to a company executive. Corkcicle LLC - a fast-growing Orlando global lifestyle brand that's drawn the attention of Oprah Winfrey - had signed a lease to move its headquarters to a 12,000-square-foot commercial space at 834 N. Orange Ave. in Winter Park from 1300 Brookhaven Drive in Orlando. But that move has been put on hold... |
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Hair, nail salons, barber shops reopening in Florida After months of closures, the time has come for hair and nail salons to reopen across the state of Florida. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday afternoon on Twitter that barber shops, hair salons and nail salons can reopen Monday "with enhanced safety protocols for all counties currently in Phase One"... |
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Store closures put shopping center owners in debt risk Universal is halting construction on Orlando's newest theme park, Epic Universe, due to the coronavirus pandemic. On a conference call Thursday, Comcast CEO and chairman Brian Roberts announced Universal Orlando Resort will pause construction on the project. It was to open in 2023, becoming the Orlando area's first new theme park since 1999, when Universal opened Islands of Adventure (unless you count Holy Land Experience opening in 2002.)... |
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WeWork delays downtown office opening Global co-working giant WeWork won't be starting its first Orlando location as expected. The New York-based company now plans to open its future 70,000-square-foot space at 200 South Orange Avenue in August 2021, according to its website. That's roughly a year past its previously announced opening in the second quarter of this year... |
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