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[XpressEnterprise]

Florida Hospital Debuts $29M Mixed Use Building

[prahaboheme]

It's a good looking building.  Florida Hospital's dedication to SunRail is admirable.

[uncreativeusername]

prahaboheme, on 19 July 2011 - 08:11 PM, said:

It's a good looking building.  Florida Hospital's dedication to SunRail is admirable.

It definitely is - corporate citizenship like that is what can gradually make a city.

[Downtown Steve]

I am sure they are happy that their expansion plans will not require them to add a lane to I-4 as it would have without SunRail

[prahaboheme]

It was my understanding that their expansion of the downtown Orlando campus hinged on SunRail's approval, and if it wasn't approved, they were going to significantly alter their plans to decentralize campus expansion amongst the metro.  I think we can all be thankful that is not going to happen, as this certainly ensures a constant stream of new construction in Uptown for years to come.

[alex]

I don't know how up-to-date these plans are, but here are some images from the May 2007 PDF:

[prahaboheme]

Anything that makes the roadway more civilized in this area will help.  The renderings suggest they plan to humanize things a bit with planters, distinctive streetlights, signage, etc.  I hope some of this is done prior to the start of SunRail, considering it is at-grade.  The last thing SunRail needs is a pedestrian collison--take about a PR nightmare.

[XpressEnterprise]

Plans for a $55 Million Bioscience Center For Health Village
http://www.groworlan...nce-center.html

[LDG]

FL Hosp being a part of the nation-wide (and profitable) Adventist Health System definitely has the finances to churn these projects out. It's really cool to see how quickly they've expanded and changed that part of town over the years.

But let's not forget about ORMC... Orlando Health has already begun the ancillary phase to renovate and expand it's downtown campus with groundbreaking in 2012. I haven't seen the designs yet, but Orlando Health hasn't been afraid to go bold with the architecture of it's other buildings, so I'm excited to see the what happens. I believe some smaller buildings near the ambulatory care center are getting razed to make room for an 8-10 story tower on Copeland/Kuhl. Also one of the old Lucerne Pavillion buildings will probably get torn down and that campus will eventually expand it's rehab facility.

There are tentative plans to renovate & expand some of it's smaller satellite hospitals too.

Edited by LDG, 05 November 2011 - 06:57 AM.

[Downtown Steve]

The SunRail thread has links to the TOD sketchbook which includes a plan for the Orlando Health area.  I've always looked at them as just suggestions - but the RIDA/LYNX Central Station and Longwood plans are spot on so obviously had some developer involvement.

This is the first I heard about razing buildings on the OH site.  If they do, hopefully it helps re-establish a street grid that is missing due to the arrangement of buildings in the campus now.

[smileguy]

Any idea where this Windsor Healthcare building would go?
As for the grid, I think the plan is to make Rollins a major road to the west of Orange Avenue, and cutting off Winter Park btw. Dade and Orange, further diminishing the grid.

[Downtown Steve]

Sorry, my post (re: street grid) was about Orlando Health/ORMC that LDG referenced.