ORLANDO-The two-building Pop Century Resort, the largest lodge in Walt Disney World's hospitality stable of 18 hotels totaling 20,942 rooms, was first scheduled to open in December, then postponed until March 2002. The new opening date will depend on the economy, Disney officials say.
CLERMONT, FL-Racing the clock, Lake County elected officials have 12 days to make a purchase offer to the Orlando owners of the controversial 1,433-acre Sugarloaf Mountain tract. Gov. Jeb Bush and his Cabinet rule on a disputed development order extension Oct. 30.
MEMPHIS, TN-The Pennsylvania confections maker is adding 100 jobs to the 300-worker facility where Bubble Yum gum and Breath Savers mint products, acquired from Kraft Foods Inc. in December 2000, will be produced.
ORLANDO-Five days after a 40,000-sf store mysteriously burned to the ground in south Orlando, fire department investigators continue to probe and analyze the debris for clues that may show the pre-dawn blaze was purposely set.
SUFFOLK, VA-The Chicago-based food products firm has started site work on a 152,000-sf building that will house 80,000 sf of production; 12,000 sf of office; and 60,000 sf of utility and storage area. The capital investment is the largest of its kind for the company.
ORLANDO-When the team's existing contract is up in 2004, the NBA franchise will rent the TD Waterhouse Centre on a year-by-year term instead of signing for five-year extensions. The Magic pay the city $15,000 per game or $600,000 for 40 home games.
ORLANDO-Five days after a 40,000-sf store mysteriously burned to the ground in south Orlando, fire department investigators continue to probe and analyze the debris for clues that may show the pre-dawn blaze was purposely set.
ATLANTA-The 20-story, 560,000-sf tower in the affluent Buckhead district of Downtown is the first of four office structures totaling 1.5 million sf being developed by Toronto-based TrizecHahn Corp. in a $100 million urban setting that will also comprise a residential component.
CLERMONT, FL-City council in this Orlando bedroom community of 16,208 permanent residents is giving the green light to Dick Candler and his Candler Development Co. for the construction of up to seven restaurants and at least a 100-room hotel at one of the hottest commercially-hot intersections in Lake County.
ATLANTA-The medical industry supplier's 10-year lease has an estimated aggregate value of $18 million at 1005 Satellite Blvd., a 37%-occupied, northeast submarket building in Gwinnett County.
