Lake Nona Fact Sheet ABOUT
Planned and developed by Tavistock Development Company, Lake Nona is one of the fastest-growing and most innovative communities in America. Located in Orlando, Florida, the 17-square-mile community has established a new standard of living with groundbreaking initiatives that integrate technology, mobility, health and wellbeing. The smart and connected community’s advanced infrastructure and commitment to collaboration has drawn visionary companies and entrepreneurs to join its living lab environment accelerating economic growth and opportunity. Lake Nona’s attractive business ecosystem is enhanced by a thriving cultural landscape defined by iconic architecture and engaging public art installations, miles of trails and walkable green spaces, weekly signature events and endless shopping, dining and entertainment options.
M I S S I O N S T A T E M E N T : To create an extraordinary environment that inspires human potential through collaboration, innovation and customer devotion. Q U I C K FA C T S
SMART CITY
∙ 17 square miles, 11,000 acres, 44 square kilometers ∙ Median age: 45 ∙ Millions of square feet in residential and commercial construction over the next five years ∙ Education obsessed from pre-K to PhD/MD ∙ Contiguous to Orlando International Airport, home to a super-regional intermodal transportation center with light and express railway integration, buses and APMs and a short drive from the busiest spaceport in the world
∙ A living lab where companies, organizations and entrepreneurs test new ideas ∙ Community wide high-speed 5G network ∙ First gigabit community in Florida with 40,000+ miles of fiber cable providing high-speed internet ∙ Launched the nation’s first large-scale autonomous mobility network ∙ Lake Nona Wave Hotel is the most technologically advanced hotel in the world
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WELLBEING BY DESIGN
∙ Lake Nona Performance Club provides a tailored approach to whole-person health ∙ Designed to encourage an active lifestyle with more than 44 miles of trails, dozens of parks and over 1,000 community events each year
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∙ Home to businesses big and small including, Amazon, Siemens Energy, Johnson & Johnson, KPMG, University of Central Florida, U.S. Tennis Association, Verizon and a burgeoning community of entrepreneurs ∙ Commercial clusters focused on health and wellbeing, training and human performance, aviation and aerospace, education and entertainment ∙ Hub for leading health and life sciences companies, academic programs and research organizations
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∙ Among the top 10 fastest-growing U.S. metros of the past decade (U.S. Census 2024) ∙ Home to one of the busiest airports in the country that served more than 55 million passengers in 2024 (Greater Orlando Aviation Authority) ∙ Most-visited city in the U.S. with more than 75 million visitors in 2024 and was named the #1 US-Travel Destination in 2022 (Visit Orlando) ∙ Modeling, simulation and training capital of the world with $6B+ in annual simulation contracts (National Center for Simulation 2019) ∙ 500,000+ higher-education students within 100 miles of Orlando (IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics 2022) ∙ Fastest growing city for entrepreneurs in the U.S. (LinkedIn State of Entrepreneurship Report 2021)
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