Lake Nona Medical City

Lake Nona Medical City
Neighborhood
Lake Nona, Orlando, Florida

Location of Orlando in Orange County and the state of Florida
Lake Nona Medical City

Location within the contiguous United States of America

Coordinates: 28°22′2″N 81°16′49″W / 28.36722°N 81.28028°W / 28.36722; -81.28028
Country  United States
State  Florida
County Orange
City Orlando
Founded October 2005 (2005-10)
Opened August 2010 (2010-08)
Area
 • Total 1.02 sq mi (2.6 km2)
Elevation[1] 82 ft (25 m)
Time zone EST (UTC−5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−4)
ZIP code(s) 32827
Area code(s) 321, 407
Website Official site

Lake Nona Medical City is a 650-acre (260 ha) health and life sciences park in Orlando, Florida, United States. It is located near Orlando International Airport and within the master-planned community of Lake Nona. The city is home to the University of Central Florida's Health Sciences Campus, which includes the university's College of Medicine and Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences. In the future, the campus will also house UCF's College of Nursing, College of Dental Medicine, and a teaching hospital.[2]

The medical city also includes the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Nemours Children’s Hospital, a University of Florida Academic and Research Center, and Valencia College at Lake Nona. In addition, a Veterans Administration Medical Center began seeing clinical patients from February, 2015.[3]

History

The concept of the medical city began in October 2005 when the Tavistock Group donated $12.5 million and 50 acres (20 ha) of land to the University of Central Florida to help establish a medical school.[4][5] In March 2006, the Florida Board of Governors voted to approve UCF's proposal to build a medical college at Lake Nona, and the school greeted its first students in Fall 2009.[6] In 2012, UCF purchased an additional 25 acres (10 ha) of land at Lake Nona to construct a teaching hospital.[7]

Development

UCF College of Medicine at Lake Nona

The medical city is surrounded by education facilities, five million square feet of commercial and retail space, and a mix of residential options. Upon completion of construction of the various projects, UCF's Health Science Campus will accommodate as many as 5,000 upper division, professional, and graduate students and faculty members in the health-related programs, and include up to two million square feet of research and instruction space.[8] It is estimated that the medical city will create up to 30,000 jobs and have a $7.6 billion impact on the economy over the next decade.[9]

Lake Nona is a 7,000-acre (2,800 ha) master-planned community. Forty percent of the community has been reserved for open green space and lakes. Lake Nona’s amenities include a planned 334-acre (135 ha) city park, 44 miles of planned trails, a number of community parks and 1,000-acre (400 ha) of lakes and waterways.

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "Medical City". City of Orlando - Office of the Mayor. 2010. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  3. ↑ http://www.orlando.va.gov/newmedcenter/consttimeline.asp
  4. ↑ "Gift aids UCF's bid for med school" (PDF). Orlando Sentinel. 2005-10-04. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  5. ↑ "Orlando's Newest Attraction Is Medical". New York Times. 2010-09-07.
  6. ↑ "UCF's Gets Med School". Orlando Sentinel. 2006-03-24. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  7. ↑ "UCF to Expand Health Sciences Campus at Lake Nona". University of Central Florida. 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
  8. ↑ "Florida Board of Governors - University of Central Florida" (PDF). Florida Board of Governors. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
  9. ↑ "Continuing coverage: Lake Nona's Medical City". Orlando Business Journal. 2012-07-11.
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