Lake Nona community responds after Disney axes $1B campus project

The plan for the Disney

campus

was still on the drawing board, but nearby businesses had high expectations for what Disney planned to develop. Our team's coverage now continues with music, says Troy Campbell, who lives in Lake Nona tonight. Troy Lisa and Ginger this empty field behind me. It's where Disney said they were going to spend a billion dollars to create more office space and tonight the governor's office responded by saying they hadn't seen any of the plans submitted and weren't sure if construction would ever happen. , a Florida spokesperson. Governor Ron DeSantis responded after the Walt Disney Company announced it would not carry out the company's plan to relocate 2,000 cast members from California to Florida by saying in part a quote that Disney announced the possibility of a Lake Nona

campus

ago. almost two years, nothing came forward.

The

project

and the state were unsure if it would come to fruition; However, this application submitted by Disney in March to the Orlando Development Review Committee details the company's plans to construct eight buildings totaling 1.8 million square feet and three additional parking lots since the announcement in 2021. Disney He says some of those high-paid employees have already moved to Florida and we were very excited because many builders have already started new communities in anticipation of this. Huey is a real estate agent from Lake Nona and says he has several clients. who work for Disney and have already moved to Central Florida in anticipation of the Disney campus, it's really unfortunate for people who already planned that move to find out that it doesn't happen and they have to return home despite the announcement Huey says it's still expected May Lake Nona experience record growth while we're talking about Central Florida.

Lake Nona really is one of the fastest growing communities that we have and the residents love it for a number of reasons and the businesses love it too so I think it's a bump in the road but in the long run I think it won't really affect things in terms of getting people to bet on what Disney says they are working with their cast members who have already moved to Lake Nona from their California offices and also with Florida State Senator Linda Stewart. he says he is confident Lake Nona will continue to see development in this area live on Lake Nona tonight, Shorty Campbell getting results 6 news.