Major expansion planned for Vacation Village timeshare resort
The sprawling Vacation Village at Parkway resort in Kissimmee is gearing up to add two more timeshare towers similar to this tower, built in 2015.
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UCF partners with MIT in major federal high-tech research
The University of Central Florida and the new high-tech manufacturing center in Osceola County scored a major federal research contract victory, landing a role in a new $75 million deal to develop smart-fiber technology.
Tupperware SunRail Station $85M Apartment Complex
Eastwind Development is planning a two-phase, market-rate, 350-unit apartment complex across the street from the SunRail stop on the Osceola County side. The complex, estimated at about $52 million-$53 million, will feature six four-story mid-rises with elevators and detached garages, as well as a separate clubhouse. Interior amenities will include stainless steel appliances, upgraded light…
Poinciana Parkway to Open
The remaining days of April will be extremely busy for Atlee Mercer. The former county commissioner and chairman of the Osceola County Expressway Authority (OCX) is waiting for Saturday’s official opening of the northern end of Poinciana Parkway, the first leg in the tolled beltway around the southern end of its urban area.
FAMRC Construction Update
Osceola’s Florida Advanced Manufacturing Research Center has changed a lot since it started vertical construction a little more than a month ago. What began from just moving dirt around last year on the site near U.S. 192 and Florida’s Turnpike in Kissimmee is now noticeably a large building that will be built with lots of steel and…
Kissimmee Proposed Medical District
If you’re a medical professional in the areas of dermatology, urology, mental health or weight management, Kissimmee officials want to speak with you. Those are the medical specialties the city is lacking, and ones it hopes will come to the area as part of the city’s proposed Medical Arts District project that aims to create…
iCAMR Eyes Partnership with Nano-Technology Firm
The International Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research is steadily making strides to build up its Florida Advanced Manufacturing Research Center in Osceola County. This time, the organization is eyeing a partnership with a nano-technology firm.
iCAMR CEO – Chester Kennedy
iCAMR CEO: ‘Florida Advanced Manufacturing Research Center will be a think tank for small and big businesses’ Chester Kennedy didn’t pay attention when the initial rumblings began about Osceola County and the University of Central Florida wanting to create a high-tech, smart sensor facility. But that changed once the former Lockheed Martin Corp. executive noticed how it could greatly impact…
Poinciana Medical Center doubles in size with new expansion
What began as a two-story, 30-bed hospital about two and a half years ago in Osceola County is now a four-story, 76-bed hospital. Poinciana Medical Center on Nov. 17 opened two more floors and 46 new private-patient beds across 40,000 square feet. The hospital, owned by HCA Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HCA), announced its plans for the $26 million expansion in June…
Puerto Rico-based Air Flamenco to Begin Service at Kissimmee Airport
Air Flamenco, a mainstay of air travel in the Caribbean, will open a satellite base of operations at Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) early next year. Rubén Torres, who founded the Puerto Rico-based airline in 1976, now lives in Kissimmee and has a deal to co-locate with Quantem, a fixed-base operator at the municipal airport. The airline…