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• Micro-brewery
• 4,000-square-foot event space Signature restaurant and bar
• Large parking area
• Monument sign for The Packing District 14,000 sq ft of retail space
• 10,000 sq ft of office space
• Plans call for construction to begin early next year with completion by the end of 2020. If you’d like the run down of every food hall project in the works or already open, go to orlandofoodhalls.com.

TRANSCRIPT: Fashion Square Mall will be completely leveled according to Growthspotter. The mall, built in the 70s, will be replaced with an outdoor mixed use development with a grocery story, hotel, apartments, offices, restaurants and entertainment destinations. Unicorp National Developments has a contract to buy the property beneath what remains of the mall for $23 million dollars. This new development will not include the Floor and Decor and never-opened Orchard Hardware buildings next door to the mall. These two retail stores replaced a Sears which had been attached to the original mall.

MetroPlan Orlando will unveil a recommended design for Corrine Drive at a Community Meeting from 5:30-8:15 p.m., on May 1 in the Audubon Park K-8 School  at 1500 Falcon Drive. Since early 2017, the Corrine Drive Complete Streets Study has focused on identifying a street design that better serves the community.

The meeting will include time to review plan drawings, a presentation on key features of the proposed design, and time for members of the public to speak. Comments can also be submitted in writing by filling out comment cards at the meeting or providing comments online.

The recommended design for Corrine Drive includes continuous sidewalks, new features for cyclists, a street design that can slow speeds and improve safety, along with more trees for shade and appearance.

MetroPlan Orlando – working with Orange County, Orlando, and Winter Park governments – is finishing the Corrine Drive Complete Streets Study and exploring next steps for funding and implementing the plan through a local government.

MetroPlan Orlando will collect feedback, summarize the results and hand the project over to local governments to secure funding and oversee the remainder of the design and construction work.

Last week, 23 trees were removed from Edgewater Drive by Davey Tree Expert Company at the direction of the City of Orlando due to poor tree health and/or their proximity to electrical wires. The trees were not replaced. Instead, the holes left by the trees were filled with concrete.

Orlando food truck veterans @tamale_co are opening up a brick-and-mortar location on May 5th in @thehourglassdistrict. The new spot is a collaborative space called @hourglasssocialhouse and will be shared with @leguminati, @le_ky_patisserie, and @foxtailcoffeeco. The restaurant will offer the food truck’s tamales as well as a deeper dive into authentic Mexican street food.

This Cinco de Mayo, Tex-mex restaurant @cocina214 is hosting its seventh annual Running of the Chihuahuas event at its Winter Park location at 151 E Welbourne Ave. This family-friendly event invites you to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a Chihuahua run, fresh margaritas, and Tex-Mex cuisine. Proceeds from the Chihuahua run benefit Winter Park Lost Pets and the Poodles and Pooch Rescue of Florida. The event will also feature drink specials such as $5 214 Rocks with Sauza, $3 bottled Coronas, $5 Hornitos Flo’Rita, $7 Hornitos Plata, $7 Tito’s Lonestar Lemonade and $10 Loaded Coronas with Mi Campo. Those interested in having their dogs participate can register on the @cocina214 website. Link in their bio.

For more local Orlando news you can find us on instagram at THE DAILY CITY. And as always hashtag Orlando is Wonderful!

We told you awhile back that the folks behind Domu in East End Market were opening a restaurant in Mills50 called Tori Tori. Well, the City of Orlando is giving the restaurant $50,000 through its Small Business Facade, Site Improvement, and Adaptive Reuse Program to go towards improvements including adding a front porch dining area facing Mills. Domu is a busy company. Along with keeping Domu running and opening Tori Tori, they’re also working on opening a quick serve restaurant Domu Chibi Ramen in the Waterford Lakes Town Center.

Winter Park Village is getting a new restaurant tenant inside inside the old Mitchell’s seafood space: Bar Louie. The expected opening time frame is early 2019.

Two of the top five zip codes millenials are moving to in Florida are located right here in Orlando according to RentCafe.com. One is 32821 which includes I-Drive, Millenia, and the theme park area. The other one is 32814 which is Baldwin Park. The site used data from the US Census Bureau to create this list.

Wallet Hub says that according to a study, Orlando ranked second on a list of 182 cities for “Most Fun City” in America. Number one was las vegas.

An almost 100 year old bodega called Handy Pantry is closing its doors for good this year. It’s located in the Lake Eola Heights district at 522 E. Amelia Street. Since the building is located within a historic district, it’s protected from demolition.

Rob and Joe Nunzaita put out a survey asking folks what the two developers should do with the downtown building they just purchased on Church Street for $3.97 million. How great! Developers asking the public what they want in their city! Rob and Joe are the folks who brought a beautiful historic building at the corner of Church and Orange and… put a walgreens inside. The building they want your feedback on  is on Church Street and was most recently Ferg’s Depot. The tenant options on this survey found at makeorlandogreat.com (PAUSE) include extremely ambitious brands like Apple, Amazon, Cheesecake Factory, Chik Fil A, Chipotle. There is one non-branded option on the survey called “Chelsea Market Concept.” Well you know that’s what The Daily City would vote for!

The Daily City would like to thank the hundreds, and hundreds and hundreds of people who came out to the inaugural Orlando Flea. We put together this indoor makers marker with 38 vendors, a dessert court, dranks and music on September 16th in downtown Orlando. This event is about bringing attention to local companies and communicating to visitors that the city we live in is creative. Local shoppers got introduced to brands they’d never heard of as well as meet the owners of the products they already know and love. Vendors sold out of t shirts and jewelyy, the food vendors sold out of gelato and cookies, and attendees gave us some very helpful feedback on what The Daily City can do to make the next Orlando Flea even better. Based on that feedback, we will be taking over multiple venues, expnding the space for guests to walk and view merchandise and hang out, as well as provide more space to house more vendors. The Daily City would like to thank our fans and newly made friends for making Orlando Flea the huge success that it was. Please follow orlando flea on instagram at simply… orlando flea.

The restaurant developer behind Cinco Tequila + Tacos,Gregory Pranzo, will be opening a new restaurant conceptalled called “East Hampton Bait & Tackle”  in the former TR Fire Grill’s location at 1035 North Orlando Ave. According to food writer Faiyaz Kara, it’s expected to open in early November. Pranzo is also a franchisee of Wahlburgers and is responsible for bringing a Guy fieri restaurant to the Villages.

A company called Brew Theory plans to create 13 new full-time jobs when it opens its contract beer brewery and tasting room inside a 1956 warehouse in the Callahan neighborhood at 400 Pittman Street. The project consists of an interior renovation of an approximately 10,000 sq ft space including electrical upgrades, brewing equipment, and upgrading interior spaces to accommodate the tasting room and seating. The space, steps from Creative Village, will contain a lab, a homebrew shop, taproom, sandwich shop and a podcast room according to Orlando Sentinel.

Ivanhoe Park Brewing Company at 1300 Alden Road in the Ivanhoe Village district is getting a new mural paying tribute to the history of the early 1900s Orlando resident George I. Russell’s effect on the area directly surrounding the brewery. According to Steve Herring of OrlandoRetro.com., Orlando was the epicenter of the United States’ pineapple business in the early 1900s thanks to George I. Russell’s pineapple fields surrounding Lake Ivanhoe. After Russell’s pineapple business died when trade opened up with Cuba, Russell opened a water park eventually called Joyland in the same general area. The mural will feature a hand holding a pineapple as well as a waterslide dipping into the water with the word “Joyland” hovering above.

In an effort to expose visitors to authentic Orlando experiences and provide an opportunity for residents to participate in the sharing economy, the City of Orlando recently made changes to its code to allow residents greater flexibility in renting out a portion of their home, condo or apartment to visitors for short-term stays. Under the new home sharing ordinance, residents are allowed to host guests in a portion of their residence within all residential zoning districts for 30 days or less; provided that the rented portion of the home is 50 percent or less of the total number of bedrooms in the residence, that there is only one booking at a time, and that the resident lives on-site and is present when hosting guests.

And finally, mark your calendars for next year and every year until you die. Thanks to the official proclamation made by the City of Orlando, August 29th is now officially “Beyonce and Jay Z Day” in Orlando today, tomorrow and the rest of our lives.

The movie theatre at Universal Citywalk will transition from AMC to Cinemark with a grand opening set for September 15th. Moviegoers can expect “Cinemark Luxury Lounger” seats, and one new Cinemark XD auditorium which will bring “expansive wall-to-wall screens, custom-engineered surround sound with multichannel speakers and state-of-the-art projection systems capable of delivering 35 trillion colors.”

The new PDQ in Winter Park at 925 S. Orlando Avenue held its grand opening Sunday. The Tampa-based chain serves chicken tenders, sandwiches, salads and milkshakes. This new location is a block away from the Winter Park location of Chik Fil A.

The antennae at the Rollins college radio station WPRK has finally been repaired and is back up after getting knocked down September 8th of last year during Hurricane Irma. The only way listeners could get the station’s shows and music since then was via online streaming.

Jinya Ramen bar opened in Thornton Park at 8 North Summerlin Avenue next door to Starbucks. Construction began December of last year. The reason for its elongated construction period was the detailed interior design the chain chose. The space formerly housed Verde and before that, Tijuana Flats.

Jimmy Hulas opened downtown at 68 E. Pine Street. Along with selling tacos and beer, it will serve local brands Foxtail Coffee and Valkeryie Donuts.

The free-standing retail building located at the corner of Colonial Drive and Hampton Avenue at 2000 East Colonial Drive in Mills50 is for sale for $1.7 million dollars. The building has 7,446 sq ft, 20 parking spaces and was built in 1957. The parking is divided with a portion in the front and a portion in the back.

The 2014 contract the City has with Dr. Philips Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. for its  management of the Bob Carr Theatre is set to expire on August 31st. A new agreement will extend the term for an additional year.

By 2020 the Florida legal medical marijuana industry is expected to generate $456 million dollars in sales according to ArcView Market Research and BDS Analytics. In five years the industry is expected to create 25,000 jobs.

Universal Orlando may be opening a 4th theme park in Orlando called Fantastic Worlds according to their patent application for that name with the attached purpose of “entertainment services in the nature of amusement park and theme park services.”

We told you that Blended Cafe Bar, a bubble tea, bubble egg waffles, and banh mi restaurant was coming to 2306 Edgewater Drive in College Park. It’s now open for business! Blended takes up a 5,064 sq ft space in a building built in 1954 and will compliment the dessert options already on Edgewater Drive incuding Jeremiah’s Italian Ice and Trevi Pasta.

A new hybrid plant shop, coffee shop and event space all wrapped into one called The Heavy is coming to Winter Park at 1152 Harmon Ave inside the huge former Lombardi’s Seafood warehouse and processing plant. It’s opening weekend is August 4th and 5th. August 4th they’ll be open 10 to 9 and and August 5th 10 to 7. They’ll have several of their favorite local vendors popping up during both days.

The Heavy will offer plants and plant event services, coffee from Credo Coffee, and several large rooms perfect for special event rentals.The Heavy is a partnership between Credo Coffee and Porch Therapy. Credo Coffee operates several non-profit community-focused initiatives, but is best known for its coffee shops in College Park, the North Quarter and elsewhere. Porch Therapy creates plant and flower designs for large events as well as operates a retail storefront inside the East End Market. The two businesses  are subleasing the space from the leaseholders we introduced you to May 2017: a married couple who had had similar plans for the space back then. They were planning a home mercantile store with a full coffee shop inside. Garden decor and staples, interior design services, fresh vegetables, paint and painting supplies would all be offered. That plan didn’t come to fruition. They contacted Credo Coffee and Porch Therapy and the two businesses came together to come up with the current retail and events plan for the gigantic space.

A huge metal one-piece bridge-like section of the currently-in-construction Colonial Pedestrian Overpass has been placed at the project’s construction site: the intersection of I-4 and Colonial. Once complete, the overpass will be located east of I-4, west of N. Orange Avenue, and crosses W. Colonial Drive until touch down approximately 340 feet south of Colonial. At a cost of nine million dollars, the overpass will take users into the core of Downtown Orlando while also providing a safe pedestrian and cyclist crossing of Colonial Drive. The overpass will connect the Orlando Urban Trail to the Gertrude’s Walk Trail. There’s been a focus by the City on completing the trail located in the Central Business District. due to the addition of the bike share program, increased residential density, burgeoning sports and entertainment complexes, and expanding bus and rail transit options.

New downtown coffee shop Deeply Coffee is opening this Summer at 111 N. Magnolia Ave, across the street from the i-the-planning-stages Cambria Suites Hotel, a block from the downtown public library and a block from Lake Eola Park. The shop will serve a coffee brand roasted in Tampa called King State Coffee, roasted in Tampa, Chicago tea brand Spiri Tea, and a quarterly guest coffee roaster brand. Beer will be served in the evenings and Pearl Sugar Belgian Liege Waffles will be made in house.

We told you in January that Stasio’s Italian Deli & Market was coming to the Milk District. According to the owners, it’s expected to open late July/early August. The market will be located at the corner of Robinson & Bumby at 2320 E. Robinson Street and will offer sandwiches made to order, a full espresso bar, pizza, breakfast sandwiches and hot breakfasts, and freshly made bread. The market shelves will be stocked with products imported from Italy like olive oils, balsamic vinegars, prosciutto, pasta, seasonings, snacks, and wine.

The @citybeautiful is going to SHAKE UP the old downtown Information center with the help of the local creative company at Prismatic. The redesigned center will feature a retail shop with locally made goods, a circular information desk, digital walls, large murals by the formally local and internationally known artist Boy Kong and more. The space will expand from 1,950 sq. ft. to 3,800 sq. ft. During construction the Info Center will operate a new temporary location starting Tuesday, July 10 at the CityArts Factory at the corner of Orange Avenue and Pine Street Tuesdays-Fridays from 11 a.m.-5pm.

The Mayors Consent Agenda going before City Council June 25th contains four purchase requests for a total of 123 vehicles with a total cost of $3,398,379. According to City documents, the purpose of the purchase of these vehicles is to supplement the current City Fleet, and support the operational functions of various City Divisions.

The following vehicles are to be purchased:

• 44 Ford F-Series Trucks

• 28 Toyota Camry Hybrids

• 19 Ford Police Interceptors

• 10 Ford Explorers

• 8 Ford Escapes

• 6 Ford Transit Cargo Vans

• 5 Ford F-150s

• 3 Chevrolet Colorado Trucks

As we reported in January, the new food truck park “À La Cart Street Food and Craft Beer” is coming to to 615 Irvington Avenue in The Milk District. The culinary and craft beer hub just announced it will open in July. They also announced their truck lineup which will be serving up Poke Bowls and Burgers, Vietnamese and Korean fusion dishes, Brazilian meat skewers, Swedish meatballs and burgers and 45 varieties of Brazilian empanadas. hThe venue will feature an open-air pavilion with seating for 61 guests along with 15 taps from artisan breweries and an outdoor courtyard with lawn games. À La Cart Street Food and Craft Beer will be open seven days a week 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday – Thursday and 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday – Saturday.

The Developer of a hotel project in SODO has submitted an application for review and approval as a designated Transit Oriented Development (TOD). The project consists of a 6-story, 110-room hotel called TownPlace Suites by Marriott on 2.13 acres at 51 Columbia Street in SODO. If approved as a Transit Oriented Development, the developer will receive a 25% reduction in Transportation Impact Fees because it meets or exceeds city code for pedestrian facilities and bike facilities. The total reduction will be $92,000. The developer could have received an additional 25% reduction had the hotel project (1) been composed of a mixture of land uses, including residential, with the ground floor consisting of primarily active uses and (2) agreed to fund or subsidize transit ridership for employees and residents. City staff support the reduction. It goes before City Council for approval June 25th.

Ivanhoe Park Brewing Company has released its soft opening hours for its new location at 1300 Alden Road in Ivanhoe Village. Starting July 2nd hours it’ll be open Thursday 4-10pm, Friday 4-10pm, Saturday 12-8pm, and Sunday 12-8pm. Ivanhoe Park Brewing Company is an independent craft beer maker.

In fiscal year 2017 – 2018, Florida Hospital received $18,421,896 and ORMC received $10,753,953  to cover the costs of providing healthcare for the indigent and uninsured. Florida Hospital and ORMC wanted, and is now going to get, even more. On June 11, Orlando City Council voted unanimously to adopt a resolution  which would allowing the State to pay ORMC and Florida Hospital and Nemours a much higher percentage of their uncompensated charity care costs to maintain and even expand their charity care programs. That money comes from the State of Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Medicaid Program Finance Low Income Pool (LIP) program. LIP was to have ended June 2017 according to the Obama administration because the Medicaid expansion that was coming would have covered what LIP had been covering since 2006. That expansion never came. In 2017 Governor Scott and the Trump administration said the LIP program would continue.

The plaza area between the north and south tower of the Zora Neale Hurston State of Florida Regional Service Center at 400 W. Robinson Street will be renovated. The existing plaza is a series of large, paved, tiered spaces at different elevations with step transitions that impede fluid movement around the plaza. There are also several large planter areas surrounded by seat walls between the plaza terraces that also restrict movement around the plaza. The redevelopment plans greatly reduce the amount of pavement area in favor of landscape and open lawns. The existing terraced areas have also been greatly reduced providing smoother unrestricted flow through the plaza because of less vertical impediments. New furniture, lighting and pergolas are also identified in the plaza redevelopment plans. The north and south towers of the Zora Neale Hurston State of Florida Regional Service Center were completed in 1977 and 1987. The plaza area that connects the two buildings was begun and completed in the same time period.