How to Build an Airport City
22 Jul 2024
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Tucked into a 37-square-mile area of southeast Orlando are two contiguous developments shaping the future of America’s most visited city: Orlando International Airport and Lake Nona.
A magnet for 80 million visitors each year, Greater Orlando is not just the king of tourism in the Western Hemisphere. It is also providing the world with a blueprint for the future of transportation infrastructure, economic development, and thriving business and commerce centers.
At the center of this confluence is a place billed as the world’s next great Airport City — where Orlando International Airport (MCO) and Lake Nona come together. How important is this 37-square-mile location? Consider this:
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