Orlando Medical City: Carieras Lake Nona – Italian Restaurant in Lake Nona

Who doesn’t love some great italian food? Well in Lake Nona, Orlando’s Medical City we have a great italian place that local residents and visitors love to enjoy!

Carieras Lake Nona makes you feel like one of the family. With an established location already in Dr. Phillips, Southwest Orlando, which features a relaxed atmosphere in it’s dining room, their new location in Lake Nona goes for a sportier feel due to the Lake Nona Golf Club. So in Carieras Lake Nona you will see autographed pictures of golfs most famous players, plenty of memorabilia on display and a chilled atmosphere.

Visitors love the food and the lounge bar which has a full service bar with a variety of liqueurs, ports, wine and cocktails. While mentioning the foot, there is an extensive list of appetizers, entrees and of course some signature hand made desserts! You can enjoy a full three course meal here, or just a drink inside or outside on the patio. Better yet, a take out service is also available meaning that you can enjoy the Carieras dining experience at home!

So if you are living, working or just visiting Lake Nona or perhaps looking for real estate in the area and need a drink and bite to eat, check out Carieras Lake Nona, They are open 7 days a week: Monday – Thursday 11am to 10pm, Friday – Saturday from 11am to 11pm and Sunday from 11am to 9pm.


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Orlando Medical City: 12 New Businesses Opening in Lake Nona for 2013

More exciting news for Lake Nona and Orlando’s Medical City.

The announcement has been made that there are 12 New Businesses that will be opening right here in Lake Nona for 2013.

These 12 new businesses are located Lake Nona Village and Lake Nona Plaza shopping centers on Narcoossee Road which means that there will have been at least 16 new businesses in these locations serving the local community for the whole year.

Lake Nona Village is particularly popular with residents as it is conveniently located between the entrances to the Lake Nona Golf & Country Club and NorthLake Park and is anchored by the newly opened Nona Blue. Lake Nona Village features 70,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and outparcel space. It even includes a Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt and the Winehouse at Lake Nona! I’m getting hungry just writing about it!

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Lake Nona Plaza is the areas newest shopping center, anchored by a 54,000 square foot brand new Publix Super Market this development also features more than 25,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space including an AT&T store and Publix Liquor store.

The expansion continues!

Here is what is opening across these two sites:

1. Panera Bread at Lake Nona Village – a standalone Panera Bread that will open later in the year

2. Orlando Orthopedic Center – Having so many medical centers around you it is no surprise that we have another medical industry business opening. This is the company’s 6th location.

3. Lake Nona Ophthalmology opens a facility next month.

4. Heartland Dental – This national dental implants pittsburgh pa is opening two locations for Lake Nona.

5. UCF College of Medicine – They are using space in Lake Nona Village for administration purposes.

6. Nona Nails – great nail salon.

7. Hangers Cleaners – A dry cleaner for the environmentally conscious that is open 7 days a week!

8. Subway – the national franchise that offers great subs!

9. Anthony Jewelers – a 25 year experienced jewelers with on site jewelry and watch repair.

10. Lake Nona Eye Associates – For all your eye care needs.

11. Lach Orthodontic Specialists – If you need Orthodontics.. this is the place!

12. J. P. Morgan Chase – the first Lake Nona branch for this national bank will be here on the corner of Lake Nona Plaza.

Clearly it is all happening in Lake Nona and Orlando’s Medical City.

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Orlando Medical City: Another New Medical Center For Lake Nona – New 100,000 square feet building underway

It is all happening in Lake Nona and it looks like 2013 is going to continue the trend of more construction here in Orlando’s Medical City like the just announced testosterone replacement therapy clinic.

The Lake Nona Land Co. LLC have announced that they are to start construction in the fall of a new medical office building. It will be anchored by Florida Hospital and the University of Central Florida’s Pegasus Health physician practice naturally increasing dopamine and inpatient rehab clinic run by UCF medical school professors, together with florida heroin detox centers. For instance, you have an inflammation of the air cavities within the passages of the nose or also know as sinus, visit this medical website of hudsonvalleysinuscenter.com for the best sinus specialist in Hudson Valley area.

This center in Houston will be called the “Lake Nona Gateway Building” and will be on the northwest corner of Narcoossee Road and Tavistock Lakes Boulevard and has an opening date scheduled for 2014. This is just one part of a larger development… as the press released in the Orlando Business Journal says: “The estimated $85 million office park plan includes 570,000 square feet of general office space in three buildings, a 150-room hotel and two 10,000-square-foot restaurants, plus 2,830 parking spaces in two parking structures and surface parking lots.

On top of that there is going to be a new $4.3 million Central Florida Veterans Memorial Park next to the Orlando VA Medical Center. So clearly the development never stops here in Lake Nona!

This whole part of Orlando is booming and when it comes to real estate listings are few and far between, so prospective buyers are urged to get in contact as soon as possible so we can start hunting for the perfect home for you NOW!

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Orlando Medical City: Movie Night in Lake Nona at Laureate Park

Lake Nona is more than just a place to live – it s a true community!

Lake Nona is more than just a place to live – it s a true community!

Being a community means residents getting involved in their neighborhood and taking part in local events. Here in Lake Nona there is always plenty to do and see and this April, thanks to sponsor Dais Technologies there is a fun Movie Night for those living in Lake Nona to enjoy!

Bring along your chairs, tables and picnic blankets to Crescent Park in Laureate Park this spring to enjoy a showing of Disney’s Wreck-it Ralph. Popcorn and Cold drinks will be provided and Dais will be showcasing some of their latest technology at 7:30pm with the movie showtime at 8pm.

Come on down and enjoy a fun FREE Lake Nona event April 6th 2013 at 7:30pm, Laureate Park in Crescent Park.

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Orlando Medical City: Lake Nona Town Center – Upscale Shopping, Restaurants and More – Coming Soon!

With the opening of hospitals, medical centers and with housing developments being built out it can be hard to think of what might be next for Lake Nona. But there are some big plans on the horizon to expand the area even further!

Lake Nona Town Center is the next big project that is being worked on with construction starting this year. Lake Nona Town Center is part of a $500 million next development phase that includes office space, hotel, industrial buildings, retail and restaurants!

This complete shopping and leisure complex will features department stores, trendy boutiques, a cinema as well as selection of restaurants that will make your mouth water. For those familiar with the Waterford Lakes development near UCF, many locals have lovingly been calling this the “Waterford Lakes” of Lake Nona!

The first part of the construction that begins this year is on some of the restaurants and the hotel – which is the first in Lake Nona…but unlikely to be the last! Then the retail and commercial space will follow.

Stay tuned for more information on this exciting development as the phase progresses – this is definitely going to be a real community focus for residents of Lake Nona.

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Orlando Medical City: New Restaurant Nona Blue at Nona Village, Lake Nona Featured in USA Today


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Being a community on the grow Lake Nona attracts a lot of attention in the local, regional and national press. The new Nona Blue restaurant in Lake Nona Village is no exception being featured this month in USA Today!

Owned by popular Irishman Graeme McDowell, Nona Blue is a fun upscale new restaurant in Lake Nona where you can combine fine dining with a sports bar. Located just outside the gates of the upscale Lake Nona Golf & Country Club this beautiful establishment opened on the 15th of this month and is expected to do great!

Nona Blue features the finest food and drink imaginable and thanks to Graeme’s win at the 2010 U.S. Open the place will likely be crawling with Golf enthusiasts.
The 5,600 square feet facility is open year round and seats 299. There is indoor and outdoor dining, a 40 seat bar and intimate dining thanks to a selection of curtained areas for privacy.

As for the food and drink there are 49 wines to choose from and 24 beers on tap as well as a healthy offering of salads, steaks, fresh fish, lobster and so much more! This is a restaurant that does it right every time.

Nona Blue is definitely something which enhances the Lake Nona community and provides another great dining option for residents!

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Orlando Medical City: Nona Tap Room – Bar & Restaurant in Lake Nona!

Lake Nona really is a beautiful part of Orlando. It is an area that is definitely on the grow with new businesses and restaurants springing up all over the place – including the Nona Tap Room.

This is a premiere sports bar that is getting a great reputation based on it’s huge beer selection! The Nona Tap room has 50 different beers available on draft as well as over 50 different bottles beers from around the world. Couple that with a huge wine list, cocktail selection and a great food menu then you have a recipe for success! Being a sports bar you can enjoy watching the game with friends in HD on one of the numerous flat screen TV’s.

The Nona Tap room isn’t just a regular sports bar, it is a upscale establishment that adds a touch of class to the concept. This is a welcome addition considering that dining selections in the area have been limited (but growing) in the past few years. Nona Tap Room aims to be THE neighborhood meeting place and watering hole for all those living in Lake Nona. They even have a beer club that awards members a pint glass after downing 50 different beers, and a personalized plaque and T-shirt after 100 – definitely something cool for local beer fans!

Lake Nona is clearly a thriving concept that is loved by locals…if you are looking for a home in Lake Nona and are looking to grab a bite to eat, check it out!

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Orlando Medical City: UCF College Of Medicine Achieves Full Accreditation

This is extremely exciting news for UCF’s new College of Medicine in Orlando’s Medical City as well as the Lake Nona area as a whole! The local press has been full of coverage surrounding the UCF College of Medicine achieving Full Accreditation for it’s program.

As reported by UCF Today, four years ago there were 41 students who took a chance on the UCF Medical School. They were the first class in US Medical School history where every student received a full scholarship. These enrolled students didn’t know whether all their efforts would pay off studying at the new school as it wasn’t until a few months before graduating they found out that the college would earn the full accreditation necessary for them to advance to their residencies and begin pursuing careers as doctors.

Now, The UCF College of Medicine has earned full accreditation following a rigorous, independent review of its educational program. The college of medicine was founded back in 2009 and was housed in temporary facilities near the main UCF campus. In 2010 they moved into the new $65 million 170,000 square foot medical education building in Lake Nona.

This latest news puts Lake Nona and UCF’s Medical School on the education map. It is expected that the UCF medical School and others in Medical City will create 30,000 jobs for Orlando and have an annual economic impact on the area of $7.6 billion by the end of 2017. This shows how important Lake Nona and Orlando’s Medical city is to Central Florida and how it is truly an area on the grow!

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Orlando Medical City: YMCA Lake Nona


Living a fit and healthy existence is part of daily life in Lake Nona. The local Lake Nona YMCA helps that happen! The Lake Nona YMCA at 9055 Northlake Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32827 is the perfect place to keep fit and stay fit in Lake Nona.

The Y in Orlando and Central Florida has a long history. The Orlando YMCA opens its doors for the first time in 1885 and the Central Florida YMCA was established in 1942. They are all about community and focused on making everyone healthier. In 2006 the Central Florida Y was named one of the fasted growing YMCA’s in North America and eventually became the 9th largest association by shifting to a membership based organization. The Central Florida Y also supports expansion and reach into various and underserved communities. The Lake Nona location is open 7 days a week:

Monday – Friday
5:30 am – 9:00 pm

Saturday
8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Sunday
12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

This location benefits from personal training, gym equipment, camps, child development programs as well as plenty of sports!

Medical Tents will be located at a single, central location at your event. Medical Tents will be staffed with at least two certified athletic trainers to provide appropriate triage and care to your event’s participants. Event Medical Group will provide the tent, a treatment table, minimal supplies for taping, general first aid, and ice bags, and an emergency Medical Tent Banner. Medical Tents are a great asset to this event including doctors taking consultation from people who assist, they will also be giving information about common conditions related to heart health, including some useful information related to Carolina Cardiology Associates / coronary artery disease.

The Lake Nona YMCA is clearly a great local resource for Lake Nona residents.

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Orlando Medical City: Lake Nona Middle School


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Middle school can be the best of times and worst of times for many students! Here in Lake Nona, they can definitely make the most of their time getting ready for high school at the fantastic Lake Nona Middle School!

Lake Nona Middle School is one of 67 middle schools in the Orange County Public School District. It opened its $40 million campus to just over 1000 students from grades 6-8 in the fall of 2011 and operates a state of the art facility that offers a 21st century curriculum that is supported by use of cutting edge technologies.

While a new school that has only been open a couple of years, the school is striving to be the top producer of successful students in the Orange County Public School system. The school is located off of Narcoossee Road (13700 Narcoossee Rd., Orlando, FL, 32832) works on fulfilling it’s mission to lead it’s students to success with the support and involvement of families and the community. Lake Nona Middle School’s colors are black and gold and its mascot is the knight tying it in to the Lake Nona educational partner – the University of Central Florida located just a few minutes drive north of Lake Nona.

Lake Nona Middle School is clearly a great place for your kids to attend here in Lake Nona and Orlando’s Medical City.

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