Rendering of the 8.5 acre, Westcourt Sports & Entertainment District. (Capture via JMA Ventures, LLC ).
The district will be built in an 8.5-acre complex next to the Kia Center at West Church Street and South Hughey Avenue.
Orlando residents and visitors will soon be getting a downtown sports and entertainment district.
On Monday, the project, developed by JMA Ventures, LLC and Machete Group, Inc., got the final green light.
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The district will be built in an 8.5-acre complex next to the Kia Center at West Church Street and South Hughey Avenue.
The 900,000-square-foot facility will feature a hotel, 270 residential units, a 3,500-capacity live entertainment venue, office space, a variety of dining and shopping options, and a 1,400 stall parking garage. The heart of the district is expected to be a 28,000 square foot living room.
On Wednesday, officials said the project will be named Westcourt
“Westcourt captures our vision for the project. An inclusive, aspirational place that offers a wide array of amenities, activities, and experiences to the Orlando community,” said David Carlock, founder and principal of Machete Group. “Westcourt will be an exciting urban place with world-class hospitality, first-to-market dining options, and a variety of event and meeting spaces.”
The project is expected to create 3,400 jobs, officials said.
“This is going to be a game changer initiative, going to incentivize businesses, there’s a lot of empty office spaces that need to be filled and this is going to bring people back to downtown,” Orlando City Commissioner Tony Ortiz said earlier this week.
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