The University of Central Florida’s $69.5 million College of Medicine at Lake Nona in southeast Orlando is seeking silver certification from the United States Green Building Council. The four-story, 175,000-square-foot facility reduced its potential environmental impacts in several categories: a 64 percent reduction in water use for irrigation, a 48 percent reduction in indoor-water use, [...]
Orlando is getting healthier, both physically and economically. Much of the credit goes to what is called “Medical City,” a 600-acre park where half a dozen medical facilities are under construction in the Lake Nona development outside of Orlando. A new $655-million Veteran’s Affairs hospital is being built, so is a 95-bed children’s specialty hospital [...]
The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority has joined the list of developers and landowners hoping to cash in on the “medical city” that’s rising out of pasture land in southeastern Orange County. For more than 20 years, GOAA has owned an 1,800-acre parcel of vacant land south of the airport, originally purchased to provide wetlands mitigation [...]
Marcia Verduin, M.D., a psychiatrist who has held leadership roles at the University of Central Florida’s new medical since 2007, has been appointed associate dean for students. She previously served as assistant dean for students and replaces Randolph Manning, who has retired. In her new role, Verduin, shown at left, will continue to work on [...]
The day after finishing their final exams, 24 students from the UCF College of Medicine’s charter class ran a 24.7-mile “Nonathon” relay race Thursday to celebrate the college’s upcoming move to Lake Nona and raise money for student scholarships. The students began the relay at 6 a.m. at the UCF Reflecting Pond at the Orlando [...]
Construction is scheduled to begin in July for a University of Florida research and academic center in the developing “medical city” in Lake Nona. The UF College of Pharmacy’s academic program will be a principal occupant of the planned four-story, 115,000-square foot building. The state Board of Governors on Wednesday designated the planned building a [...]
The sky is dotted with construction cranes that mark the location of the “medical city” at Lake Nona where $2billion of development is under way. This impressive site includes Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, the University of Central Florida medical school and Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando’s Cancer Research Institute, Nemours [...]
By Kimberly Lewis October 15, 2009 David Norvell, UCF’s director of Sustainability and Energy Management, last night was named the 2009 Community LEEDer of the Year by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Central Florida chapter. The award honors an individual who demonstrates progressive initiatives and a commitment to green building, including the integration of a [...]
Jewish National Fund will honor four community leaders at an award dinner in Orlando at its annual dinner on Thursday, Dec. 3. Rabbi Rudolph and Rose Adler will be presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Deborah C. German, dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Central Florida, and Rasesh Thakkar, senior [...]
Source: Orlando Sentinel The medical city sprouting in southeast Orlando is behind schedule. So what? The delays mean that the University of Central Florida medical school, UCF’s Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, the Burnham Institute for Medical Research and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center of Orlando are about six months to a year off their [...]
