Lake Nona Real Estate

Inside Lake Nona: Golf, Medical City, Aviation, USTA, Hotels, Art & Innovation

Nona Ken is playing tennis and exploring Lake Nona, showing that there actually is a Lake Nona in Lake Nona. The video checks out the inside of this G650, the 50,000 ft public art facility, and what’s going on across the community. If you watch the channel, you know how big of a fan Ken is of the city of Orlando, and yet he feels like they haven't even scratched the surface of what's possible here. He talks about getting outside the tourism and hospitality bubble and into a diverse economy, and how Lake Nona is so much more than just the big dog or Laur at Park.

Behind the Gates at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club

Behind the Gates at Lake Nona Golf and Country, the video highlights that the club started it all, becoming the spark for the greater Lake Nona community. Viewers see the golf club, amenities, houses, and a sneak peek behind the gates. Matthew, who has been with the club 8 years, explains that it was built in 1986 and consistently ranks in the top 100 golf clubs in the world. The layout, Tom Vazio design, course conditions, and member culture draw people in. The last six holes wrap around Buck Lake, Red Lake, and Lake Nona, with 15 being an iconic par five. The video shows the swing stage and swing catalyst used by top players, highlighting how social and golf memberships work and noting that 32 touring golf professionals live and train here.

What Is Medical City in Lake Nona?

What is Medical City? The video explains that Tavistock bought 11,000 acres and donated land and $12.5 million to the UCF medical school, which opened in 2009 and helped create Medical City. Since then, the VA Hospital and Nemours Children’s Hospital have opened, serving children from all 50 states and 61 countries. The Ronald McDonald House supports families receiving treatment. This portion emphasizes how Medical City has exploded with innovation and healthcare resources.

Inside Simcon Aviation’s 95,000 Sq Ft Facility

Inside Simcon Aviation’s newest 95,000 sqft facility, pilots come from all across the world to level up their skills. The building includes lounges, classrooms, briefing rooms, an auditorium, and high-end flight simulators. The inside of the G650 feels real to life, showing why this place is considered graduate school for aviation. Their presence in Lake Nona ties to proximity to the airport and the vibrant interconnected community. With over 10,000 trainings last year, Simcon is addressing pilot shortages and preparing aviators at the highest level.

Inside the USTA National Campus

The video reveals that the largest tennis campus in the world is located in Orlando’s Lake Nona region, with over 100 courts. During filming, they were hosting the Billy King Cup, the World Cup of tennis. The welcome center displays American champions, Rolex clocks with global time zones, and what might be the best tennis pro shop in the world. The campus is 90% recreational, offering programs from ages 3 to 103, cardio tennis, clinics, and more. Locals call it the Disney World of tennis, with over 2,000 local visitors weekly and more than 300 tournaments each year.

Family Zone, Wheelchair Tennis, and Red Ball Tennis

The video explores the family zone, small courts, and programs for beginners. Wheelchair tennis, the most diverse adaptive sport with over a million dollars in US Open prize money, is showcased. Ken gets a Red Ball tennis lesson, showing that tennis has a new way to play with shorter rackets, slower balls, and smaller courts. The campus originally replaced old cow fields, evolving into a 100-court plan to support player development.

The Wave Hotel in Lake Nona

The Wave Hotel is presented as a technology-driven hotel with incredible rooms, Toto toilets, dynamic glass, and a vibrant bottom-floor living room with mixologists and artistic design. It’s an amenity for residents, travelers, weddings, and conventions. Outside, visitors find a 50,000 ft public art facility from the Lewis collection, offering global works in many genres. The sculpture garden is a must-see, though visitors are warned not to climb the bull.

Inside One Performance Plaza & Lake Nona Performance Club

The video takes viewers inside One Performance Plaza and the Lake Nona Performance Club, a medically integrated fitness facility. It features rock climbing, aquatics, golf simulators, indoor tracks, and extensive recovery services like cupping, scraping, cold plunge, and massage tools. Members get biomechanical analysis, inbody assessments, and monitoring through techno-gym equipment. The Chopra Mind Body Zone offers the only brick-and-mortar location of its kind, with meditation, yoga, pilates, and aerial classes.

Pools, Lap Lanes, Therapy, and More

The facility includes a family pool, 88-degree therapy and exercise pool, 25m lap pool, hot tub, and aqua-fit classes. The building design allows it to stay open year-round, even during Florida storms. Over 300,000 sq ft of office space houses businesses focused on health and wellness, sleep solutions, orthopedics, rehabilitation, brain training, and holistic healing.

What’s Coming Next to Lake Nona?

The video ends with the future of Lake Nona. There is still undeveloped land, including 405,000 sq ft of upcoming retail called Lake Nona West, big box stores, restaurants, and public art. The Lilium vertiport, an electric vertical takeoff hub tied to MCO, is coming soon. New jobs, technology, health innovation, and continuous real estate expansion are on the way, from apartments to estate-sized homes. Viewers are encouraged to subscribe for weekly videos about life in Orlando.