MCO ranked as the seventh busiest airport in the U.S. last year, welcoming nearly 58 million passengers. Contiguous to the airport is Lake Nona, one of the fastest-growing communities in the U.S. Lake Nona is a smart city known for its innovation and sustainability. Home to cutting-edge medical and research institutions, it fosters a thriving health, wellness and technology ecosystem that regularly lands new corporate facility projects. MCO’s new Terminal C expands its capacity to accommodate millions more passengers annually. Led by the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority’s (GOAA) 2023 Strategic Plan, MCO is set to lead in mobility and connectivity… Rasesh Thakkar, senior managing director of Tavistock Group, the developer of Lake Nona, says all roads lead to the Airport City. MCO is now the largest transportation hub in Florida, he says.
“That is what we dream about here — an Airport City embedded into the city of the future. Where else can you find 37 square miles of land with just two owners collaborating to create an unparalleled quality of life within the city limits of Orlando, a globally renowned destination and the most visited city in the nation? It doesn’t exist.”
Which is why Lake Nona and MCO are working together to enhance that Airport City concept, he adds.
