Business View Civil and Municipal | January 2021

28 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL JANUARY 2021 Ranch – a holistic health and wellness park and farm that the city is building in conjunction with the West Orange Healthcare District. When completed, it will be a great regional asset for West Orange County. Gerhartz is excited about the project, stating, “It’s a beautiful piece of old Florida. We received a grant from the state to help purchase the land and now we’re in the process of completing the designs for the park and the farm.” In other good economic news, the city has recently become the home of many corporate headquarters, like Schmidt Construction, Dackor, Johnson-Laux Construction, VMG Construction and Riegl Laser Measurement Systems. All headquarters are under construction or were completed in the last few months. Downtown, the city is seeing one of its largest buildings come to fruition. The Exchange Building is a three-story mixed-use project being built by RC Stevens that spans almost an entire downtown block. The first floor will have retail space for lease while the second and third floors will contain office spaces. Winter Garden is also aiming to attract new businesses to an area near State Road 429, which is a bypass around Interstate 4. There is a large mixed-use activity centre in the works