Downtown Drip

2025 Golden Brick Awards   Thank You For Another Great Year!  The Downtown Orlando Partnership’s 2025 Golden Brick Awards, presented by AdventHealth, brought together the downtown community for a morning of celebrating the people, projects, and initiatives shaping downtown Orlando.Congratulations to this year’s winners and to Ryan Young, AIA, Co-Founder and CEO of Interstruct Design + Build, for being…

DOWNTOWN BUSINESS NEWS Beth Hobart Named OBJ Businesswoman of the Year The Orlando Business Journal has named DOP Trustee, Beth Hobart of Mainframe Real Estate, as its Businesswoman of the Year, recognizing her professional excellence and community impact both inside and outside the real estate market. In 2025 alone, Hobart closed nearly $30 million across 50 transactions with a…

DOWNTOWN BUSINESS NEWS Orlando Health Breaks Ground on New Downtown Institute Orlando Health has started construction on a two-story, 28,000-square-foot Weight Loss & Bariatric Surgery Institute at 55 W. Gore St., with services spanning weight-loss surgery, obesity medicine, endoscopic procedures, and surgical body contouring. The $13 million facility is expected to open in spring 2027…

DOWNTOWN BUSINESS NEWS The Jacksonville Jaguars Are Coming to Orlando in 2027 NFL owners unanimously approved the Jacksonville Jaguars’ temporary relocation to Camping World Stadium for the 2027 season, a deal made possible by Florida Citrus Sports, City of Orlando, and Orange County. The move brings nine regular season home games to downtown Orlando and…

DOWNTOWN BUSINESS NEWS BMO’s 2026 Florida Business Outlook BMO Commercial Bank has released its 2026 Business Outlook, highlighting Florida’s continued outperformance of the national economy with real GDP growth of 3.0%. Targeted industries including aerospace, life sciences, and advanced manufacturing are helping offset softness in housing and labor markets, with a housing recovery identified as…

DOWNTOWN BUSINESS NEWS OUC Plans to Expand Its Downtown Orlando Footprint OUC – The Reliable One has applied to the City of Orlando’s Municipal Planning Board to build a new electrical substation and add water filtration structures at its Lake Highland facility, responding to surging power demand across the country. The new substation will support…

DOWNTOWN BUSINESS NEWS Alex Martins Named 14th Inductee into the Orlando Magic Hall of Fame The Orlando Magic have announced that Alex Martins, who served as the organization’s CEO for 14 seasons, will be inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame on March 23. During his tenure, Martins helped secure Kia Center as the team’s home,…

Save the date for the Downtown Orlando Partnership for our Women’s Business Forum Breakfast, presented by Orlando Credit Union, on Monday, March 30, hosted at the stunning Judson’s Live. This inspiring morning will bring together leaders, innovators, and changemakers for meaningful conversation over breakfast in one of downtown’s most exciting venues featuring influential women shaping business…

DOWNTOWN BUSINESS NEWS Plan Your Route Ahead for IMMERSE 2026  Now in its 11th year, IMMERSE is a three-day celebration of art and performance that takes over 10 downtown blocks from February 20-22, featuring live shows, large-scale installations like the Luminarium Arborialis by Architects of Air, and hands-on experiences for the whole community. With road closures on…

DOWNTOWN BUSINESS NEWS Pathways Drop-In Center Expansion Breaks Ground to Double Capacity Pathlight Home celebrated the groundbreaking of a $2.4 million expansion project at the Pathways Drop-In Center, which will double the facility’s capacity to serve 100 unhoused individuals daily. Through the Accelerate Orlando Initiative, the project will demolish the existing main building and construct a…