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Come Grow With Us

Sep 15, 2022

Elevate LakeAt the Office of Elevate Lake, we are committed to serving our businesses in Lake County, Florida!  Conveniently located in Central Florida, Lake County businesses have access to highways, seaports, airports, rail, and an amazing quality of life.  Come grow with us!

Lake County prides itself on providing an exceptional quality of life for its residents.  With more than 1,000 lakes, beautiful rolling terrain that leads to the highest point in the Florida Peninsula, and over 1,100 sq. miles, Lake County offers its residents a "Real Florida. Real Close." lifestyle that also makes the County an attractive destination for tourists as well as the best and brightest workforce talent.

Real Talent.  There are 500,000 plus students enrolled in higher education within a 100-mile radius.  The Education Partners in this community are focused on providing top quality talent to meet your workforce needs of today and of the future!  Lake Technical College and Lake Sumter State College can even design specialized programs to upskill or train specialized skills!

Elevate LakeReal Opportunity.  Design and planning continue to take shape in Wellness Village, which will bring state-of-the-art medical facilities, research, and health focused initiatives to The Villages and surrounding community.  This is part of a $100 million-plus development slated to break ground on 241 acres in Lake County by the end of 2022.  This entire project is expected to create hundreds of high-wage jobs in science, medicine, and research.

Olympus is underway in Lake County’s Wellness Way, located in Clermont (South Lake County), just outside of Orlando and Orange County.  Olympus was created by Olympus Sports & Entertainment Group and is guided by a brand promise of “Epic. Every Day.”  The project features innovative development zones of excellence devoted to Sports Training and Competition, Sports Medicine and Performance, Health and Wellness, Entertainment and Hospitality, Business Innovation, and Growth.

Elevate LakeSpeculative Construction in Warehousing, Distribution, and Logistics is spiking at the intersections of Florida’s Turnpike, US Highway 27, and State Route 19.  There are 5 buildings either under construction or in the planning process.  425,000 plus square feet (Est. completion Q3 2022), 977,000 plus square feet (Est. completion Q3 2023), 877,000 plus square feet, 570,000 plus square feet, and 125,000 square feet. 

Wolf Branch Innovation District is a Strategic Corridor designed to be a significant employment center situated on approximately 850 acres along the Wekiva Parkway extension into Mount Dora, FL. With easy access to downtown Orlando and the Orlando International Airport, this is an opportunity to be part of a mixed-use employment center focusing on education, innovation, research & development, and high-tech industry clusters within a creative village atmosphere.

Elevate LakeCountless businesses have already selected Lake County as their home.  Amazon Logistics opened a new delivery station in July of 2021. The Kroger Company chose Groveland, Florida as the second location in the U.S. for one of their Customer Fulfillment Centers.  DiversiTech Corporation chose Leesburg, Florida to expand their manufacturing business of components and products related to the heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration industry.  Steamroller Animation and Steamroller Studios began in Lake County and thrive in downtown Mount Dora as high-tech entertainment producers in gaming, animation, unique content creation to the highest level of partnering with some of the largest film studios and gaming studios on the planet to breathe life into their stories.

The time is now to come to Lake County, Florida!

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