ORLANDO, Fla. — It appears Disney has settled on the plat of land its new Lake Nona campus will call home.
Dynamic Campus, LLC, which has ties to Disney, entered into a development agreement with the Lake Nona Land Company for the land on Sept. 14, records show.
According to the Orlando Business Journal, the price tag for the acreage came in at more than $45 million. The Orange County Property Appraiser's Office says the exact number of acres the campus will span has not yet been processed by its mapping department "to determine the exact property involved in the transfer."
Records show the plat purchased will fall near Lake Nona Boulevard and Helios Boulevard, near the Lake Nona Town Center.
The Walt Disney Company first announced it was picking up and moving 2,000 employees across the country from California to Lake Nona in July.
In a letter to cast members, Imagineers and employees, Disney Parks Experiences and Products Chairman Josh D'Amaro said the project has been in various stages of planning since 2019.
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"This new project will create a dynamic environment to support our expanding business -- a brand-new regional campus which will be built in the vibrant Lake Nona community of Orlando, Florida," he added.
Documents obtained by 10 Tampa Bay from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity show, over a 20-year period, Disney could also get a tax credit of $578 million from the state for the project.
To do so, Disney filed to take advantage of Florida's "Capital Investment Tax Credit." In Feb. 2020, the DEO certified Disney to be eligible to receive the tax credit in connection with the Lake Nona campus as long as it makes good on its promise to hire 100 new-to-Florida, full-time jobs that pay at least $120,000 a year.
Most employees making the move will be Southern Californa-based DPEP professional roles, corporate roles and other select "enterprise functions," according to the chairman.
The relocation process is slated to take place during an 18-month window to allow employees to prepare for a big change to both their life and their family's lives.
