City Center at O-Town West, developed by Orlando’s Unicorp National Developments, brought the region one of its newest offices as part of a new 350-acre master-planned mixed-use development and, in doing so, brought a global vacation company to Orlando.
Located just off Interstate 4 at 8652 Fenton St., City Center at O-Town West is part of the $1 billion mixed-use project called O-Town West that is being developed by Unicorp. The nine-story building offers 350,000 square feet of high-end office space in addition to restaurant, retail and entertainment space for over 1,600 daily employees.
City Center was announced in 2020, with Unicorp selecting Finfrock as the architect and engineer of record, precast concrete manufacturer and installer, and as the project’s general contractor to help expedite construction, which wrapped up in late 2023.
The project’s design incorporated multiple employee wellness-inspired features. Executive offices were moved into the building interior, giving more employees access to City Center’s floor-to-ceiling windows and views of Orlando’s International Drive corridor. An on-site fitness center comes with a full selection of exercise equipment and classes, an IT bar for employees with tech issues, and private spaces for mothers or other general wellness needs on each floor.
Unicorp has plans to make City Center its headquarters and will join Marriott Vacations Worldwide at the site. In what remains one of Orlando’s largest purely office deals ever, the global vacation ownership company selected the site for its global corporate headquarters in early 2020.
The project won a 2024 CoStar Impact Award for commercial development of the year for Orlando, as judged by real estate professionals familiar with the market.
Also part of O-Town West is The Village and Glasshouse, featuring 80,000 square feet of commercial space and 900 luxury multifamily units; The Crossings, with four free-standing pads fronting Interstate 4 and Town Center, with 400 luxury multifamily units and 250 townhomes, all anchored by a Publix grocery store.
About the Project: City Center at O-Town West is part of the $1 billion, 350-acre O-Town West project developed by Orlando-based Unicorp National Developments. The office component features 350,000 square feet of space and was completed in late 2023.
What the Judges Said: "The success of this development is based in ‘out of the market’ thinking regarding density, intensity, and uses. This site very well could have been a couple of apartment sites, a grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping center, a hotel or two, and a few QSRs,” said Ike Cottle, president and CEO of Geen Slate Land and Development.
UPDATED They Made It Happen: Chuck Whittall, president and CEO of Unicorp National Developments; Kyle Ruperto, development manager at Unicorp National Developments; George Giebel, director of development at Unicorp National Developments; William Finfrock, president of Finfrock; Kyle Myers, director of project development at Finfrock; Jack Saboor, project manager at Finfrock; John Geller, president Marriott Vacations; Joseph Bramuchi, senior vice president and corporate treasurer at Marriott Vacations Worldwide and Katherine Stang, Director of Global Project Strategy at Marriott Vacations Worldwide.