Lake Nona, a 7,000-acre, 25,000-person planned community in Orlando, Florida, has announced that it will partner with Cisco to build networked infrastructure to support its healthcare, real estate, retail, education and other services. The 15-year plan’s goal is to create ‘a global model and standard for sustainable urban development’, including a medical city, workplaces, retail centers, entertainment and residential development. Because the entire community is located near Orlando International Airport, planners are predicting that community becomes an ‘aerotropolis’, connecting people, goods and services to wider markets through the transport hub.
