Westside Shoppes tenants ready for business

More than half of the tenants at Westside Shoppes in Horizon West are now open, with more following close behind them.

By Danielle Hendrix
| 1:14 a.m. February 16, 2018

Southwest Orange
News

HORIZON WEST If you live near Lakeside Village, you’ll soon have a multitude of restaurants, retailers and more within walking distance.

More than half of the tenants at Westside Shoppes — located adjacent to Lakeside Village off Winter Garden Vineland Road — already are open for business, with the rest coming within the next two months.

The 117-acre site, owned by Unicorp National Developments Inc., comprises 70,000 square feet and 24 tenants. Unicorp bought the site in October 2015 with plans to turn it into a mixed-use development, and after two years of construction, the shopping plaza is ready to go.

Retailers range from restaurants, cellphone shops and salons to dance and fitness studios, dry cleaners and a dental office.

Planning for Westside Shoppes began in 2014, and the goal was for it to be more than a strip center — rather, it would be a place to come for an experience, said Unicorp Senior Vice President Amy Schuemann.

“I think the local community will really appreciate the atmosphere we are creating with the architecture and common areas,” Schuemann said. “We tried to get a good mix of neighborhood eateries and services, making a convenient shopping destination for the local residents.”

Aside from the restaurants and shops, the site also will host a middle school, the 44-unit Venetian Isle townhome community and the 302-unit Venetian Isle apartment complex. Eventually, 170 single-family homes will follow.

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