Massive Southern Box Food Hall coming to College Park's Packing District

Visions for the massive, 202-acre Packing District are coming into focus.

Back in March, the YMCA of Central Florida released designs of their 27,000-square-foot family center.

Today, renderings for a 22,400-square-foot food hall were revealed by project architects DAP Design and by the looks of it, the food hall promises to be an absolute flippin' beaut.


The old Great Southern Box Company building on the southeast corner of Princeton Street and Orange Blossom Trail will be preserved and repurposed into the Southern Box Food Hall and will feature an elevated plaza offering some outdoor green space (and shade) as well as additional seating.


The food hall is slated to be completed late next year.

"The design approach focuses not only on the existing building and adjacent brewery, but strategically utilizes the site as an elevated park space and social infrastructure," read a press release.

The food hall is but one component of a larger plan to redevelop the corner site, which will also see a microbrewery, signature restaurant and bar as well as retail/office/event spaces and a large parking area.

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