Southern Box Food Hall Credit: image via DAP Design
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.

Elevated plaza offers greens pace and additional seating. Credit: image via DAP Design

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 Great Southern Box Company building dates back to the 1930s. Credit: image via DAP Design

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 space encourages indoor/outdoor foot traffic. Credit: image via DAP Design
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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This article appears in May 22-28, 2019.

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