Campus Street Takes a Summer Break

If you find yourself driving past Celebration K-8 as you navigate your way around town you're going to need to make new plans this summer. Campus Street -- from Mulberry to Greenbrier -- will be blocked off through the next two months as roofs get replaced on the Campus Street townhouses across from the school.

The street was closed on June 10, 2016, and the detours are a bit of a doozy, partly because of the winding alternate paths but also because of the one-way restrictions. If you are traveling south on Campus -- towards Downtown -- you either take a right on Greenbrier and a left on Starling Drive until you hit Celebration Avenue if you want to travel west of Campus or go left on Greenbrier, take a right on Longmeadow, and a right on Mulberry to head east or continue on Campus into Downtown. If you are going north on Campus then you can either take a right on Mulberry, left on Water Street, left on Golfpark, and left on Greenbrier to find your way back on Campus. You can also take a right on Mulberry, right on Celebration Avenue, right on Starling, and right on Greenbrier.

Good luck -- or you could just avoid Campus Street and all of the detours altogether, joining all of the tourists on Celebration Avenue and Celebration Boulevard. Enjoy your summer!

Disney Inches Closer to Celebration with World Drive Shopping Center Plans

Celebration residents -- or folks driving through the often congested I-4 -- may get some more retail options at the quieter end of the developed community.

Disney has filed plans for a 21-acre shopping center that will stretch down World Drive from Celebration Boulevard to I-4. Plans show 11 retail buildings with plenty of parking. The only details made public is that one of the largest parcels is earmarked for a neighborhood grocer. Publix is at Water Tower Shops at the other of Celebration, but residents living in the newer developments don't have a lot of options within walking distance. This should change things. It should provide an interesting dynamic with Celebration High School just across the street.

Disney's development arm hopes to start building the retail strip in January, 2017. Residents can now start assembling their personal wish lists of desired tenants.

Shoppes at Celebration Place

Construction activity at The Shoppes at Celebration Place is starting to pick up. The new retail and restaurant strip mall is going up at the intersection of 192 and Celebration Place, essentially wrapping around the existing Panera Bread location.

We're seen the tenant list already shake up since this initial filing several months ago. Five Guys took over the slot that initially went to BurgerFi. The other tenants -- Walgreens, Chipotle, Pei Wei, Subway, TooJay's -- have held firm, but there are some recent rumblings about TooJay's pulling out.

The plans filed for Shoppes at Celebration Place also include additional retail space, but there have been no news on potential restaurant, store, or service tenants.

Five Guys had initially announced that the new location will be the first in Florida to serve milkshakes. It was also aiming for a September opening, but that seems unlikely at this point judging by the state of construction. However, a partial opening before the end of the year of the new strip mall is still quite possible. We'll update this report as news develops.  

Celebration Resident Discounts

One of the many benefits to living in Celebration, Florida is that residents can get discounts at many area establishments. Whether you own or rent a place in Celebration, a trip to Town Hall to have your resident ID won't just open the doors to the many pools and parks in Celebration -- it's also yours to flash for marked down dining and shopping.

Here are some of the active discounts:

• Confetti -- 10% off regular priced items 
• Market Street Gallery -- 10% off regular priced items 
• Soft as A Grape -- 10% off 
• Unique Boutique -- 10% off regular priced items - excludes Brighton 
• Woof Gang Bakery -- 10% off regular priced items - excludes food 
• Imperium Food & Wine -- 10% off food - doesn’t include beverages 
• Avocado -- 10% off food - doesn't include beverages
• Market Street Cafe -- 10% off 
• Seito Sushi -- 10% off on Mondays only 
• Sweet Escape Bakery & Deli -- 10% off 
• Thai Thani -- 10% off appetizer and entr3e - doesn’t include beverages 
• Upper Crust Pizza -- 10% off over $14 / rewards card / $50 for a $60 Gift Card 
• The Eyebrow Whisperer -- 20% off of any service 
• Westwood Dry Cleaners -- 10% off of dry cleaning over $50