Have a tip about Central Florida development? Contact me at or (407) 420-5427, or tweet me at. We’re being very careful with what we’re doing.” “We’re building something that’s never been done before. At one point, you’re in the buying and mortgage phase and then later at some point you’re building hotels. “Look at how quickly I-Drive has changed in the past five years…. Wallack said the Orlando metropolitan area is the only region in the United States that the Skyplex entertainment complex belongs in. That same firm brought the StarFlyer attraction to ICON Park. The Orlando Slingshot and the 400-foot Orlando Gyro Drop Tower are owned by the Slingshot Group of Companies.
The park is slated to open the world’s tallest free-standing drop tower, dubbed the Orlando Gyro Drop Tower in 2020 along with the worlds tallest slingshot attraction, the Orlando Slingshot, which will tower at 300 feet in height. The Wheel observation wheel attraction, for one, stands glowingly at about 400 feet, while its StarFlyer ride can whip passengers around at about 450 feet in the air when spinning on its axis.Įarlier this summer, the park introduced two new attractions that will also win record-breaking heights. In Orlando, it will join other towering attractions directly across the street at Unicorp National Developments‘ 20-acre ICON Park. It opened in 2005 and stands at 456 feet. Once built, Skyscraper will surpass the worlds current tallest rollercoaster: Kingda Ka in Jackson, New Jersey. He and his father, David Wallack, are founders of the Mango’s Tropical Cafe brand, which has opened locations on I-Drive and Miami’s Ocean Drive. Wallack is part of the family-owned real estate and development company, Wallack Holdings LLC. Joshua Wallack and his father David Wallack at an event announcing plans to develop the world’s tallest rollercoaster. Located near the busy I-Drive-Sand Lake Road intersection, the project is slated to feature an indoor entertainment complex, a parking structure (which will be built first), retail and restaurant components and an upscale hotel. Hopefully by early next year we have site plans ready to go before the county.” “Everything else we can play around with. “The is the only piece currently fixed,” Wallack said. With federal approval granted, Wallack said he can begin proper massing and site plans. The developer submitted the FAA application about eight months ago, after reconfiguring original plans.
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“We got clearance to build up to 720 plus feet, but we’ll be in the approximately 595-foot zone,” Wallack told GrowthSpotter. The Federal Aviation Administration has given development rights to developer Joshua Wallack to build higher than 700 feet, thus clearing the way for his planned $500 million Skyplex entertainment complex to ascend into fruition. Orlando’s I-Drive corridor may soon be welcoming the world’s tallest rollercoaster.
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