Unicorp inks Red Robin, King's Bowl, other deals to I-Drive projects
Unicorp National Developments Inc. is kicking into high gear on its mixed-use projects along International Drive — complete with a new Red Robin restaurant and a bowling alley concept that would debut its fourth location nationwide.
The Orlando-based developer, which on Oct. 22 announced it sold six of its existing retail centers for $263 million, did so to focus on its new developments.
Among Unicorp’s new developments: I-Shops, the $100 million renovation/expansion/redevelopment of the 1,054-room Wyndham Orlando Resort, along with the $200 million I-Drive Live, which is anchored by the 425-foot Orlando Eye observation wheel and Merlin Entertainments Group Ltd.’s Madame Tussauds wax museum and Sea Life Aquarium.
Unicorp principal Chuck Whittall announced at a gathering of Commercial Real Estate Women last week that his firm has signed several tenants for both projects. Among those are gourmet burger eatery
Red Robin, Cooper’s Hawk Winery, Chuy’s Tex-Mex restaurant, Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Buffalo Wild Wings plus a new concept called
Seafood Republic, created by Orlando restaurateur Bobby Moore.
Moore, who previously brought Race Rock Restaurant and Beluga restaurant into Central Florida, also created Big Fin Seafood Kitchen at Dellagio, the 130,000-square-foot mixed-use development which was part of the sale announced by Unicorp on Oct. 22.
Additionally, the firm signed
King's Bowl, a bowling-dining-entertainment complex, to 28,000 square feet of space at the former Gooding’s Supermarket, which is now part of the I-Drive Live project.
Unicorp also is in talks with several other nationally recognized retailers, including LongHorn Steakhouse, BJ’s Restaurant and Brew House, Starbucks and Wawa.