The below list of new businesses has been updated as of March 2024.
🗓️ Coming soon
Every time we look around, it seems like something new is popping up in Lakeland. Whether you’re looking for your next go-to brunch destination or a new public park to stretch your legs, we’re rounding up a few things coming soon to the Swan City area this quarter.
Business
Publix Super Markets Information Technology Campus, 333 E. Lemon St. | Opening TBA | A new IT campus predicted to bring more than 100 full-time jobs with average salaries of $93,000
Assure Infusions Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility, Century Boulevard, Bartow | Opening May 2024 | A 60,000-sqft IV fluid production facility that will create 100+ local jobs
Publix Super Market at Lake Miriam Square, 4730 S. Florida Ave. | Opening summer 2025 | Full store remodel including a 4,200-sqft increase, mezzanine seating, and new liquor store + pharmacy
Michaels, 2625 S. Florida Ave. | Opening TBA | Lakeland’s second location for this arts and crafts supplier
Community
Orlando Health Lakeland Highlands Hospital, Polk Parkway and Lakeland Highlands Road | Opening summer 2026 | In-patient, ICU/progressive care, emergency department, birthing program, and more
Lakeland Regional Health freestanding emergency department, 6150 S. Florida Ave. | Opening early 2025 | Construction is ongoing for a freestanding emergency department in south Lakeland.
Hope House, 555 E. Stanford St. | Opening spring 2024 | A nonprofit facility equipped to house eight new mothers at a time, located in the historic home where the 1990s movie “My Girl” was filmed
Veterans Administration (VA) clinic, adjacent to the Sam’s Club on Lakeland Highlands Road | Opening 2024 | VA care including home-based primary care, mental health services, audiology, and more
Dining
The Joinery expansion, 678 E. Main St. | Opening TBA | The food hall’s first expansion, which could include a full-service restaurant, additional quick-service dining options, and event space
Sabrina’s Delicacies, 4610 Cleveland Heights Blvd. | Opening 2024 | Grab-and-go charcuterie boards and dine-in seating
Hakucho, 207 E. Main St. | Opening spring 2024 | Japanese-inspired small plates
Bandidas, 1755 E. Edgewood Dr. | Opening April 2024 | Baked goods, breakfast, lunch, and grab + go options
Peach House, 733 E. Palmetto St. | Opening early 2024 | Nomadic food inspired by flavors from the Mediterranean, New Orleans, and Florida
Pour Bear Coffee, 4608 Cleveland Heights Blvd. | Opening spring 2024 | A cozy coffee shop serving classic coffee and espresso drinks
The Depot 303, 303 NW 1st Ave., Mulberry | Opening spring 2024 | A 14,000-sqft food hall with seven vendors and a bar in downtown Mulberry
Bowen Yard, Corner of 4th Street and Avenue D Southwest, Winter Haven | Opening spring 2024 | Winter Haven’s first food hall with a full-service restaurant and indoor/outdoor space
Bright Ice Scoop Shop + unnamed wine bar, 1212 S. Florida Ave. | Opening TBA | Ice cream shop and bar that could split and lease space in the former space of Petals The Flower Shoppe
Amonie Jo’s Coffee Co., 401 S. Florida Ave. | Opening spring 2024 | Organic coffee bar and fresh food cafe open for breakfast and lunch
Check out more dining options coming soon.
Education
Florida Polytechnic University’s Citrus Innovation Center, 4700 Research Way | Opening early 2025 | A 28,000-sqft research facility for citrus research in partnership with International Flavors and Fragrances Inc.
Florida Southern College’s Adams Athletic Performance Center, 111 Lake Hollingsworth Dr. | Opening 2024 | A 16,000-sqft development for Florida Southern College’s Division II athletes featuring conference rooms, weight rooms, locker rooms, and a film review room
Florida Southern College golf clubhouse, 800 Lone Palm Dr. | Opening fall 2024 | A facility for FSC golf team members to lounge, train, and recover at Lone Palm Golf Club
Recreation
On Dog Time, 145 N. Lake Ave. | Opening early 2024 | An enclosed park for large and small dogs across the street from Lakeland Fire Station 1
Lakeland History and Cultural Center exhibit, 100 Lake Morton Dr. | Opening September 2024 | An exhibit about Lakeland’s history with the citrus industry
Polk Museum of Art expansion, 800 E. Palmetto St. | Opening summer 2024 | A $6 million expansion including new gallery and classroom space, plus renovations to the existing museum space
Bob Adams Family Community YMCA, 3620 Cleveland Heights Blvd. | Opening 2027 | New facilities featuring exercise equipment, indoor turf fields, an elevated track, updated children’s spaces, and more
Three Parks Trail extension, Westover Street and Cleveland Heights Boulevard | Opening late 2024 | Over half a mile of additional multi-use trails to connect Peterson Park, Woodlake Park, and Publix Charities Park
Southwest Lakeland Park, Southwest Lakeland | Opening 2030 | A 100+ acre park featuring a library, dog parks, multipurpose fields, pickleball courts, and more
Residential
Downtown West multi-family housing, 300 W. Lime St. | Opening TBA | A mixed-use complex featuring 500 multi-family apartments, a parking garage, and retail + commercial space
Prospect Lake Wire, 608 Prospect St. | Opening 2024 | Mixed-use development with retail space and 630+ apartments
Valencia at the Park, | Opening May 1 | One- and two-bedroom apartments within walking distance of downtown points of interest
Medulla Road development, Southwest Lakeland | Opening TBA | A 29-home subdivision on 35 acres of Southwest Lakeland
Oak Street development, Oak Street lot between North Kentucky Avenue and North Tennessee Avenue | Opening TBA | A seven-story building housing ~200 apartments, 1,600 sqft of retail space, and a three-story parking garage
✅ Now open
If there’s one thing we love even more than looking ahead to the future, it’s enjoying the present at one of Lakeland’s newest spots. Check out this list of Swan City’s recently opened establishments.
Southwest Middle staff + students are already using the newly built facilities.
Photo via Polk County Public Schools
Community
Lakeland Regional Health Kathleen Campus, 2400 Kathleen Rd. | State-of-the-art location offering access to primary, urgent, and specialty care, plus space for Graduate Medical Education Family Medicine residents
Southwest Middle School, 2815 Eden Pkwy. | Expansion with a new two-story building including classrooms, labs, offices, a fine arts suite, and outdoor cafeteria seating
Lakelanders can now say “welcome home” to Welcome Canary.
Rendering provided by Welcome Canary
Residential
Welcome Canary, 1030 Browning Rd. | Apartment complex focused on residents’ holistic wellness
Parker Pointe, 900 E. Bella Vista St. | Affordable housing complex with one- and two-bedroom units
Dining
Morning Grind, 111 Lake Hollingsworth Dr. | Coffee cart run by Florida Southern College’s Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise students
Peach Cobbler Factory, 5261 US Hwy. 98 S., Ste. 8C | Dessert shop offering cobbler, banana pudding, cinnamon rolls, and more sweets
Check out more new dining options.
Recreation
MidFlorida Credit Union eSports Center, 1725 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. | Public center for local youth with 20 stations for gaming and STEM studies
Kelly Recreation Complex e-library, 404 Imperial Blvd. | Library materials, a seating area, and arts + crafts room
Retail
Publix Super Market at Oakbridge Centre, 3636 Harden Blvd. | A rebuild of the existing 1988 Publix Super Market location featuring modernized features and changes to the parking lot
Tennessee Jane Boutique, 117 S. Kentucky Ave. | Women’s boutique offering clothing, accessories, and a make-your-own hat bar
Inklings Book Shoppe, 243 N. Florida Ave. | This new and used bookstore’s new location in downtown Lakeland
