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Orlando Sentinel headquarters

633 N Orange Ave, Orlando, FL

The newspaper worked from this downtown block for 69 years, until the office emptied in October 2020 and the site became the target of a $2 billion plan.

📅 1951–2020🏛️ Office BuildingClosed
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The story

The Orlando Sentinel operated its downtown headquarters here for 69 years, from 1951. The paper traces its predecessors to 1876, when the Orange County Reporter was first published. Tribune Publishing owned the property until a corporate reorganization in 2014, and Midtown Opportunities, an affiliate of Midtown Development, bought the site in 2016 for $35.1 million.

The office was vacated in October 2020, when the paper shifted most staff to remote work. In June 2020 Midtown Opportunities had sued the Sentinel for unpaid rent. Three buildings on the parcel next to the Orange County Courthouse were demolished in 2021, and only the former office building and press building remain. The site, roughly 18 acres bounded by Orange Avenue, Magnolia Avenue, Colonial Drive and Amelia Street, has been vacant for more than five years. A $2 billion redevelopment with Heatherwick Studio was announced on December 2, 2025, with full buildout expected over 20 years.

What's There Now

A vacant site; the former office and press buildings still stand pending a $2 billion redevelopment announced in December 2025.

Everything that was here

Did you know?

The site is split by Concord Street.
The landlord sued the paper for unpaid rent before it left.
Some other reports cite the address as 655 N. Orange Ave.

Nearby history

Orange Court Hotel

650 N Orange Ave · 43 m away
A 275-room Spanish Revival hotel with a courtyard of 500 tropical plant varieties and a small orange grove, emptied in 1

Orlando Municipal Auditorium (Bob Carr Theater)

401 W Livingston St · 645 m away
Opened in 1927 with Aida, later renamed for a mayor, and slated for reuse after the Dr. Phillips Center took over.

Orlando Arena / Amway Arena

600 W Amelia St · 741 m away
The Magic's first home, a $110 million public-money arena that locals called the O-Rena, imploded in 2012.

Walt Disney Amphitheater

195 N Rosalind Ave · 936 m away
Named in 1989; Russian Ballet Orlando performed The Nutcracker there every December from 2003 to 2020.

Sapphire Supper Club (now The Social)

54 N Orange Ave · 953 m away
Sapphire Supper Club opened April 1, 1994 in the building later known as The Social, next door to the Beacham.

Old Orange County Courthouse (Orange County Regional History Center)

65 E Central Blvd · 968 m away
The 1927 courthouse where Ted Bundy was tried in 1980 is now a history museum, and the table in its courtroom has his na

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Sourceshttps://floridayimby.com/2025/12/2-billion-redevelopment-announced-for-former-orlando-sentinel-site-at-633-north-orange-avenue-led-by-midtown-development-and-heatherwick-studio.html