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CELEBRATION REALTY
700 Celebration Ave.
Celebration, FL 34747
407-566-4663

From this point forward the site has not been changed in over a year, but will be shortly.

This page is designed to keep the avid Disney fans up to date on the newest venture of The Walt Disney Company, the building of the town of Celebration, FL. The information on this page was derived from recent articles in USA TODAY and the WALL STREET JOURNAL. Since Celebration will be growing and developing over the next 10 months, leading up to the Grand Opening of the first phase of housing on July 4, 1996, I solicit your help in keeping the page up to date on what is happening with the project. Please e-mail me details as you learn about them. Please let me know the source of the information, so we can give credit to those sources as well as verifying the correctness of the information. Click here to report information on the progress of Celebration.

INDEX

What is Celebration
Location
Facts about Celebration
Housing
Downtown
Health Facility
School
Post Office
Bank
Celebration Guest Book

WHAT IS CELEBRATION??......

It is the first planned community developed by The Walt Disney Company. While EPCOT Center was originally planned as an "Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow", we all know that financial as well as other considerations dictated that the dream of Walt Disney be changed from a city to a new gated attraction. Celebration will be a true planned community including a downtown, health center, school, post office, town hall, golf course, single family homes, townhouses and apartments. Disney used the services of top-name architects in developing the plans for Celebration. The master plan architects were Cooper, Robertson & Partners and Robert A.M. Stern Architects.

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LOCATION

Celebration is located on the south side of Route 192, five miles south of Walt Disney World at the intersection of I-4 and U.S. Highway 192 East

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FACTS ABOUT CELEBRATION

Opening of Phase One:
- July 4th, 1996
Size:
- 4,900 acres, surrounded by a protected greenbelt of 4,700 acres
Population:
- 20,000 people in 8,000 housing units
Government:
- Unincorporated town within Osceola County
- Two Community Development Districts will provide funding for the infrastructure of Celebration
- Two community associations will manage the neighborhoods
- The Walt Disney Company will own the downtown, golf course and office park
- Home buyers will own their homes and land
Zip Code:
- 34747
Amenities:
- 18 hole public golf course
- Public school
- Offices
- Health facility
- Theatres
- Walking paths
- Nature trails
- Village parks
- Downtown lake
Total Investment:
- $2.5 Billion

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HOUSING

Unlike most planned communities, where different uses and housing types a developed in separate "zones", Celebration will blend townhouses, apartments and Estate Homes in the same neighborhoods. Plans call for a pre-40's type of town...classical architecture, garages behind the houses and everything within walking distance.

Restrictive convenants will dictate what homeowners can and cannot do in Celebration. The convenants will not be released until homes go on sale on November 18, 1995. Included in the convenants are six approved design styles for homes in Celebration....

Classical
Victorian
Colonial Revival
Coastal
Mediterranean
French

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THE ESTATE HOUSE

Price range: $350,000 - $750,000
Bedrooms: 4 - 6
Baths: 4 - 5
Garage: 3 car
Square footage: 3,400 to 6,000 square feet

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THE VILLAGE HOUSE

Price range: $200,000 - $315,000
Bedrooms: 3 - 4
Baths: 3 - 4
Garage: 2 - 3 car
Square footage: 2,200 to 3,200 square feet

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THE COTTAGE HOUSE

Price range: $150,000 - $230,000
Bedrooms: 3 - 4
Baths: 2 - 3
Square footage: 1,700 to 2,450 square feet

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TOWN HOMES

Price range:
- $125,000 - $190,000 (Basic)
- $190,000 - $300,000 (Luxury)
Bedrooms:
- 2 - 3 (Basic)
- 3 (Luxury)
Baths:
- 2.5 (Basic)
- 2.5 - 3.5 (Luxury)
Square footage:
- 1,300 to 2,350 square feet (Basic)
- 2,000 to 3,000 square feet (Luxury)

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APARTMENTS

Rent range: $575 - $1,125
Locations: Many in buildings skirting the downtown area with some over stores
Apartment Sizes and Descriptions
- 1 Bedroom/1 Bath

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DOWNTOWN

Location: One mile back from Route 192
Town will include:
- The Celebration Hotel designed by Graham Gund in association with Lindsay, Pope, Brayfield & Associates
- Town Hall designed by Philip Johnson
- Post Office designed by Michael Graves
- Bank designed by Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates
- Theater
  - AMC Cinema
- Specialty Shops
  - Wyland Galleries
  - Celebration Store
  - Village Mercantile
  - Soft As A Grape
- Bookstore
- Restaurants
  - Max's Grille
  - Max's Coffee Shop & Bakery
  - Wm. J. Sweet
  - Columbia Restaurant

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HEALTH FACILITY

Operated by Florida Hospital
More like Mediterranean style hotel
Features will include:
- Telephone pre-registration
- Valet parking
- Children's play area
- No waiting rooms...patients get beepers and doctors call when ready
No beds or operating rooms in Phase I

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SCHOOL

Management:
- Three member board of trustees, one each selected from:
  - Osceola County School District
  - Stetson University
  - The Walt Disney Company
Grade: Kindergarten through 12th
Number of students: 1,400 when at capacity, up to 20% from outside Celebration
Advisors:
- Harvard University
- John Hopkins University
- University of Minnesota
- Auburn University
- Stetson University

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POST OFFICE

The Post Office for Celebration was designed by Michael Graves and will be located downtown next to the Town Hall on Market Street.

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BANK

The Celebration SunTrust Bank is scheduled to open in the Summer of 1996. Residents will be able to bank through their personal computer with the help of software and the community network.

In addition to computer banking, SunTrust will provide a variety of business and consumer banking services. SunTrust is working with Celebration's featured builders and potential home buyers to meet all of the community's mortgage needs.

The bank will be managed by SunTrust Vice President Charlie Rogers, who will also be a resident of Celebration with his wife and two children.

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GUEST BOOK

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Any help or suggestions for this page are welcomed at celebration@nm1.net.

This page last updated on July 17, 1999.

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