Orlando Business Journal
By Riley Benson
January 5, 2026
After approving plans to redevelop Kissimmee’s abandoned 900-room Orlando Sun Resort & Spa site in March of last year, a new developer has purchased the site — with a new purpose in mind.
On Jan. 2, Accesso Partners — a commercial real estate investment manager, owner and operator of multi-tenant retail, office, mixed-use and multifamily assets based in Hallandale Beach — acquired the property for $70 million. The property is located at 375 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway.
Accesso plans to continue the redevelopment into Ovation Orlando, a dynamic master-planned mixed-use entertainment district slated to break ground in the first quarter of this year.
Ovation plans to include 670,000 square feet of experiential retail, elevated dining including music-themed restaurants, lifestyle amenities, culture, entertainment, 740 hotel rooms, condominiums and other attractions. The hotel pad sites are currently being offered for sale.
“This land acquisition is a pivotal milestone in bringing the Ovation project to life, and we look forward to fully realizing our vision for this transformative mixed-use district,” Alan Garzon, managing partner with Accesso, said in a press release.
Accesso’s history with redevelopment and expansion
For Accesso, the redevelopment of the Orlando Sun Resort isn’t the company’s first project, as its portfolio includes various properties in Florida, North Carolina and Texas.
This also isn’t the company’s first time taking over properties with a history of abandonment, as it currently owns and is working on future expansions for an old, 200-acre IBM campus, which was abandoned for an undisclosed amount of time after being built for the company in the early 1980s and its departure from the site.
The site was purchased in 2016 by another developer, BECO Management, according to the Charlotte Business Journal, which spent millions updating the 12-building property, including renovations, new amenities and parking spaces. BECO ultimately sold it at 99% leased to Accesso in 2019.
Accesso recently completed $8 million in renovations in fall 2024 to expand the campus, as well as recently, reportedly leasing more than 180,000 square feet at the site to communications giant AT&T.
Furthermore, similar to the planned development of Ovation, Accesso is working on a mixed-use redevelopment project in Austin, Texas, to transform the fourth-largest office campus in the metro area, referred to as “7700 Parmer.”
While the site lacks the history of abandonment like the Orlando Sun and the IBM site, the project has seen a bit of uncertainty, according to Austin Business Journal reporting. Accesso acquired the property in 2020 and was approved for expansion before developers put it on hold in 2022 because they wanted to secure an anchor tenant before breaking ground. However, Accesso is reportedly still working on the expansion.
Elsewhere in Florida, Accesso has been involved with various residential properties, such as plans to develop the Avery Melbourne in downtown Melbourne, a luxury residential complex.
According to Accesso, the company has a 21-year history in commercial real estate, $3.3 billion in managed assets, more than 800 units under development and more than 18 million square feet of offerings since it was founded.
“Accesso employs a meticulous and data-driven site-selection process that involves thorough vetting,” Garzon said to OBJ. “We operate in non-gateway markets across the U.S., including in the state of Florida, and seek high-growth areas with appealing demographic and economic trends that we know would benefit from projects that offer residents high-quality retail, housing and workplace optionality. Accesso team members have worked on several multibillion-dollar mixed-use development projects across the nation.”