New and coming soon businesses to Lakeland, FL

The below list of new businesses has been updated as of April 2025.

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🗓️ 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.

Exterior streetview of the building that will house Publix's new IT campus — The building that will house Publix’s IT campus

Business

Publix Super Markets Information Technology Campus, Downtown Lakeland | Opening TBA | An IT campus predicted to bring more than 200+ high-wage, full-time jobs, plus $121 million in local investment — keep an eye out for downtown road closures

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

Aldi, 2900 Lakeland Highlands Rd. | Opening TBA | A fourth Lakeland location for this supermarket in the former Winn-Dixie in Highlands Plaza

Academy Sports + Outdoors, 3530 US Hwy. 98 N. | Opening TBA | A first Lakeland location for this sporting goods + outdoor equipment chain in the former Lakeland Antique Mall space

Orlando Health's new Lakeland facility under construction, as seen from the Polk Parkway. The outer structure of a few floors is built and cranes are constructing the rest. — Check out Orlando Health’s progress from the Polk Parkway.

Community

Mass Market redevelopment, North Massachusetts Avenue | Opening TBA | Nine blocks of new developments, including apartments, mixed-use commercial + office space, a medical office, and dining

Orlando Health Watson Clinic Lakeland Highlands Hospital, 4000 Lakeland Highlands Rd. | Opening June 2026 | In-patient, ICU/progressive care, emergency department, birthing program, and more, plus two new Watson Clinic locations on-site

AdventHealth medical complex, Polk Parkway and Harden Boulevard | Opening 2027 | A 400-bed hospital of up to 720,000 sqft, along with medical offices, an apartment complex, and retail space

BayCare freestanding emergency department, 5501 S. Florida Ave. | Opening late 2026 | A 12,000-sqft facility focused on pediatrics with 12 emergency care beds, diagnostic imaging, and lab services

A rendering showing the interior of Florida Southern College's future School of Architecture, featuring community seating and workspaces. — Get a glimpse of what students will see in the future School of Architecture at Florida Southern.

Education

Florida Southern College School of Architecture, 1049 Frank Lloyd Wright Way | Opening fall 2025 | Building renovation with new design studios, fabrication labs, and a research center

Florida Southern College golf clubhouse, 800 Lone Palm Dr. | Opening TBA | A facility for FSC golf team members to lounge, train, and recover at Lone Palm Golf Club

LAL_BOB_ADAMS_FAMILY_COMMUNITY_YMCA_march_2023 — The Bob Adams Family Community YMCA is coming soon.

Recreation

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

Southwest Lakeland Park, southwest Lakeland | Opening 2030 | A 100-acre park featuring a library, dog parks, multipurpose fields, pickleball courts, and more

Dill Dinkers, location TBA | Opening TBA | Indoor pickleball club planning 20+ new franchise locations in the Tampa and Lakeland area

Pickleball Academy, 5201 Gateway Blvd. | Opening TBA | Indoor pickleball space featuring six courts, vending machines, and 30 parking spaces

A painted rendering of a plaza at night with a fountain in the center of a large walkway surrounded by four-story buildings — Downtown West Gateway

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

Medulla Road development, southwest Lakeland | Opening TBA | A 29-home subdivision on 35 acres of southwest Lakeland

✅ 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.

A rendering of an aerial view of the future Lakeland VA Clinic — The new VA Clinic includes 121,000 sqft of usable space.

Community

Lakeland Veterans Administration (VA) clinic, 2080 Meadowland Park Blvd. | Health services for veterans, including primary care, mental health care, audiology, and more

Lakeland Regional Health Urgent Care, 930 Marcum Rd. | The healthcare system’s fourth urgent care facility, located in the Lake Gibson area

Eaton Park Fire Station 35, 3409 Winter Lake Rd. | Emergency facility home to one Engine company, one ambulance, and the Special Operations Team’s Heavy Rescue apparatus

Lakeland Regional Health freestanding emergency department, 6150 S. Florida Ave. | LRH’s first freestanding emergency care facility, located in south Lakeland

IFF Citrus Innovation Center, 4700 Research Way | A 28,000-sqft research facility for citrus research in partnership with Florida Polytechnic University

The exterior of one of Prospect Lake Wire's four-story apartment buildings — We got a sneak peek at the apartments inside the Prospect Lake Wire multi-use development.

Residential

Prospect Lake Wire, 380 Wire Dr. | Mixed-use development with retail space and 630+ apartments

Prose Lakeside, 1320 Caprice Dr. | Apartments + townhomes with up to three bedrooms located across the Polk Parkway from Lakeside Village

A projector and screen descend from the ceiling in the "American Art Since the 1960s" exhibition. — Many of the AGB’s new exhibition rooms are equipped with high-tech, built-in projectors and screens.

Recreation

Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art Kerr Wing, 800 E. Palmetto St. | An $8 million expansion including new gallery and classroom space, plus renovations to the existing museum space

Florida Southern College Adams Athletic Performance Center, South Ingraham Avenue | A 15,000-sqft development for FSC’s Division II athletes featuring a recovery pool, weight room, locker room, and film review room

On Dog Time, 145 N. Lake Ave. | An enclosed park for large and small dogs across the street from Lakeland Fire Station 1

Lakeland History and Cultural Center exhibit | An exhibit about Lakeland’s history with the citrus industry

Three Parks Trail extension, Westover Street and Cleveland Heights Boulevard | Over half a mile of additional multi-use trails to connect Peterson Park, Woodlake Park, and Publix Charities Park