Progress.City
Well-Known Member
I've spent the past two or so days looking at maps and satellite imagery of property around DLR and USO. The parallels are so ironic that it's uncanny. For example, in Anaheim, you the area near Angels Stadium is like the area in Orlando near the property in the area that lies between Sea World and core propery of USO. Both Disney and Uni are buying parcels in their respective local areas through third companies very quietly. In a way, Uni has the upper hand because they have enough parking, more hotels, and a water park being built. Disney still needs more parking, hotels, and a water park. Both are gathering land for an eventual third theme park. Both have direct freeway access. Both are near convention center complexes. Both have nighttime entertainment/daytime shopping areas. Both will need internal transit systems in order to support future expansion builds. Both lack intercity and airport transit linkage.
The recent moves by both companies in these respective areas do not reveal any company's long term strategy. For example, Disney's purchase of Carousel Inn will make the properties around the Pumbaa area contiguous to the theme park property, but there has to be more to its vision for the area (other than its immediate plan to demolish it for a street-level walkway). There's something "incomplete" about it that is jarring at me. Maybe they are trying to get the parcels north and south of it as well?
Also, the disconnected parcels of the 420 acres Uni just purchased jars at me as well. They can't leave it all disjoined like that. Could other joining parcels be part of their plan? Could they be possibly negotiating with other land owners at this time, hence the reason why the company has not yet made a formal announcement regarding its acquisition? How does it tie in with the soon-to-be-demolished Wet N Wild property?
I've studied the maps and satellite images of the location for these properties (including Wet N Wild) and noticed they all align on the east side of Universal Boulevard. There would be only a few properties they would need to acquire from USO to near the convention center in order to tie all of it together. I've also noticed the new property would directly tie in to the OCC and planned transit stations in that area, as well as a possible Sea World tie-in.
It's fun predicting these things. My prediction for both DLR and USO is that both companies are negotiating their next moves that will be built around current land acquisitions. What these next moves are is anyone's guess at this point.
The recent moves by both companies in these respective areas do not reveal any company's long term strategy. For example, Disney's purchase of Carousel Inn will make the properties around the Pumbaa area contiguous to the theme park property, but there has to be more to its vision for the area (other than its immediate plan to demolish it for a street-level walkway). There's something "incomplete" about it that is jarring at me. Maybe they are trying to get the parcels north and south of it as well?
Also, the disconnected parcels of the 420 acres Uni just purchased jars at me as well. They can't leave it all disjoined like that. Could other joining parcels be part of their plan? Could they be possibly negotiating with other land owners at this time, hence the reason why the company has not yet made a formal announcement regarding its acquisition? How does it tie in with the soon-to-be-demolished Wet N Wild property?
I've studied the maps and satellite images of the location for these properties (including Wet N Wild) and noticed they all align on the east side of Universal Boulevard. There would be only a few properties they would need to acquire from USO to near the convention center in order to tie all of it together. I've also noticed the new property would directly tie in to the OCC and planned transit stations in that area, as well as a possible Sea World tie-in.
It's fun predicting these things. My prediction for both DLR and USO is that both companies are negotiating their next moves that will be built around current land acquisitions. What these next moves are is anyone's guess at this point.
