Later this month, the first Burnham employees will begin to settle into their new "Medical City" digs, where their only neighbors will be the construction crews working on the University of Central Florida medical school and Nemours Children's Hospital.
The UF project is still confined to paper.
Money for the estimated $60 million building is currently "not available," said Win Phillips, vice president for research at UF.
He said the university remains committed to the project and has spent money planning the building as well as negotiating with Tavistock Group, the company that owns Lake Nona and is overseeing the development of Medical City.
"The land developer wants to make money, and we want everything for nothing," Phillips quipped about the planning, but added, "We will get it done."
Phillips said two years is a "nice goal" for completion of the building but couldn't offer a firmer timeline.
He said the building is being delayed by the recession in the way most capital projects have been but added, "People want this done. There's a lot more pull on this."