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  1. Davis' Farmland Cited by Disney & Wall Street Journal. (Click here for more)

  2. White Hutchinson takes a stand against violent games. (Click here for more)

  3. Pizza Today Magazine features White Hutchinson. (Click here for more)

  4. Family Lifestyle Center under development in Jacksonville, Florida. (Click here for more)

  5. Major Spray 'n' Play Addition opens at Davis' Farmland. (Click here for more)

  6. Family Lifestyle Center Under Development. (Click here for more)

  7. Paradise Park, the world's first combination family entertainment and children's edutainment center, opens at a cost of $7.0 million in Lee's Summit, Missouri. (Click here for more)

  8. LouLou Al Dugong’s Earns Golden Token Award for Best Brochure. (Click here for more)

  9. Sana'a Yemen Trade Center to Feature Yemen's 1st Family Entertainment Center (Click here for more)

  10. White Hutchinson Leisure & Learning Group's Bamboola children's edutainment center has been cited as an example of designing for the "experience economy" in the new book THE EXPERIENCE ECONOMY: Work Is Theatre & Every Business A Stage (Click here for more)

  11. WHLLG Designs US Navy's 1st Family Entertainment Center & Recreation Mall (Click here for more)

  12. Former employee designs playgrounds in Bosnia-Herzegovina (Click here for more)

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News from our Children's Learning & Play Environments Division

  1. Campus Child Development Center Feasibility Study (Click here for more)

  2. White Hutchinson Designs Easter Seals Child Care Play Gardens (Click here for more)

  3. Botanical Garden & Children's Discovery Garden, Naples, Florida (Click here for more)

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Funtropolis, Jacksonville, Florida

White Hutchinson is working on the development of a concept we are calling a "family lifestyle center" in Jacksonville, Florida. The 75,000 square foot, 11-acre facility, named Funtropolis, will feature:

  • A 500-seat all-you-can-eat pizza, pasta and salad buffet restaurant
  • An indoor and outdoor family entertainment center (FEC)
  • A children's edutainment center including a café bistro, indoor edutainment, enrichment workshops, an adventure play garden and a water playground
  • A celebration area with multi-purpose rooms, birthday party rooms and a group pavilion.

Earlier in 2003, WHLLG assisted the client with an area wide analysis of the Jacksonville metropolitan market; determined the market sweet spot for the project; evaluated potential sites; conducted detailed market analysis, attendance and pro forma financial projections and developed preliminary plans and cost estimates. WHLLG is currently assisting the client with acquiring the required financing.