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Human body museum and more headed to Osceola County

By WFTV.com News Staff and Ryan Lynch

This 1885 photo shows a side view of a human brain. In relation to body size, our brains are huge, about six times larger than one would expect from other mammals. And this three-pound organ sucks up fully 20 percent of the body’s energy needs. (Oscar G. Mason/J.C. Dalton/Philadelphia, Lea Brothers & Co. via AP)

By WFTV.com News Staff and Ryan Lynch

ORLANDO, Fla. — Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal.

A new medical office building and a museum dedicated to the human body will be part of a new mixed-use development along U.S. 192.

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Regency Health Everest will have a 78,000-square-foot medical office building in the Everest Place mixed-use development, which includes more than 224 acres at 8298 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway in Kissimmee near the Four Corners.

The proposed “multibillion-dollar” development from Everest Group of Cos. will include condos and hotel rooms with Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts and Mysk by Shaza, as well as a shopping center, restaurants and more.

Dr. Ashley Ansara, owner of the Ansara Holding Corporation Inc. who is building the medical portion of the project alongside Everest, told Orlando Business Journal the company was drawn by how much vehicle traffic is along the corridor.

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