Civitas Capital Funds $386M Loan for Orlando Luxury Hotel
A Dallas-based lender is backing a 700-room hotel on International Drive, near major Orlando theme parks.
Civitas Capital Group has provided a $386 million construction loan to finance a 700-key luxury hotel on Orlando's International Drive, according to an announcement dated Oct. 28, 2026. The project is being developed by Flag Luxury Group and Unicorp National Developments.
The hotel's location on International Drive positions it within minutes of Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, and the forthcoming Universal Epic Universe, giving it direct access to one of the highest-traffic tourism corridors in the United States.
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The financing marks a substantial private-capital commitment to Orlando's hospitality sector at a time when major theme-park expansions are expected to draw increased visitor demand to the region. The involvement of two established developers — Flag Luxury Group and Unicorp National Developments — signals broad institutional confidence in the project's commercial viability.
Civitas Capital Group, headquartered in Dallas, specializes in alternative investments and has used structured real estate debt as a core financing vehicle. A construction loan of this scale underscores sustained appetite among alternative lenders for large-format hospitality assets in proven leisure markets.
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