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How designers overcame challenges in I-Drive nightclub’s upscale dining conversion

How designers overcame challenges in I-Drive nightclub's upscale dining conversion (Orlando Business Journal/Orlando Business Journal)

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The timeframe for transforming the second floor of Mango’s Tropical Cafe Orlando into a completely separate and unique restaurant space was short.

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Joshua Wallack, COO of Miami Beach-based Wallack Holdings — the property development and management company behind Mango’s — said he and his father, Owner David Wallack, turned to event designers New York-based Beyond Merritt Design to conjure Corazón by Baires, the first iteration of this upscale extension of the Baires Grill brand.

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“Big cities need fine dining establishments. Big cities need big city stuff,” said Wallack, who wanted to make a big splash.

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