Overview
- Walt Disney Imagineering filed a second Notice of Commencement on Wednesday naming Balfour Beatty for general construction, following an initial filing in August 2025.
- The new permit references 211 S Studio Dr, pointing work to the adjacent administration building rather than the main Galactic Starcruiser hotel structure.
- A second Notice of Commencement typically marks a fresh scope of work, which indicates the office conversion has moved into a new construction phase.
- Disney is converting the closed Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser into offices to bolster local support for major Walt Disney World projects, with reported work including a Monsters, Inc. addition, a Cars-themed area at Magic Kingdom, a Villains expansion, and the Tropical Americas at Animal Kingdom.
- Disney has not announced an opening date for the offices, and the shift follows the hotel’s September 30, 2023 closure after leadership said the concept did not work commercially.