Sebring Plaza
Closed2940 US Hwy 27 N, Sebring, FL 33870
Area Description
Sebring is a city in Highlands County, Florida, United States, nicknamed "The City on the Circle", in reference to Circle Drive, the center of the Sebring Downtown Historic District. It is the county seat of Highlands County, and is the principal city of the Sebring Metropolitan Statistical Area. Sebring is the home of the Sebring International Raceway, created on a former airbase, first used in 1950. It hosted the 1959 Formula One United States Grand Prix, but is currently best known as the host of the 12 Hours of Sebring, an annual WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race. Nearby Highlands Hammock State Park is a popular attraction. Additionally, the house where novelist Rex Beach committed suicide is located on one of Sebring's main lakes, Lake Jackson. Sebring has no interstate highways or other limited access roads. U.S. Route 27 (cosigned with U.S. Route 98 in Sebring) is the major artery providing access to the rest of the state. Sebring Regional Airport is located a few miles southeast of the city and provides general aviation facilities for Sebring. The airport is also the home of the Sebring International Raceway, the host of the 12 Hours of Sebring, second round of WeatherTech SportsCar Championship automobile race series, held annually in March. The airport has also hosted the annual US Sport Aviation Expo for eight years. The nearest regularly scheduled passenger service is provided at Orlando International Airport, 86 miles by road to the north. The city is served by Amtrak from the Sebring station, a depot built in 1924 by the Seaboard Air Line and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Amtrak's daily service to Sebring consists of two trains each from the Silver Meteor and Silver Star, heading south to Miami and north to Tampa, Orlando and New York City. CSX Transportation owns the track over which Amtrak operates. The South Central Florida Express railroad connects to the CSX line in Sebring, allowing transportation of sugar from Clewiston to the rest of the country. Sebring and Highland County provide a home to numerous industrials and companies including: - It consistently ranks as one of the top three Florida counties in cattle production each year and was the number two cattle producer in 2015-2016. - Highlands County is also consistently in the top five of citrus production in the state and had the fourth largest crop in 2014-2015. - Lake Placid is the “Caladium Capital of the World”. - Highlands County is home to Delray Plants, which is the second largest nursery in Florida and the 14th largest grower in the United States. - The top fertilizer producer in Florida, Howard Fertilizer & Chemical, has a production facility in Lake Placid. - One of the five national call centers for Agero is located in Sebring and employs 500 individuals. Agero provides roadside assistance and other automotive services. - The Avon Park Air Force Range is the largest bombing range and gunnery east of the Mississippi. The range complex and all of its tenants employ over 800 individuals and have an annual economic impact estimated around $68 million. - GulfCoast Supply recently opened a new 110,000 square foot metal roofing manufacturing facility in Sebring. - TurfCare Supply is one of the nation’s largest producers of blended products to the turf and ornamental grass industries. One of its three national manufacturing facilities is located in Sebring. - Genpack is a plastics manufacturers and one of the leading suppliers of food service packaging products. The company employs over 100 individuals at its Sebring facility. - CitraPac is a specialty manufacturer of real fruit frozen snacks known as FruitPearls. The company just completed a new 44,000 square foot facility.