The final performance space to complete the arts center is Judson's Live, a dynamic music room with cabaret-style seating hosting intimate events and live entertainment, which opened on January 21, 2024 In response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the Dr. Phillips Center came up with a concept for an outdoor, socially distanced venue to continue offering performances in a time when so much of the world had shut down.

Located on the front lawn of the Dr. Phillips Center, the Seneff Arts Plaza, the Frontyard Festival™ offered socially distant boxes that could seat up to six people.

Food and drinks were delivered from on-site restaurants while performances and events were put on a stage at the front of the venue.

A slow-down in the tourist development tax and other economic conditions forced the plans to become phased into two stages of construction.

Some of the existing structures demolished to clear room for the center include Orlando Fire Department Station #1 (which moved to Central Blvd.