In late spring, the Orlando Cat Cafe will open in the Four Corners area, and Axum Coffee will operate the coffee portion of the cafe, partnering with developer Sandra Cagan and South Lake Animal League. “It’s a risk for us in that you don’t know if it’s going to take off,” said Suzanne Bernal, general manager at Axum Coffee. “But there’s at least a strong enough possibility that we’re like, ‘Why not? Let’s just try.’”In December 2014, the NBC Nightly News aired a story about cat cafes in the United States. It caught the attention of Sandra Cagan, senior vice president of the Florida Division at Cagan Management Group, a multi-family home developer. The story stayed with her for several days. “It kind of occurred to me that, ‘Wow, this is something that I could do,’” Cagan said. “People always talk about finding your passion or following your bliss, and you know you really can’t make a living off of liking cats, but I thought … this is something I could really do, kind of marry the concept of a cat cafe … with property management.”
