by admin | Nov 30, 2016 | Market Data
The city of Clearwater is one step closer to a sparkling new downtown waterfront.
Source: www.bizjournals.com
Clearwater City Council members approved a draft master plan for “Imagine Clearwater” that includes a vision for bringing more people and energy to the city’s downtown. Downtown Clearwater has been struggling to find its identity and the hopes are this plan can be a giant leap forward in the continued effort to redevelop the struggling downtown area.
by admin | Nov 30, 2016 | Market Data
The Tampa Jewish Community Centers & Federation will hold its ribbon cutting ceremony and official opening of the Bryan Glazer Family Jewish Community Center. WHAT: A crown jewel of West Tampa, the completely renovated historic Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory will open as the Bryan…
Source: www.tampabaynewswire.com
A crown jewel of West Tampa, the completely renovated historic Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory will open as the Bryan Glazer Family Jewish Community Center with more than 100,000 square feet of community space with a ribbon cutting on December 8, 2016.
by admin | Nov 30, 2016 | Market Data
The Pacific Northwest has become the pacesetter for U.S. job growth, according to new employment data released Friday morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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The Tampa Bay area added 33,600 new private-sector jobs between October 2015 and October 2016, while unemployment is down 0.1 percent over last year to 4.7 percent. Additionally, Tampa Bay has nearly 47,000 job openings which leads Florida for job demand.
by admin | Nov 25, 2016 | Market Data
Moffitt Cancer Center is planning to fix its growing pains with an $800 million expansion plan.
Source: www.bizjournals.com
Tampa’s Moffitt Cancer Center is set for an expansion, years overdue. When Moffitt launched 30 years ago it employed just 400 people. Today that number has grown to more than 5,400, and they serve 56,000 patients.
Construction for the first phase of the expansion is expected to begin next year with a clinical support building. The new building, expected to be complete sometime in mid-2018, will free up space in Moffitt’s existing footprint and make room for 10 to 20 additional beds.
by admin | Nov 21, 2016 | Market Data
The tower wrapped up completion in mid-2015.
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New York based AVR Realty recently purchased the Skyhouse Channelside project in downtown Tampa. The $88 million purchase price for the 320 unit high-rise completed in 2015 works out to $275,000 per unit or $346 per rentable square foot.
by admin | Nov 21, 2016 | Market Data
TAMPA — They’ve been turned into offices, schools, restaurants and luxury apartments. And now one of Tampa’s original cigar factories could soon be a boutique hotel.
Source: web.tampabay.com
The former Balbin Bros. Cigar Factory at 1202 N. Howard Ave. was purchased for $1.4 million this week by a partnership between a Tampa hotelier and a Louisiana-based hospitality company. Though still in the early stages, plans call for a hotel with about 70 rooms that likely will be part of a major chain but with a name reflecting its local heritage, partner Mike Desai of My Hospitality Hotels said Friday.
The area is undergoing a significant amount of change with the Fort Hesterly Armory being converted to the Bryan Glazer Family JCC Community Center and a proposed apartment project adjacent to the site. If all of these projects are successful, it would be great for the neighborhood which has been run down for years.
