Monday, November 10, 2014

“There are only so many announcements that we get to make that we know will change a city. Today, there’s a new development being announced that will transform the historic Kress Building. As Jeff Vinik and his team reshape and activate southern downtown, this project along with the new residential development along the Grant block will do the same for northern downtown.”

11/4: Tampa Bay Business Journal: Putting the ‘work’ in live work play: Tampa office deals boost revitalization efforts – Downtown Tampa’s available office vacancy rate has fallen to 14%, a record low.

11/5: Tampa Bay Times: Work starts on 21-story Harbour Island apartment tower – Last week, Mayor Buckhorn joined Intown/Framework, the group developing a new 21-story, luxury apartment tower on Harbour Island. The project is just one of two new residential high-rises slated to be built on Harbour Island.

11/6: Tampa Bay Times: Carlton: Mayor Buckhorn for governor? Stranger things have happened – Mayor Buckhorn would tell you that being mayor is the best job in the world, but if he continues to make progress in Tampa, it might make sense to take the same approach to Tallahassee.

11/6: Tampa Tribune: Concerns over booze abuse don’t thwart Riverwalk vote – Last week, Tampa City Council approved the creation of a Specialty Center along the Tampa Riverwalk, which will allow locals and visitors to carry alcoholic beverages with them. The proposal mirrored similar, successful initiatives undertaken in other cities along their waterfronts.

11/7: Tampa Bay Times: Editorial: Medical school makes sense for downtown Tampa – USF’s move to bring their medical school downtown could be at both the “apex of academic medicine and economic development” for Tampa region.