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Moving To Downtown Tampa: The Martin Raises Bar For New Places To Live

By Alexis Quinn Chamberlain Tuesday, March 05, 2013
The Martin at Meridian is the latest apartment complex to emerge in the growing Channel District of downtown Tampa. Developer Ken Stoltenberg envisions creating additional amenities of an urban lifestyle, including vibrant retail, parks and schools.

Tampa's Franklin Exchange Morphs Into Cool Meeting Spaces

By Alexis Chamberlain Tuesday, February 26, 2013
The Wilson Company's ongoing renovation of the Franklin Exchange in downtown Tampa highlights how designers and developers are teaming up to find creative ways to transform underused, dilapidated urban places into hip, vibrant spaces that attract additional investments.

Will Le Meridien Hotel Jumpstart Investments In Downtown Tampa?

By Diane Egner Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Vacant buildings and underused spaces in the blocks surrounding the Classic Federal Courthouse are likely to attract renewed interest in downtown Tampa as investors see the potential for opportunities to develop an urban scene that can compete for talent in the global marketplace.

Streamsong Resort Opens For Golfers, Business In Florida

By Jeff Berlinicke Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Streamsong Resort in rural Polk County, a creation of phosphate giant Mosaic, is collecting accolades from golf's top magazine critics and players. The 2,300-acre golfing destination showcases Florida's natural environment in an outdoors sporting experience being compared favorably to St. Andrews in Scotland.

Encore Project: Rebuilding A Tampa Neighborhood

By Alexis Quinn Chamberlain Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Encore Tampa, a mixed-use community emerging on vacant land once occupied by public housing, is poised to be the catalyst necessary to transform a largely blighted neighborhood connecting downtown Tampa, Tampa Heights and Ybor City.

Designing For Disaster: The AbleNook Story, Tampa

By Christina Barron Tuesday, October 23, 2012
University of South Florida alumni and architect Sean Verdecia is almost done with his first masterpiece. After years of planning and prototypes, his "multiuse portable dwelling,'' AbleNook, is planned for mass production in 2013. The journey from idea to reality has transformed the project from a local university assignment to a highly anticipated, fully functioning living module in the global marketplace.

New Bradenton Riverwalk Revives City's Sense Of Place

By Sandra Caswell Hice Tuesday, October 16, 2012
About 50 miles south of The Tampa Riverwalk, a new mile-and-a-half ribbon of fun, frivolity and fancy gives residents and visitors alike good reason to carve out a day (or two) to experience the emerging scene in downtown Bradenton and along the mouth of the Manatee River. The Bradenton Riverwalk defines what "placemaking'' is all about.

Citizinvestor: Crowdfunding Local Projects, Tampa

By Nathan Schwagler Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Feeling an inflection point for the nation looming on the horizon? Since the blame game is about played-out, why not help fund something that you want to see change? Seriously, pack your lunch for a week and drop the leftover 20 to 50 bucks on something that makes your 'hood a little sweeter. Now you really can go and build that in partnership with your government and your fellow citizinvestors.

Moving To Tampa Bay: Trend Toward Urban Living

By Alexis Quinn Chamberlain Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Young professionals moving to Downtown Tampa and Downtown St. Petersburg are attracted by cool yet affordable urban living spaces like Metro 510 and The Portland Apartments.

USF Health Prepares To Open Medical Simulation Center, Downtown Tampa

By Janan Talafer Tuesday, January 10, 2012
When the University of South Florida opens its $38 million Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation in February, it will put Tampa on the map as the "go-to'' place for training using the latest high-tech robot patients that do everything but talk. The new downtown medical facility is designed as a state-of-the-art educational place for health care professionals to test their skills in scenarios that mimic real-life -- everything from surgery and trauma to childbirth.

Q&A: Ken Stoltenberg, Mercury Advisors, Tampa

By Diane Egner Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Mercury Advisors set aside 8,000 square feet for Stageworks Theatre in the Grand Central at Kennedy project in downtown Tampa's Channelside District intending to attract retail and restaurants, as well as buyers for the condos. The donation wins accolades from arts groups eager to see similar commitments from other urban developers.

Legoland Florida Spurs Winter Haven, Polk County

By Theresa Woods Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Polk County community and business leaders are scrambling to put together the government and private sector pieces necessary to respond to the surge of vacationers and investors expected with the opening of Legoland Florida in Winter Haven.

Q&A: Mickey Jacob, 2012 AIA President-Elect, Tampa

By Diane Egner Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Mickey Jacob, managing principal with Urban Studio Architects in Tampa, is scheduled to become president of the American Institute of Architects in 2013 following a national election in May. In that role, he will have an opportunity to reshape priorities for the AIA as an organization, increase its influence in Congress and elsewhere, and help set the stage for how architects can best help build livable and sustainable communities throughout the nation.

It's All About Kids At New Glazer Children's Museum, Downtown Tampa

By Valerie Kalfrin Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Are we there yet? Almost. Close your eyes and imagine! Sept. 25 is the magical day that will see eager eyes open wide at the grand opening of the new Glazer Children's Museum in downtown Tampa, adding to museum row along the Tampa Riverwalk from the Florida Aquarium to the Tampa Bay History Center to the Tampa Museum of Art.

Photo Slideshow: Dali Museum, St. Petersburg

By Julie Busch Tuesday, August 31, 2010
The anticipated January 2011 opening of the new Dali Museum adds to the growing collection of museums in St. Petersburg, Tampa and Sarasota as the Tampa Bay region boosts its reputation as a top destination for arts enthusiasts from all over the world. Among the newest?  The Tampa Museum of Art, the Chihuly Collection and the Glazer Children's Museum, all helping spur the region's economy by creating jobs and an environment that appeals to business and industry executives looking to relocate.
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