Synergy created by a growing University of Tampa and expanding Tampa General Hosptial along with small shops and restaurants designed to serve urban residents as well as downtown workers is evident in the emerging North Hyde Park neighborhood.
Major donations will fund construction and build an endowment for the Gries Center for Arts and Sciences at Berkeley Preparatory School in Town 'N Country. Bob Gries, Jr., president of Gries investment Funds, is the lead donor with a gift of more than $4 million.
The City of Tampa is embarking on a project to spend $1.4 million in federal housing dollars to build 12 single-family homes on vacant city-owned lots in the emerging neighborhood of Sulphur Springs.
A 1920s bungalow that was once the home of a former Tampa mayor will be remodeled into a Bohemian chic restaurant, The Bourgeois Pig. Owners Lysa and Michael Bozel plan to open their new restaurant in April serving an eclectic menu of fish tacos, steak, soup, salads, wraps and sandwiches. It will serve beer and wine and be dog friendly with even a few treats on the menu for pooches.
A former auto dealership on a blighted East Hillsborough Avenue parcel will soon be a construction site for a 120,000 square foot Walmart Super Center.
About 65 community-oriented residents are attending the City of Tampa's inaugural Neighborhood University, an innovative 12-week course envisioned by Mayor Bob Buckhorn as a hands-on experience designed to empower neighborhoods and mentor the next generation of leaders.
Holy Hog Barbecue will be the fourth restaurant location for owner Danny Hernandez who has signed a lease for city-owned property at 302 E. Kennedy Blvd,. next to Tampa Police Headquarters in downtown Tampa.
Lowry Park Zoo will build a new state-of-the-art veterinary hospital designed by Elements Architects. The new facility and other buildings will be paid in part with a $6.5 million loan from SunTrust Bank.
A proposed $1.3 million project to spruce up the historical Tarpon Springs sponge docks will add a small, oval-shaped amphitheater, a floating dock for visitors including kayakers, Florida native landscaping, benches along the seawall, wooden directional and historical markers and brick elements along Dodocanese Boulevard and around the docks.
1,000 runners in a 5K race will get a sneak peek from atop the new I-4/Crosstown Connector on December 28 before the $425 million road and bridge project opens to traffic. The Connector is designed to divert truck traffic off local streets in downtown Tampa and Ybor City.
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