The most recent Florida university got a thumbs-up on a second residential building on its campus. Florida Polytechnic University, in Lakeland, will complete a 543-bed, 131,000-square-foot, five-story facility in July 2016. It has hired Vestcor Communities Inc. of Jacksonville to build and maintain the facility, which includes an outdoor pool and volleyball courts. Vestcor handled […]
The more I learn this game of golf, the more I realize it is just like business and life. In life, you ride the roller coaster of victories and defeats, and with golf you can do that from hole to hole. As I work to bring my handicap down, one of the problems I’m having […]
Maximizing the walkability of Tampa Bay Lightning Owner Jeff Vinik’s development in downtown Tampa means more than a cool streetscape, the urban planning consultants on the project say. It means the potential to create — as unbelievable as it sounds — a place in Tampa where a person could choose not to own a car. […]
Susi Begazo-McGourty has been promoted as senior vice president and chief financial officer for the Housing Authority of the City of Tampa. Begazo-McGourty previously was chief internal officer. In her new role, she will manage and oversee a $423 million budget, and lead the finance, accounting, IT and contract administration teams for the organization, according […]
The urban planning consultants Jeff Vinik has hired to finesse the details of his billion-dollar development in downtown Tampa see their charge as creating more than a neighborhood — it’s about economic development. The planners will determine the specifics of the vision the Tampa Bay Lightning owner unveiled in December — everything from road and […]
In their quest to build a walkable district in downtown Tampa, the urban planning consultants Jeff Vinik has hired recognize they’re up against a street grid that makes the existing neighborhood a scary place for pedestrians. “It’s dangerous because the streets look and feel like they’re designed for going high speeds, because they are designed […]
Rent in the Tampa metropolitan statistical area hasn’t increased as much as the national average over the past three years, but it is growing at twice the rate of income, according to a new study by the National Association of Realtors. Since 2009, rental costs in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area rose 12.89 percent, while […]
This week, Tampa Bay business leaders are reporting what they learned at South by Southwest, the annual technology, music and film festival held in Austin, Texas. On Monday, two representatives with Transitions Optical, the lens maker based in Pinellas Park, discussed why they are sending a couple of employees out west. Now, we hear from […]
Downtown Tampa appears to be heading toward its next condominium boom, if prices can catch up with demand. About 4 percent of the downtown condo inventory — 85 units — is for sale, said Dave Traynor, a vice president of real estate and developer services with Smith & Associates in Tampa. That point in a […]
When developer Bob Abberger took the stage at the Tampa Downtown Partnership annual development forum, it was to answer one question: “Are you guys for real?” As managing director of Strategic Property Partners, Abberger is on the front lines of Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik’s billion-dollar development plans. He said after his speech that […]