Polk commissioners enthusiastically approve incentives for Walmart
Polk County Commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a 10-year tax abatement for Walmart Stores Inc. to build a massive distribution center near Davenport. “I think this is a win-win-win for the community, for the jobs and even the labor and materials being consumed during construction,” John Hall, commissioner vice chairman, said. There were no public […]
Oxford Exchange owner says proposed apartments could quash Grand Central’s potential
A proposed apartment project on Grand Central Avenue could hinder the neighborhood from reaching what the owner of Oxford Exchange says is its true potential: becoming a walkable shopping district. Altman Development Corp., based in Boca Raton, has asked the city to rezone 2.51 acres at 504 Central Ave. to make way for a 274-unit […]
Downtown pioneer TAPS set to open second Tampa unit
New York City transplant James DeVito opened his first ever bar/restaurant amid an economic apocalypse in an urban core known as a place where the streets rolled up at sundown. Now TAPS — whose flagship debuted on the ground floor of downtown Tampa’s SkyPoint condo building in spring 2008— is set to open its fourth […]
Ed Glazer buys sprawling West Coast estate
Tampa Bay Buccaneers co-chairman Ed Glazer has plunked down $21.5 million on a 9-acre estate in Montecito, California. The property — which includes a 12,900-square-foot home and detached, two-bedroom guest house — borders another estate that Glazer spent $15 million on in February, the Los Angeles Times reports. To see photos, click here. “Both properties […]
A development to stop the presses
The concrete box that houses the Tampa Tribune and its printing presses will soon give way to a residential tower with dazzling views of the city skyline. Miami-based Related Group has confirmed what the Tampa Bay Business Journal was first to report in mid-April: It is planning to demolish the Tribune’s waterfront building and build […]
Monroe Berkman sells waterfront home in South Tampa
Tampa businessman Monroe Berkman and his wife, Suzette, have sold a waterfront mansion in South Tampa for $3 million. The couple sold the home on Beach Drive in the Belmar Shores area to Donna Marie Bocko and Andrew Richard Mintz, a married couple from New Jersey, according to Hillsborough County property records. The Berkmans provided […]