| |
| DOWNTOWN
CLEARWATER REDEVELOPMENT |
 |
|
 |
 |
| |
|
| HOW IT IS NOW … |
…
HOW IT WILL BE IN FEW MONTHS |
 |
|
|
Click here for a interactive representation of the projects.
|
|
Hosting
one of the most pristine beaches in the world, and acknowledged
as one of the nation’s premiere sailing and power boating environments,
the City of Tampa is located on Florida’s West Coast with
immediate access to the warm Gulf of Mexico waters, and enjoys
a sub-tropical average temperature of 72 degrees, along with 361
days of sunshine.
With a strategic regional geographic location within the larger
Tampa Bay Region, the City of Tampa’s residents enjoy a vibrant
economy which includes 4.7 million annual tourists to Pinellas
County; a high quality residential base; an established regional
inventory of manufacturing, information technology, marine science,
medical technology and financial service industries; and a stable
and growing retail service sector ranging from small boutiques
to major shopping centers.
Tampa, similar to other urban cities within the Tampa Bay
Region, has reached capacity development with few available tracts
of vacant land.
Fortunately, however, a substantial portion of the city’s downtown
and beach properties were built during an era of low-intensity
development, which, when combined with their structural age and
current nonfunctional land uses, provide unique opportunities
for site assemblage, adaptive-reu se, and new development options.
|
CITY
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
The emergence of the city’s downtown and beachfront as quality redevelopment
areas is due in no small part to the city’s commitment to participate
within the framework of public-private partnerships.
This is evidenced by the city’s commitment to over $100 million
in new capital infrastructure improvements: |
 |
•
Downtown Streetscape – The city is preparing construction drawings for a September 2005
groundbreaking of a $5 million Cleveland Street Streetscape
between Osceola and Myrtle Avenues. |
|
•
Memorial Causeway Bridge – This new $64.2 million bridge will link the city’s downtown
and commercial corridor to the beaches. The bridge is scheduled
for completion in August 2005 |
 |
| |
| •
Main Public Library –
A new 90,000 square foot, $20.2 million Robert A.M.
Stern designed main library on the waterfront IS NOW COMPLETED. The
new Tampa Main Library has opened! Check out their official
Construction
pages for month-by-month coverage of the construction of this
great building!
|
 |
| |
|
•
Waterfront Park
– The city is fortunate to own 18 acres of waterfront
property lying along the downtown waterfront. Once the redevelopment
plans for the “Bluff ” sites have been identified it is
the intention of the city to develop plans to improve this
area as a destination waterfront park and public entertainment
venue. |
|
| |
|
| •
Bayfront
Marina As
part of this bayfront revitalization, the city is currently
pursuing the design and permitting process for a $5 million,
138 slip public marina. |
|
| |
|
|
•
Tampa
Beach
–
The beach is recognized as one
of the truly great beaches in the United States, if not the world.
Adjacent to these beaches, which are accessible to over 2.5 million
people within a one-hour drive, are neighborhoods that contain
an inventory of older residential, retail and motel structures
that are ideally suited for parcel assemblage and redevelopment
of new hotels, motels, retail and residential projects.
This redevelopment is already evident with multiple new mid and
high-rise condominium projects that are achieving phenomenal pre-construction
sales rates. Click for an interactive tour of ten large projects
|
 |
•
Beach Walk
The city has
committed to the future development of a broad pedestrian beach promenade with adjacent sidewalk
cafes and boutiques along a reconfigured pedestrian oriented
alignment of Gulfview Boulevard in the South Beach area.
The city has recently received a $490,000 grant from the
federal government for the preparation of construction drawings
and specifications for this anticipated $7 to $10 million
project.
Beach Walk – a
major makeover |
| |
|
|
| DOWNTOWN
REDEVELOPMENT PARCELS/PROJECTS Regional
and national developers have discovered downtown Tampa’s
strategic location as the County’s governmental center, and its
physical time-distance relationship to the beaches.
The Downtown Core offers multiple prime redevelopment parcels
within an investment environment, free of deteriorating buildings
or crumbling infrastructure. Leading the infill and redevelopment
market is a strong consumer demand for new market-rate urban housing
units (condominiums, town homes, city homes, flats and apartments)
and associated quality retail and entertainment support venues.
A selection of projects may be summarized
as follows: |
| |
| Harrison
village & Islandview tower Project by
Triangle Development |
| |
You
could not ask for a better location: Located
between Fort Harrison and Osceola, and one block from Coachman
Park and Tampa's beautiful waterfront, those luxury
condominiums will make you feel in the center of everything.
In the heart of the cultural, business and entertainment
district of one of the most exciting and recently renovated
cities in the southeast.
Over 300 unit
development, plus retail and office space. Groundbreaking
Summer 2005. Pre-construction reservations now available.
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| Osceola
Avenue “Bluff ” Parcels
|
In
August of 2002, the city hosted a visit from the Urban Land
Institute to discuss the development potential of the “Bluff
” parcels, which are an array of prime redevelopment parcels
containing upwards of 7.8 gross acres lying west of Osceola
Avenue and facing the waterfront, currently occupied by
the Calvary Baptist Church (since 1926), City Hall, and
the city-owned Harborview Conference Center.
|
| |
|
ULI
recommended a concise mixed land use project consisting
of high-rise condominiums, first floor retail boutiques
and restaurants, pedestrian plazas overlooking the waterfront
view corridors, and possibly corporate offices and/or conference
hotel to serve both the residents of Tampa and the
various national, regional and local business groups and
trade shows drawn to the city’s ideal work/play environment. |
| |
|
Parcels
A & B: Calvary Baptist Church
Strategically located west of Osceola Avenue, and overlooking the
city’s pristine waterfront and proposed park, these two parcels
have been offered for sale by the Calvary Baptist Church, which
is concurrently building an alternative campus in Tampa,
and as of Dec 2004 Buyer has been accepted. opus suth is planning
to built one , maybe tow, high-rise luxury condos. Plans to come
out by summer 2005
These two parcels have been in church ownership for nearly eighty
years and their availability offers a unique development opportunity
for a major mixed land use complex (high-rise residential condominiums,
retail, restaurants, entertainment and hotel) on one of the few
remaining waterfront sites in the State of Florida.
|
| Parcel
C: City Hall 
|
Recognizing
the importance of a vibrant downtown and the need for a
modern City Hall, the City Commission and city management
are open to discussions on the potential of making available
this approximate three (3) acre City Hall site, if the site
is combined with the adjoining Parcels A and B owned by
the Calvary Baptist Church. opus South is now negotiating
on getting this parcel as part of their project.
Future acquisition of City Hall would require a citywide
referendum, and the receipt of fair market value for the
property, either by purchase or replacement in-kind of a
new City Hall facility. A tentative replacement site has
been identified. |
| |
|
|
Parcel
D: Harborview Conference Center Property
The Harborview Conference Center is a city-owned meeting
and exhibit hall facility, which also accommodates a highly successful
Stein Mart Department Store.
Situated west of Osceola Avenue, and lying adjacent to the new
Main Public Library, this facility offers a panoramic view over
Coachman Park and the Bayfront.
This property has been identified by the city as a long-term potential
redevelopment site after the current lease with Stein Mart expires
in 2009, with preferred future land uses being a mixed retail/hotel/meeting/
entertainment venue. Such a redevelopment would have to address
the successful relocation of the Stein Mart Department store within
downtown.
Parcel
E: Downtown Super Block
This superbly located downtown block, consisting of several
redevelopment parcels containing upwards of 3.73 acres, was purchased
in 2003 by a large out of state investment development group.
Adjacent to this redevelopment parcel is a 1.61 acre planned condominium
site that is owned by a local investor/developer.
Lying just east of the Harborview Center and the new Main Library,
the development potential for these parcels has been previously
identified for high-rise condominium residential, office, retail,
mixed-use entertainment (including a Multi Movie theatre!!), and
a parking garage.
Information on these redevelopment parcels may be obtained from
the city’s Economic Development & Housing Department. |
| |
|
Click here for a interactive representation of the projects.
|
|
 |
