forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
…and go Downtown!
And why would one go to downtown Tampa? Well, besides the arena, the aquarium, the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, working in various office towers, the University of Tampa, Tampa General Hospital and all that stuff? How about living there?
Yeah, the real estate market is horrid right now but that’s not stopping the powers-that-be from showing off downtown living this weekend:
For those who want to know what it’s like to live in a downtown condo, this Saturday (10/13) is your opportunity to be a snoop! Back by popular demand, the Urban Home Tour returns offering potential buyers and the curious a chance to check out what all the talk is about. Several downtown residential developments are participating. These include:
* Element (507 N. Franklin Street)
* Grand Central (1208 E. Kennedy Boulevard)
* Skypoint (777 N. Ashley Drive)
* Ventana (1238 E. Kennedy Blvd.)
* The Place (1101 Channelside Drive, Suite 233)
* Box Factory Lofts (2001 E. 2nd Avenue)
* Victory Lofts (101 S. 12th Street)
* Residences of Franklin Street (1108 N. Franklin Street)
* The Meridian at Channelside (1212 E. Whiting Street)
* Towers at Channelside (1103 Cumberlan Ave.)
* Venu (100 W. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 800)
* The Slade (119 N. 11th Street)
(hat tip the Downtown Partnership and Jonknee at Skyscrapercity)
Several of the listed projects are under construction (Element, The Slade) or still in sales (Venu) but regardless of this — it’s a local’s chance to see what living in the central business district / downtown core has to offer. Oh sure, it ain’t the suburbs but for some people, that’s a plus.
Tags: condos, downtown, real-estate, tampa
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October 9th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
And that Saturday is the Street Car Fest aroun all of Downtown!
Tommy - Donlt forget Friday night with downtown alive on Franklin Steet, the AIA gallery having an opening, and the orchestra playing in Curtis Hixon park.
October 9th, 2007 at 11:24 pm
Saturday is also the USF/UCF game which I failed to mention. THAT will ruin turnout.
October 15th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
I attended the Urban Home Tour, it was awful. Perhaps one building properly addressed the street with retail on the first floor, and I could not find a single decent lobby. Interior finishes were generally cheap, and for $600,000 and up, I’d expect a lot more.
In Channelside the problem is particularly acute. The first floor of these buildings are generally not mixed with retail or office, hence, where are the hip new proposed Channelside residents supposed to buy their grocerys, or rent a video, or ? without getting in their cars and driving there? And if one still has to drive everywhere is it really “hip, walkable, urban (not sub-urban) living”?
It is hard to fathom such poor planning, and Channelside has been years in the making.
The Channelside hype machine has far exceeded the taudry reality.