this is the third in an ongoing series part one: residences at franklin part two: arlington and sky restaurant use our handy map of downtown to follow along One of the best known and most anticipated projects in downtown, Skypoint has already begun work on the seventh floor. The tower will begin after the 8th. Located in the 700 block [...]
this is the second in an ongoing series part one: residences at franklin use our handy map of downtown to follow along Two smaller projects are underway in the 1200 block of N Franklin, right near the Residences of Franklin. A hotel over nine decades old is undergoing rehabilitation to become The Arlington. Plans include eleven flats or lofts [...]
this is the first in a series When I was in architecture school (at beautiful Clemson University), I learned the Rule of Thirds for estimating how long a project will take. Consider all the factors that could impact construction time, from permitting to material delivery to labor, and come up with a good estimate of how [...]
Like any other downtown, Tampa has more proposed new development projects than it has serious developers who will actually build what they’re proposing. Projects like the Hillsborough River Tower and Tampa Four Seasons, proposed many years ago, remain either in limbo or dead entirely—and there are many things aside from the city council that can kill [...]
Upon the front page of Wednesday’s Tampa Tribune comes word that the Gibraltar Development group wants to build a new skyscraper in the heart of downtown. At a location across Kennedy from Rivergate Tower (Beer Can Building) and the latest proposed site of the Tampa Museum of Art, this new skyscraper, “Museum Tower,” would include parking, [...]
As a downtown resident and frequent cyclist/pedestrian in the neighborhood I continue to be utterly mystified by the city’s determination to convert one-way streets in the CBD to two-way streets; I know I’ve blathered on about this before. This week I was amused to read in the Tampa Downtown Partnership’s Monday Morning Memo that the good [...]
This past week, a Miami developer announced his plans for a new condo tower next to the Floridan hotel. The developer, Haim Einhorn, wants to put in a 479-foot tower with 250 units “that young people with $40,000 salaries could afford.” At 479 feet, the tower would be the tallest in the immediate area by [...]
This old advertising mural on the south wall of the Maas Bros. department store building downtown bid us adieu today, as demolition of the 89-year-old building continued. The site is slated to host a 33-story condo tower with 12-14,000 sf of retail and 450-500 condominium units (accounts vary). Groundbreaking is slated for [...]
Yesterday the city council approved the Wood Partners development on the Maas Bros. site, by a 6-1 vote. I hate to think any councilman would vote against this project, since demolition on the block is now nearly complete. If the project voted down, I suspect the developer would leave us with an oh-so-scenic pile [...]
