Knocking Down Buildings In Tampa, Putting Up More
Today is the big day. Ground was broken this morning at 10 am on a huge project that will change the landscape in downtown Tampa. It’s called Gas Worx and it’s a monstrous project. The construction project will fundamentally alter the Ybor City and Channelside skylines. Developers are calling it the latest step in a total Tampa transformation.
Gas Worx is a 50-acre complex that will feature 5,000 residences, over half a million square feet of office space and almost 150,000 square feet of retail space. The center of the project is a huge warehouse that will become an “Armature Works” sort of facility. Imagine cool restaurants and hip shops with lots of places to buy alcohol. The warehouse will be surrounded by miles of walking, hiking and bike riding trails. The development will stretch all of the way to the Selmon Expressway.
Phase one of Gas Worx began this morning at 10 am, but it will continue over the next two years. The first structures will be apartment buildings that will rise up to 5 stories. Some units will be affordable housing that will be built close to a new pedestrian skyway. The affordable housing section replaces a delapidated housing project that was demolished last year. The new housing complex is expected to be finished by next year. Source: Fox13News.com
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