{"id":270107,"date":"2026-05-13T23:08:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T23:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/270107\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T23:08:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T23:08:06","slug":"east-tampa-food-hall-concept-includes-workforce-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/270107\/","title":{"rendered":"East Tampa food hall concept includes workforce housing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>East Tampa\u2019s Gator Building site could be transformed into a mixed-use community hub with <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/restaurants\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"27\" title=\"Restaurants\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">food<\/a> access, <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/category\/business-news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"16\" title=\"business\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">business<\/a> support space and workforce housing under a proposal entering feasibility review.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal would authorize a request for qualifications for a development feasibility consultant to evaluate what is being called the East Tampa Community Opportunity Center, a long-discussed redevelopment concept intended to expand economic opportunity, improve food access and create community gathering space in the district.<\/p>\n<p>The current request would fund a feasibility and conceptual planning process estimated at up to $300,000 but would not authorize construction or select a development team.<\/p>\n<p>Plans for the Opportunity Center include a community food co-op or market, commercial kitchen and food incubator, coworking space, entrepreneurship training, maker space, e-commerce support operations and digital media or <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"Tech\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">technology<\/a> studio space.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the latest Tampa news and updates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CRA documents describe the project as an effort to address limited grocery access, limited support infrastructure for entrepreneurs and a lack of community gathering space in East Tampa.<\/p>\n<p>Consultants would evaluate multiple redevelopment scenarios, including one focused solely on the Opportunity Center concept, another incorporating affordable or workforce housing and a third exploring expansion opportunities involving nearby parcels.<\/p>\n<p>The East Tampa Community Advisory Committee unanimously recommended advancing the RFQ process during a March 3 meeting. The study is intended to determine the project\u2019s long-term financial viability and development direction before the CRA considers funding for future design or construction.<\/p>\n<p>  Read More Tampa Bay Business News<\/p>\n<p>\n    Explore the latest Tampa Bay business news, <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/real-estate\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Real Estate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">real estate<\/a> deals, development projects, executive moves and company updates shaping the region.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"East Tampa\u2019s Gator Building site could be transformed into a mixed-use community hub with food access, business support&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-270107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}