A 93-unit affordable apartment building could rise on nearly two acres at the northeast corner of S Lois and W Pearl avenues, replacing a vacant industrial property, city planning documents show. <\/p>\n
The development, called Lois Lofts, would add workforce housing to Tampa\u2019s urban core, where demand for rental units has grown alongside population and economic expansion.<\/p>\n
The three-story building would be developed under Florida\u2019s Live Local Act, which allows increased density and height in exchange for workforce or affordable units. The project would include 75 on-site parking spaces including ADA-accessible stalls and 10 bicycle parking spaces. <\/p>\n
Read the latest Tampa business news and updates<\/a><\/p>\n Plans submitted to the City of Tampa cover utility connections, an underground stormwater system, site grading, sidewalks, landscaping and ADA-compliant access, with a private lift station to serve the building. Contractors will coordinate with city water and wastewater inspectors as well as utility providers before construction begins.<\/p>\n The property sits within a Commercial Intensive zoning district, giving flexibility for residential or commercial uses. Hillsborough County records show the parcel last sold in 1992 for $1.7 million.<\/p>\n City planners are reviewing the preliminary plan and utility applications. Construction timelines will be set once approvals are complete. <\/p>\n Lois Lofts is part of a wave of urban residential developments combining density, transit access, workforce proximity and modern infrastructure on previously underused industrial and commercial sites.<\/p>\n Read More Tampa Bay Business News<\/p>\n \n Explore the latest Tampa Bay business<\/a> news, real estate<\/a> deals, development projects, executive moves and company updates shaping the region.\n <\/p>\n \n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 93-unit affordable apartment building could rise on nearly two acres at the northeast corner of S Lois…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-278331","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\/278331","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=278331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}