{"id":412848,"date":"2026-09-28T14:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/412848\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:58:07","slug":"check-in-with-tampa-bay-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/412848\/","title":{"rendered":"Check In With Tampa Bay: October 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            WestShore Plaza Redevelopment<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thirdlake.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Third Lake Partners<\/a> purchased the 53.31-acre property for $135 million in July and plans to transform the site into a 14-block mixed-use development. The project could bring up to 1,765 residential units, nearly 902,000 square feet of retail, 500,000 square feet of office and medical office space and 240 hotel rooms. Plans also include more than 221,000 square feet of restaurants, entertainment, recreation and other commercial uses.<\/p>\n<p>Airport Upgrades Move Forward<\/p>\n<p>Part of a $145 million upgrade at<a href=\"https:\/\/fly2pie.com\/?nocache=1790603349402\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport<\/a>, plans are moving forward for a new 2,000-space parking garage and a 300-space surface lot. The $57 million parking project is slated to break ground in January 2027 and is expected to wrap up in early 2028. <a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterexec.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Clearwater Executive Airport<\/a> has broken ground on a new two-story, 18,000-square-foot terminal. The project is expected to be completed by December 2027.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41070\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Clay-Hill-Site-Credit-to-Pfeffer-Torode-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2509\" height=\"2560\"  \/>(Rendering Courtesy of Pfeffer Torode)<br \/>\nOxford Exchange Founders Plan 550-Acre Luxury Retreat<\/p>\n<p>Hospitality leaders Blake Casper and Allison Casper Adams, the team behind <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordexchange.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Oxford Exchange<\/a>, are planning Clay Hill, a luxury destination spanning 550 acres across Pasco and Hernando counties. Plans call for 130 rooms, a farm-to-table program, multiple food and beverage concepts, a wellness spa, chapel, clubhouse, equestrian center and collection of estate-style homes. If approvals move forward, construction could begin in 2028, with an opening anticipated around late 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Long Awaited Tampa Bay Rays Decision Made<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/rays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tampa Bay Rays<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">City of Tampa<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/hcfl.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> Hillsborough County<\/a> have reached an agreement for a $2.3 billion ballpark in Tampa. Under the proposed funding structure, the Rays would invest approximately $1.37 billion, while Hillsborough County would contribute $796 million and the city would provide $80 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Icons Club Plans Fitness Production Studio Ahead of 2027 App Launch\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iconsclub.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Icons Club<\/a>, a subscription-based fitness platform, is planning a 3,300-square-foot production studio at 7101 U.S. Hwy. 19 N. ahead of its app\u2019s expected launch in 2027. The facility will serve as the company\u2019s production hub, filming training programs.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Missed last month? Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamagazines.com\/september-front-desk-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">September Front Desk<\/a>. Or if you\u2019re looking to advertise, find out more <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamagazines.com\/advertising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WestShore Plaza Redevelopment Third Lake Partners purchased the 53.31-acre property for $135 million in July and plans to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,13897,79027,79028,23643,137,136,32506],"class_list":["post-412848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-events","tag-tampa-bay-food","tag-tampa-bay-happenings","tag-tampa-bay-news","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-whats-new"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412848","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=412848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}