Tampa Bay’s largest hospital has filed plans for a new medical campus near downtown Tampa.
Tampa General Hospital filed plans with the city to build a rehabilitation center at 1307 West Kennedy Blvd. Plans show two building structures, one eight stories and the other five, along with a five-level parking garage that would be on 9.6 acres. The property is near the University of Tampa’s campus and Oxford Exchange.
The plans would allow the Davis Islands-based hospital to expand its reach into the downtown patient pool and offer care in a more modern facility and convenient location.
“The hospital use is currently envisioned to focus on in-house physical rehabilitation but may also include other typical hospital services. A freestanding emergency room use may be developed prior to the construction of the more intensive hospital use,” according to the technical memorandum for the project dubbed TGH Rehab Campus.
Florida Health Sciences Center, which does business as Tampa General Hospital, filed a letter of intent last year with the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration in its February batching cycle seeking approval to build a 59-bed hospital. “We have begun planning a freestanding rehabilitation specialty hospital near our main campus,” a TGH spokeswoman told the Tampa Bay Business Journal at the time.
The 59-bed facility will replace TGH’s current rehab center located on the main campus, TGH said at the time.
The rezoning hearing for the property is set for July 16.
“Tampa General Hospital to construct new medical campus on Kennedy Boulevard” – Tampa Bay Business Journal (subscription required)
Overview: The purpose of this survey is to collect public opinions of e-scooter sharing program in the City of Tampa.
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If you ever set foot in Channelside Bay Plaza, it’s difficult to believe that it’s the same place where the developer of Water Street Tampa now has sleek office space and a high-tech marketing center for the urban district.
Strategic Property Partners, the developer of Water Street, on Friday unveiled the 26,000 square feet it occupies inside Sparkman Wharf, which was previously known as Channelside Bay Plaza. The marketing center mimics the aesthetic of an art museum, and the crown jewel is a 3D-printed model of downtown Tampa — 17 feet in diameter, spanning as far north as Interstate 275 and including the University of Tampa and Bayshore Boulevard to the west and Harbour Island to the south — that shows Water Street’s 28 buildings at full buildout.
With the touch of a screen, SPP representatives can highlight different aspects of downtown on the model, from the first phase of Water Street to transit routes and cultural centers. Surrounding videos can show the view from any location within the district. The target audience for the marketing center is anyone who might occupy space in Water Street, from large corporate users to retailers to condominium buyers.
The model, SPP says, is the first of kind in the world in terms of size and scale, technological complexity and the fact that it’s driven by interactive real-time 3D content.
SPP’s vision for the model, spokesman Johan Koch said, is a “lucrative tool for storytelling.” But the significance of the new office space and marketing center goes beyond selling real estate. It is the first glimpse of Sparkman Wharf’s biggest transformation yet, a large-scale renovation that’s building 180,000 square feet of loft-style office space and 60,000 square feet of new storefronts. This phase of redevelopment has also replaced the facades, giving the entire property a more modern feel.
The developer’s own offices are in space that was previously home to a portion of a movie theater, Gallagher’s Steak House and a nightclub. In December, SPP moved its 70 employees from coworking hub Industrious in the SunTrust Financial Centre to the new Sparkman space.
“We tried to bring out the industrial aesthetic of the building that was hidden by that Mediterranean facade for so long,” said Sam Stein, development manager for SPP. “The building is a structural steel building and the area we’re in — it’s always been more industrial in nature, and we’re trying to be really authentic in our design throughout the district.”
On the private side of its offices, SPP has checked just about every box on the hip urban office amenity list: an on-site gym, complete with a Peloton, kettlebells and showers; a private room for nursing mothers; weekly office happy hours; and little Instagram-worthy touches throughout, from a 14-foot papier-mâché alligator to neon signs.
Natural sponges, sourced from Tarpon Springs, are both functional and fashionable, playing into the waterfront aesthetic and also absorbing sound in lofts that in some places have 30-foot ceilings.
“In building out this space, we hoped to make it a little bit like a city,” Stein said. “It should keep your interest. You should twist and turn as you’re navigating.”
About 30 percent of SPP’s new space is public facing, from the marketing center to a cafe area, auditorium and second-story terrace. Community and events are a big focus of that portion of the space, said James Nozar, CEO of SPP.
“As we’ve always talked about, Sparkman’s been our place to experiment,” Nozar said. “It’s been a pilot place for us, we’ve been able to test out a lot of culinary talent and programming and activation. And the marketing center is going to be a great tool for us.”
“Water Street developer unveils high-tech marketing center and chic office space at Sparkman Wharf” – Tampa Bay Business Journal (subscription required)
The research team at LendingTree®, the nation’s leading online loan marketplace, analyzed metro areas across the U.S. to determine the places with the most favorable conditions for new small businesses. Each area’s rate of new, small and profitable firms determined its ranking in the study, which found that small businesses in Seattle, Denver and Tampa are more likely to achieve early profitability.
Top 10 Places for New Small Businesses
Rank
Metro
% of Businesses 5Yrs Old orYounger
% ofBusinessesProfitable
% of Businesseswith Revenue Lessthan $1M
% of Firms withLess than 250Employees
Index
1
Seattle
34.4%
70.9%
70.3%
95.6%
100
2
Denver
35.7%
69.4%
70.8%
94.9%
97.46
3
Tampa, Fla.
35.4%
64.9%
74.1%
95.8%
95.76
4
Miami
39.2%
61.0%
76.7%
97.9%
92.37
5
Portland, Ore.
33.1%
69.8%
69.2%
95.5%
88.98
6
Atlanta
35.5%
66.6%
70.2%
95.2%
88.14
7
Orlando, Fla.
38.6%
64.7%
74.0%
94.6%
86.44
8
Los Angeles
36.3%
62.9%
69.6%
98.0%
83.9
9
New York
57.4%
72.1%
98.6%
81.36
10
Minneapolis
27.9%
69.1%
95.9%
79.66
To view the full report, visit https://www.lendingtree.com/business/small/best-places-for-new-small-businesses/
Methodology
LendingTree commissioned Qualtrics to conduct an online survey of 1,281 Americans, with the sample base proportioned to represent the overall population. The survey was fielded Jan. 2-10, 2020.
For the purposes of this survey, generations are defined by the following ages in 2020:
About LendingTreeLendingTree (NASDAQ: TREE) is the nation’s leading online marketplace that connects consumers with the choices they need to be confident in their financial decisions. LendingTree empowers consumers to shop for financial services the same way they would shop for airline tickets or hotel stays, comparing multiple offers from a nationwide network of over 500 partners in one simple search, and can choose the option that best fits their financial needs. Services include mortgage loans, mortgage refinances, auto loans, personal loans, business loans, student loans, insurance, credit cards and more. Through the My LendingTree platform, consumers receive free credit scores, credit monitoring and recommendations to improve credit health. My LendingTree proactively compares consumers’ credit accounts against offers on our network, and notifies consumers when there is an opportunity to save money. In short, LendingTree’s purpose is to help simplify financial decisions for life’s meaningful moments through choice, education and support. LendingTree, LLC is a subsidiary of LendingTree, Inc. For more information, go to www.lendingtree.com, dial 800-555-TREE, like our Facebook page and/or follow us on Twitter @LendingTree.
“Tampa named as one of the best cities for new small businesses” – PRNews Wire
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