TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The City of Tampa announced plans Tuesday to “revitalize” what the city called “an underutilized part of downtown.”
The city looks to redevelop around four acres of the northern portion of the Central Business District, an area between North Tampa Street and East Ashley Drive.
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The goal is to turn city-owned properties, like the old Army-Navy Surplus Market, into mixed-use commercial and residential development. The Request for Proposal requires a minimum of 750 housing units, half of which must be “affordable.”
The project fits into existing plans to improve connectivity for pedestrians and those who use public transportation downtown, the city said, as well as other developments in the urban core…