Tampa General Hospital is building apartments for its own workforce as housing costs make it harder for employees to find a place to live within reach of their jobs.
Hospital and local government leaders broke ground Nov. 9 on The Linden, a 170-apartment development in Brandon for eligible Tampa General and USF Health employees. The Michaels Organization is developing the community on hospital-owned land.
“We saw the rising cost of housing as a challenge for our team members,” Tampa General president and CEO John Couris said…