Caffeine is about to get even closer for drivers along North Dale Mabry Highway. Starbucks is putting up a new drive-thru at the former Econo Lodge site at 4732 N. Dale Mabry, roughly a mile north of Raymond James Stadium, with a single-story, 2,533-square-foot store planned for the corner. The layout calls for patio seating, on-site parking and a drive-thru lane that wraps cars around to an order point and pickup window, on a lot where three motel buildings once stood.
Plans and timeline
Construction could wrap up in about four months, according to Housh Ghovaee of Northside Engineering. He told the Tampa Bay Business & Wealth that site drawings call for a 2,533-square-foot building with patio seating, parking and a drive-thru lane that loops…..