Still Waiting: The Raymond James Office Campus That Wesley Chapel Has Never Seen Built
A 65-acre site near State Road 56 has sat largely undeveloped since the project was first announced in 2011. Here’s the full story.
It was supposed to bring hundreds of high-paying jobs to southern Pasco County and signal Wesley Chapel’s arrival as more than just a bedroom community. Nearly 15 years later, the long-promised Raymond James Financial office campus near State Road 56 and Mansfield Boulevard has yet to produce a single building.
How It All Started
In September 2011, the Pasco County Commission voted unanimously to approve a package of financial incentives worth an estimated $15 million in combined county and state funding. The goal was to convince Raymond James Financial, the major financial services firm headquartered in St. Petersburg, to build a satellite office campus in the Wiregrass Ranch area of Wesley Chapel…