Wedged in a blighted area between Downtown and Ybor City area commercial real estate and city officials are ecstatic about what the project can do for the area.
The city of Tampa was notified by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that it will receive $38 million in federal funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to build a shovel-ready project between downtown Tampa and Ybor City on the site of the former Central Park Village apartments….more from Florida Real Estate Journal.
Encore is a 30-acre urban redevelopment project that has been in the development process for more than four years.
Encore is touted as a self-contained community with plans for grocery, retail, housing, entertainment and housing. The area will be within walking distance of the planned station for the high speed rail project. Check out the website if you want to learn more.