Transforming Tampa Bay: Our streetcars, and their original Tampa Heights home, are evolving

Transforming Tampa Bay: Our streetcars, and their original Tampa Heights home, are evolving Posted By LINDA SAUL-SENA Tampa’s streetcars were a force in the community’s evolution, sparking investment and affording easy mobility. Fast-forward 100 years, and streetcar-related efforts are again moving things ahead. An ambitious makeover is underway for the 70,000-square-foot red-brick streetcar barn, located in… Continue reading Transforming Tampa Bay: Our streetcars, and their original Tampa Heights home, are evolving

Military ‘idea lab’ coming to Downtown Tampa

Military ‘idea lab’ coming to Downtown Tampa   By: Grayson Kamm, WTSP Tampa, Florida — A new military “idea lab” could bring some of the most cutting-edge jobs in the world to Downtown Tampa, as people team up to research technology and solve problems for SOCOM. The special operations “idea laboratory” is coming to the… Continue reading Military ‘idea lab’ coming to Downtown Tampa

Socom’s SOFWORX part of bigger Tampa Heights redevelopment project

Socom’s SOFWORX part of bigger Tampa Heights redevelopment project By Tribune staff As someone who covers special operations and a guy who once created an urban design column when I was editor of the Philadelphia City Paper, I find The Heights redevelopment project fascinating on several levels. In Monday’s column, I wrote about a concept being created… Continue reading Socom’s SOFWORX part of bigger Tampa Heights redevelopment project

The Heights developers sign office tenant for Armature Works building

The Armature Works building in The Heights has landed an office tenant: SofWorX, an innovation lab for the U.S. Special Operations Command. “We’ve been looking for new ways to innovate and connect with small businesses and academia,” said James “Hondo” Geurts , the top acquisition official for U.S. Special Operations Command, which is based at Tampa’s MacDill Air Force… Continue reading The Heights developers sign office tenant for Armature Works building