TAMPA / HILLSBOROUGH Building on its strengths as a trade, technology and financial hub, Tampa-Hillsborough County is a region on the rise.
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TAMPA / Building on its strengths
as a trade, technology
HILLSBOROUGH
By Janet Ware
and financial hub, Tampa-
Hillsborough County is a
region on the rise.
FLORIDATREND.COM NOVEMBER 2020
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BY THE NUMBERS
Industry giants taking notice
of Tampa-Hillsborough’s
distribution clout:
Home Depot:
Adding to its 800,000-sq.-ft.
ecommerce distribution center in
Plant City with a 400,000-sq.-ft.
warehouse in Gibsonton
WATER STREET TAMPA
Ace Hardware Corporation:
Upsizing its Tampa-based
Retail Support Center at a new
315,000-sq.-ft. facility based in READY AND RESILIENT
Plant City
On January 1, 2020, Tampa-Hillsborough’s Until there was. And it came in the form
future couldn’t have looked brighter … of a global pandemic that would confine
Amazon: and those celebratory fireworks raining the residents of Tampa-Hillsborough to
Opening a 633,000-sq.-ft. down over Channelside at one minute their homes for a few weeks and force
fulfillment center in past midnight weren’t the only reason. everyone to think about the places we
Temple Terrace live and the work we do in new and
Tampa had closed out 2019 with a bang. unusual ways.
At Water Street Tampa, Strategic Property
Partners’ innovative live-work-play
development, a $200-million JW Marriott
luxury hotel was taking shape alongside
“1001 Water Street,” the first new trophy
office tower to be built downtown in
almost three decades. Along I-275, near SIMPLY
Raymond James Stadium, the first phase
of Midtown Tampa, a $550-million,
UNSTOPPABLE
22-acre mixed-use development combin-
ing office, retail, residential, entertain- TAMPA-HILLSBOROUGH
ment and hospitality was nearing comple-
Living and working in Tampa-
tion. And just a few miles up the road,
toward the University of South Florida, Hillsborough isn’t quite like being
plans were underway to transform the on vacation every day, but it comes
old University Mall on the edge of cam- pretty close. Yes, there are theme
pus into an Uptown Innovation District. parks and beaches and warm breezes
Tampa International Airport had just in January. But there is also a vibrant
come off of its best year yet and business mix of Fortune 500 companies, sassy
was brisk at Port Tampa Bay. Tourism in tech start-ups, world-class health
Tampa-Hillsborough was at an all-time care facilities and serious educational
high with more than 24.5 million visitors
logged in 2019. And with the annual
options. And, hey, if a pandemic
Gasparilla Pirate Festival just four weeks couldn’t faze Tampa, nothing will.
away and preliminary preparations well
in hand for Super Bowl LV, coming to
Tampa in 2021, there seemed to be no
end to this city’s good fortune.
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At the time of the community-wide shut-
down, Tampa had something like 52 major
Tampa is, of course, no stranger to hosting
Super Bowls, especially those that take HILLSBOROUGH
projects in the works plus a Super Bowl to
get ready for in 2021 and, says Mayor Jane
place during trying times. The 1991 game
was played in Tampa during the Gulf War, COUNTY
Castor, “we never really thought of stop-
ping our development.”
and the 2009 game took place here in the
midst of the Great Recession. The upcom-
AT A GLANCE
ing 2021 event, while highly anticipated
And so the 52 projects that were already and sure to generate significant media
1,471,968 Population
underway continue to move forward. coverage, will be a little different in that
“Those are hotels, those are office space, due to coronavirus concerns, there may be
750,269 Labor force
those are things that we’re going to fill limits on pre-game events and the number
up,” says Mayor Castor, “and whenever of people who can attend. Nevertheless,
2,035,146 Households
you look at anybody’s deadline it’s always Tampa is gearing up for Super Bowl busi-
not a numerical date, it’s Super Bowl.” ness as usual and both Water Street Tampa
$49,730 Per capita income
TOP LEFT: DOWNTOWN TAMPA / ABOVE AND RIGHT: YBOR CITY IN TAMPA
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and Midtown Tampa have timed the And the fact that those stands might what’s great about this community.
opening of several buildings within not be filled to capacity doesn’t bother Same thing when the Super Bowl
their developments to coincide with the mayor one bit. comes. Even if those stands aren’t
the big game. In fact, the 26-story JW completely full, there are still going
Marriott, which is expected to open “It’s like when we hosted the RNC,” to be millions of people worldwide
in late fall 2020, was designated the (the Republican National Convention, watching Tampa.”
official Super Bowl host hotel clear back which came to Tampa in 2012), she says.
in 2018. “We wanted that coverage to show And that’s the point, according to
Mayor Castor. “We want everyone
to know the paradise we live in and
how welcoming we are. What a
great quality of life we have, what a
great place this is to start a business,
It’s what to grow a business, to move your
organization.”
Tampa Bay does
today that counts
the most.
DID YOU KNOW?
TAMPA IS:
The 5 th Best Place to Start a Business
-WalletHub
The Most Livable City in America
-U.S. Conference of Mayors
The 4 th Most Family Friendly City
in the U.S.
-Homes.com
The 6 th Best Place for First-Time
Homeowners
-WalletHub
AND ACCORDING TO LONDON-BASED
IHS MARKIT:
In 2020, Tampa had the second
highest small business job growth
We’re proud to be part of Tampa Bay’s past, present and future. And in the nation.
proud of what our neighbors are doing today to make our community a
great place to call home.
Chad Loar
Regional President
813-357-4540
chad.loar@pnc.com
©2020 The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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TRUST TAMPA BAY’S
#1 HOSPITAL.
Once again, Tampa General Hospital was named one of America’s Best Hospitals
and named the #1 Hospital in Tampa Bay by U.S. News & World Report. Our strong
collaboration with our private practice physicians, USF Health Morsani College of
Medicine, Tampa General Medical Group physicians and our dedicated team of
nurses and health care professionals continues to make this award-winning care
possible. Even in the most trying of times.
NAMED ONE OF AMERICA’S BEST DESIGNATED HIGH-PERFORMING
• Cardiology & Heart Surgery • Cancer
• Diabetes & Endocrinology • Geriatrics
• Gastroenterology & GI Surgery • Neurology & Neurosurgery
• Nephrology • Pulmonology & Lung Surgery
• Orthopedics • Urology
Primary teaching hospital for the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
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FLYING HIGH
TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
2019 was another banner
year for Tampa International
LONE STAR STATE DOCKS
Airport, which handled a AT PORT TAMPA BAY.
record 22.5 million passengers
and 220.9 million tons of
cargo while averaging 298
aircraft departures daily. In GETTING IN, GETTING AROUND
2020, on the other hand, as
coronavirus spread across Logistics and distribution is one of Tampa- headquarters and manufacturing facility
Hillsborough’s most vibrant industry from south Tampa to Pendola Point at
the country, passenger traffic Port Tampa Bay.
sectors, which should come as no sur-
at TIA plummeted. It wasn’t prise. This region has all the right assets
until late September that – Florida’s largest seaport by size and And there’s travel by roadways to consider
some truly good news arrived: tonnage; a top-rated international air- too. Like any bustling metropolitan area,
port; and an interstate highway network Tampa-Hillsborough is an especially busy
Tampa was named one of two
directly linking Tampa-Hillsborough to place on weekday mornings and after-
second-best large airports Miami, Orlando, Jacksonville, Pensacola noons. And while the Hillsborough Area
in America in J.D. Power’s and all points beyond, putting 34 million Regional Transit Authority (HART) serves
annual airport satisfaction consumers within an 8-hour drive. In 2020, much of the city by bus and there is talk
despite some operational adjustments and of establishing a mass transit system, the
survey. And as more and more
revenue declines brought on by COVID- primary mode of transportation for com-
domestic flights return and 19, all three of these vital assets continue muters here remains the automobile. And
international markets reopen, to move Tampa-Hillsborough forward at the preferred route? The Lee Roy Selmon
TIA continues to make progress record pace. Expressway, an electronic toll road that
on construction projects cuts across the county from east to west.
Consider Port Tampa Bay, for example,
launched before the pandemic, which, early in the coronavirus pandemic, On a daily basis, some 195,000 trips are
including SkyCenter One. The lost all its cruise business – 23% of its gross made into and out of the city of Tampa
nine-story, 280,000-sq.-ft. revenue. That kind of loss could have crip- via the Selmon Expressway, according to
office tower that will connect pled some ports, but because Port Tampa Joe Waggoner, executive director of the
Bay operates with one of the industry’s Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority.
to the TIA main terminal by most diverse portfolios, any downturns “That translates into more than 60 million
train was topped out over the the port experienced were short-lived, trips a year,” he says.
summer and is expected to be according to Port CEO Paul Anderson. In
fully completed by spring 2022. June 2020, for example, Port Tampa Bay “Take a ride along the Selmon from one
logged 147 ship calls compared to 152 the end to the other and you’ll see what I
previous year. mean – billions of dollars in growth that
has happened over the last five years,” he
Business at Port Tampa Bay, which cel- adds, citing developments like TopGolf,
ebrated its 75th anniversary in June 2020, USAA, Water Street and Coca-Cola’s soon-
has remained steady throughout the to-come $300-million facility positioned in
summer and into the fall. In June, the port close proximity to the Selmon.
received a $19.8-million INFRA grant from
the U.S. Department of Transportation to Waggoner expects that the $250-million
expand its container capacity by 60%. extension to the Selmon that is currently
underway in south Tampa will result in
And while some capital projects had to many more billions of dollars in new
be put on hold during the early weeks of housing and commercial development.
the pandemic, business development has “We expect that to be open in the spring
continued. In August, the port entered of 2021,” he says, “and then you’ll have
into a deal with iconic boat manufacturer a non-stop trip from I-75 in the Brandon
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Bertram Yachts to move its corporate area all the way over to Pinellas.”
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WHO’S HERE
OTHER MANUFACTURERS GROWING IN
TAMPA-HILLSBOROUGH INCLUDE:
Advanced Airfoil Components: a
joint venture between Siemens USA
and Chromalloy, hiring more than
40 manufacturing and engineering
positions at its 210,000-sq.-ft. advanced SOUTHERN MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES
manufacturing facility in Gibsonton.
Anuvia Plant Nutrients: headquartered
in Orange County, entering into a long- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT
term strategic relationship with The
Mosaic Company to reopen a shuttered Did you know that Tampa is home to
PHOTO OCTAVIO JONES, TAMPA BAY TIMES
the world’s second largest independent
Plant City facility and hire 130+ for
provider of aviation training services?
the manufacture of fertilizers for the Probably not, because CAE USA, which
agriculture, turf and lawncare industries. manufactures flight simulators for mili-
tary and civil planes, keeps a somewhat
Beneficial Blends: a leading co-packer low profile.
partner for private brand organic, natural
and conventional food manufacturing, in More than 27,000 people are employed
2020, celebrating 10 years of continued in Hillsborough County’s manufacturing
sector, and the commodities they have
growth since its founding in Tampa. a hand in producing include eye care J.C. NEWMAN CIGAR COMPANY IN YBOR CITY HAND
Bolder Athletic Wear: which began life products, building materials, athletic ROLLS CIGARS SHIPPED AROUND THE WORLD.
wear, fabricated steel, machinery,
in 2008 as SparkleSkirts, makes all kinds
fertilizers, flight simulators and luxury
of athletic wear in addition to skirts, yachts. CAE USA employees with the capacity
including shorts, capris and leggings for to add 150 more. “We’re excited to
women as well as lines for men One of the most prominent to recently grow and expand to a new state-of-
headquarter here is The Mosaic the-art facility,” says CAE USA President
and children.
Company. The firm, which has locations and General Manager Ray Duquette.
Bertram Yachts: which relocated to on four continents, moved its base of “It will help us attract and retain the
South Tampa in 2016 and is on the move operations to the Bank of America world-class workforce we need to
Plaza in downtown Tampa in 2019. develop advanced training solutions
again. The iconic boat manufacturer has Tampa Tank-Florida Structural Steel for the men and women in our defense
entered into a deal with Port Tampa Bay (TTI-FFS) opened here in 1953. Southern forces.”
to move its headquarters to Pendola Manufacturing Technologies, which
Point near Berth 21. makes precision machine components AND COMING ON STRONG, THESE
and assemblies for the aviation/aero- MANUFACTURING NEWCOMERS:
space and defense industries, was • Incofilt, a Colombia-based industrial
established in Tampa in 1983. And filter manufacturer, launching its first
Dublin, Ireland-headquartered James U.S. operations in Tampa under the
Hardie, a building products manufac- name Delasierra Filters Technology
turer, opened a manufacturing facility
in Plant City in 1994. • Aero Simulation Inc. (ASI), providing
support and upgrades for exist-
CAE USA broke ground on its new ing training devices as well as the
state-of-the-art U.S. headquarters adja- manufacture of new full flight and
cent to Tampa International Airport in part task training devices primar-
NEW HEADQUARTERS OF CAE USA OPENING
fall 2019. Slated for completion in 2022, ily for Department of Defense and
AT TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN 2022 the new 290,000-sq.-ft. facility will be Department of Homeland Security
home to more than 600 Tampa-based personnel
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TAMPA’S
TECHNOLOGY
SECTOR COMES
INTO ITS OWN
For the first time ever, Tampa has
cracked CompTIA’s list of the nation’s
top 20 best cities for technology
workers. DRIFT‘S DOWNTOWN TAMPA OFFICE
With more than 52,000 technology-
related jobs, Tampa has bested
Orlando, Miami and Jacksonville to
be named Florida’s top tech mar-
developers and engineers over
the next 12 months as it opens
FAST FACTS
ket …and that market is growing! a new human-centered Artificial Here’s how Tampa’s tech sector
Since late December, 2019, four Intelligence Experience (AI + X) lab – measures up nationwide:
tech companies from as far away as its third nationwide – in Ybor City.
Boston, Washington, D.C., Washington No. 1 small tech market in North America
(CBRE’s Annual Tech Talent Report)
state and the United Kingdom have • Drift, opening its fourth U.S. office
announced plans to open sites in in downtown Tampa. This Boston- No. 2 best city for young entrepreneurs
Tampa; and four other tech firms that based company is the originator of (Forbes/NerdWallet)
are already located here are growing “Drift,” a Conversational Marketing
in size. Platform that combines chat, email, No. 3 best city for small businesses
(Lending Tree)
video and automation to make the
For Jill St. Thomas, executive director B2B buying process frictionless. In
of Tampa Bay Tech Forum, a synergis- addition to its Boston headquarters,
tic community of more than 100 tech Drift has offices in San Francisco and
companies across the Greater Tampa Seattle and aims to grow its Tampa- • Cybersecurity giant ReliaQuest,
Bay area, all of this increased activity based team to 100 employees by which was founded in Tampa in
comes as no surprise. 2021. 2007, plans to hire 100 employees at
its Tampa headquarters by the end
“There’s a spotlight on Tampa Bay. • Fisher Investments, opening its of 2020.
People are seeing that we have a really first East Coast office at the Tampa
interesting vibe and a lot of unique Bay Park corporate center near • Health care information technology
areas to live, work and play in.” And Raymond James Stadium with the firm Avalon Healthcare Solutions
while the coronavirus pandemic has goal of having 600 employees. An is expanding its corporate office in
brought relocation activity in some independent, fee-only investment Tampa and adding more than 40
business sectors and cities to a halt, advisory firm, Fisher manages $123 jobs in IT, data analytics, database
St. Thomas remains optimistic about billion in assets and, in addition to management and finance.
Tampa. “We are a really resilient com- Florida, has U.S. locations in Texas,
munity,” she says, “and over the next Washington and California. • The California-based biotechnology
12 to 24 months, I think we’re going to company Amgen is adding 33,000
see a lot of positive growth.” • And coming soon from Canada: square feet to its Tampa office,
CodeBoxx Technology. This firm, where more than 300 employees
TECH NEWCOMERS PUTTING DOWN which offers a 16-week, full-time handle the company’s finance,
ROOTS IN TAMPA INCLUDE: coding course with the promise that human resources and IT work.
• iO Associates, an information any participant who completes it
technology and digital staffing is guaranteed a job, is planning a • A-LIGN, a cybersecurity and privacy
firm based in the United Kingdom, relocation to either Tampa or St. compliance solutions provider, has
bringing cloud technology staffing Petersburg in 2021. opened an office in Sofia, Bulgaria,
expertise and 40 jobs to downtown its first international expansion.
Tampa with the launch of its first Meanwhile, four companies that are Over the last year, A-LIGN has added
U.S. office. already prominent fixtures in Tampa’s more than 100 new employees and
tech sector are growing in place and, 800 new clients globally.
• TheIncLab (TIL), hiring up to 15 in at least one case, overseas:
54 NOVEMBER 2020 TAMPA / HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY PORTRAIT / FLORIDA TREND CUSTOM CONTENTONE UNIVERSITY
GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED
With campuses located in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Sarasota-Manatee,
the University of South Florida is dedicated to empowering students to
maximize their potential for lifelong success.
TOP 5 IN STUDENT SUCCESS TOP PRODUCER OF FULBRIGHT USF Morsani College of
among 1,100 public research SCHOLARS, with 11 faculty Medicine achieved the HIGHEST
and doctoral universities scholars for the 2019-2020 MCAT SCORE in Florida
2018 Eduventures Student Success Ratings academic year Association of American Medical Colleges-2019
The Chronicle of Higher Education
USF is AMERICA’S FASTEST-RISING USF is one of 56 public research
UNIVERSITY, now ranked #46 universities nationwide classified as
among Public Universities both a DOCTORAL UNIVERSITY with
U.S. News and World Report “HIGHEST RESEARCH ACTIVITY” and as
a “COMMUNITY ENGAGED” institution
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
EXPLORE MORE AT USF.EDU
#ONEUSFTAMPA /
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HIGHER
EDUCATION
University of South Florida
University of Tampa THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
St. Leo University – Tampa Center
Hillsborough Community College EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS
DESERVING OF AN A+
When companies go “shopping” for one. Paving the way and working largely
BY THE NUMBERS potential relocation sites, one of their
primary considerations is talent: “How
behind the scenes to accomplish that
merger was USF President Steve Currall.
large is the labor force and does it offer
IN TAMPA: the skills I need?” Tampa-Hillsborough With its signature minarets and National
37.3% of the population hold a scores high on both fronts with a labor Historic Landmark status, the University of
force and educational institutions that Tampa is a jewel in this city’s educational
bachelor’s degree or higher
are nationally and internationally ranked. crown. Offering more than 200 academic
75% of graduates at local post- programs and a diverse student body of
Most prominent among these is, of which some 1,400 are international, UT is
secondary institutions end up course, the University of South Florida, making a name for itself in both academic
staying in Florida – the majority which over the past 10 years, has risen and nonacademic circles.
within the Tampa Bay Region faster in U.S. News & World Report’s
public university rankings than any other UT’s Sykes College of Business has been
And college grads are apt to fare school – in 2020, cracking the top 50 for named to Bloomberg’s best business
better here than in Orlando or the second year in a row at No. 46 and schools list for four consecutive years.
barely missing the top 100 overall institu- Its entrepreneurship program, ranked
Miami according to Apartment
tions with a score of 103 among national among the nation’s top 50 by The
List’s 2020 “Best Metros for universities. Serving a combined total Princeton Review and Entrepreneurship
College Graduates,” citing of more than 50,000 students in Tampa, magazine, is a major source of talent for
Tampa’s average salaries, lower St. Petersburg and Manatee-Sarasota, businesses in the Tampa Bay region, says
USF leads the State University System in Sykes Dean Frank Ghannadian. “When
rents and greater than average
Performance Based Funding and is a veri- I first came here 13 years ago, we had
satisfaction among people in table research powerhouse. 1,500 students; now we’re close to 4,000,
their 20s. just in the College of Business.” And,
In FY2019, USF was awarded a record it seems, after completing their stud-
Sources: Apartment List; Tampa $525.4 million in research contracts ies, those students are sticking around.
Bay Economic Development
and grants. According to the National “About 40% of our graduates remain and
Council; U.S. Census Bureau
Institutes of Health, every $1.00 in get employed within a 40-mile radius of
research funding brings in $2.21 in local Tampa Bay,” he adds.
economic growth, which means that USF’s
2019 research funding alone supported ROUNDING OUT TAMPA’S COMPLEMENT OF
more than 5,900 jobs and generated HIGHER EDUCATION OPTIONS ARE:
more than $1 billion in local economic • St. Leo University, with a Tampa
growth. New technologies patented Education Center in the Channelside
by USF faculty include ear recognition District, offering flexible class schedules
technology, an alternative to fingerprints tailored to busy adult students and a
and face and iris recognition; devices and variety of disciplines.
methods for measuring blood coagula-
tion; and ammonia removal in freshwater • Hillsborough Community College, with
and saltwater. five campuses across Hillsborough
County, is the second largest higher
USF entered a new era this year with the education institution in Hillsborough
THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA merger of its three campuses – Tampa, St. County by enrollment.
Petersburg and Manatee-Sarasota – into
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HEALTH
CARE THAT IS
SECOND TO
NONE
Tampa-Hillsborough health care has
risen to the top over the last few CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY AT
months and for, perhaps, a sizeable TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL
portion of the foreseeable future.
When USF’s Morsani College of
Medicine and Heart Institute moved works: an infectious disease hospital AT A GLANCE
into its new 13-story building in on the grounds of Tampa General.
downtown Tampa in mid-January HEALTH CARE EXCELLENCE
2020, the 395,000-square-foot facility One aspect of COVID-19 that hasn’t
Two Tampa-Hillsborough hospitals
was to serve as a hub for approxi- received a lot of media attention is its
mately 1,800 USF students, faculty and personal cost on patients, says David achieved top 50 rankings in multiple
staff to live, work and study in close Pizzo, Market President-West Region specialties on U.S. News & World
proximity to the college’s primary of Florida Blue, the largest health Report’s “Best Hospitals 2020-21” list:
teaching hospital, Tampa General. By insurer in Florida.
early March and together with USF Tampa General Hospital
Health’s 900-physician member medical On the patient side, he adds, “We’re
practice, Morsani College and Tampa very strong in trying to educate people Moffitt Cancer Center
General would become ground zero that there are still good options
for the fight against COVID-19 in available even if you’ve been dis-
Tampa-Hillsborough. placed by your employer, can’t afford
COBRA or your income has changed
Says Dr. Charles Lockwood, dean of considerably.” too. Among those with new develop-
the Morsani College of Medicine and ments are:
senior vice president of USF Health, Tampa General, this region’s only Level
“We’re very proud of the fact that our I trauma and comprehensive burn care • Amgen, a California-based biotech-
pulmonary intensive care and infec- center, remains one of the nation’s nology company, adding 33,101
tious disease doctors and hospitalists at busiest adult solid organ transplant square feet of office space at its
Tampa General Hospital have achieved centers, logging 585 transplant proce- Global Capability Center in Tampa’s
one of the lowest mortality rates for dures in 2019. And University of South Westshore business district.
some of the sickest COVID patients on Florida’s CAMLS – Center for Advanced
the planet.” Medical Learning and Simulation – • Avalon Healthcare Solutions,
continues to provide state-of-the-art, expanding its corporate office in
A key to achieving those low mortality hands-on learning opportunities for Tampa with the addition of more
rates, says Dr. Lockwood, was the close practicing physicians and medical stu- than 40 jobs in IT, data analytics,
relationship that developed between dents alike. database management and finance.
USF Health and Tampa General
Hospital. Elsewhere in the city, Moffitt • Soule Medical, a maker of dispos-
Cancer Center, one of only two able foam, reusable gel and other
And out of that dual focus on critical National Cancer Institute-designated items used by health care workers
care, says Stacey Brandt, Chief Strategy Comprehensive Cancer Centers in and hospitals, growing its opera-
and Marketing Officer at Tampa Florida, has broken ground on a tions in Lutz with the addition of a
General Hospital, has come innova- 10-story, $400-million surgical hospital 106,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing plant
tive approaches to COVID aftercare. near its main facility that will expand and warehouse, and
Among them: the COVID-19 Confirmed its patient capacity by 65%.
(“CoCo” for short) Clinic, a joint effort • Immertec, a visual reality medical
between USF Health and Tampa Tampa-Hillsborough’s life sciences training firm bringing on six new
General to ensure that COVID patients component, with nearly 900 life sci- senior-level hires as the demand for
receive continuity of care after dis- ences/health care companies and some its services has grown along with
charge from the hospital. Also in the 43,000 employees, has remained active shifting health care priorities.
58 NOVEMBER 2020 TAMPA / HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY PORTRAIT / FLORIDA TREND CUSTOM CONTENT$
1.3 BILLION
ANNUAL
ECONOMIC
IMPACT
94 % of graduates were employed
THE POWER OF or continuing their education
COMMUNITY
within one year of graduation.
190
academic
84%
of our graduates
programs. stay in the Tampa Bay area.
47,000 students served
each year.
$ 4.80 17.9%
higher earnings return for every dollar
per student invested
dollar invested. by the state.
BUILDING A TALENT PIPELINE FOR TAMPA BAY
For more than five decades, Hillsborough Community College
is helping to drive the economic recovery of our region
one student at a time.
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RESHAPING
THE
COMMERCIAL
LANDSCAPE
Uptown, Midtown, all around the
town, Tampa-Hillsborough’s commer-
cial real estate market is alive and well
– some might even call it “explosive” –
with three major developments in the WATER STREET TAMPA RISING
works.
The most prominent and comprehen-
sive of these is Water Street Tampa. and soon, “Heron,” consisting of 420 village” with offices and co-working
Conceived and created by Strategic rental apartments in twin 20-plus story spaces, restaurants, shops, apartments,
Property Partners, this 56-acre mixed- towers with 40,000 square feet of hotels and parks. And culminating
use development being constructed in retail space at street level. the project: a three-story, mixed-use
downtown Tampa is the first neighbor- office building. RITHM, by the way, is
hood in the world to be certified as a The first phase of Water Street an acronym that stands for Research,
WELL Community by the New York- Tampa to be completed by late 2021, Innovation, Technology, Habitat and
based WELL Building Institute. Here, includes more than 4.5 million square Medicine, The builders believe it
hotels are designed to be social hubs, feet across 12 distinct buildings. Full speaks to the dynamic redevelopment
homes to be personal sanctuaries and buildout of Water Street Tampa is and future purposes of the former mall
offices to be centers of productivity anticipated by 2027. Once complete, property.
and innovation. Currently under con- the neighborhood will be home to
struction is a JW Marriott Hotel, which approximately 9 million square feet of One thing to note … not all of the
is slated for completion well before new commercial, residential, hospital- development currently under way in
the Super Bowl comes to town; “1001 ity, entertainment, cultural, retail and Tampa-Hillsborough is visible from the
Water Street,” a 20-story office tower; educational spaces – all connected by street. A lot of it, in fact, is going on
pedestrian-friendly streets and lushly inside buildings as workplaces evolve
landscaped public spaces. and adapt to office life after COVID-19.
Consider for example, the 526,000-sq.-
Meanwhile, Midtown Tampa, a 22-acre ft. office of global law firm Baker
development just south of I-275 on the McKenzie at SunTrust Financial Center
northeast corner of North Dale Mabry in downtown Tampa. The roughly 200
Highway and West Cypress Street, con- professionals who are employed there
tinues to take shape. The $550-million have been largely working from home
project includes a hotel, apartments, during the COVID shutdown and many
office space and retailers, including are not particularly anxious to return
Whole Foods Market and Tampa’s first to an office environment.
Shake Shack. If all goes according to
plan, the hotel and residences will So the firm’s Executive Director Jamie
open in January 2021, just ahead of Lawless is, quite literally, thinking out-
Super Bowl LV. side the box. “We have really flipped
the script on a traditional law firm lay-
And currently just beginning construc- out,” she says, “completely open, com-
tion, is a third development – RITHM at pletely modular, no assigned seating.”
Uptown – along Fowler Avenue adja- And while certain elements of Baker
cent to the University of South Florida McKenzie’s work can’t be accomplished
where the largely vacated University at home or replaced by Zoom, Lawless
Mall used to be. RD Management, is turning whatever space needs to be
which purchased the 100-acre prop- accessed at the downtown office into a
1011 EAST CUMBERLAND AVENUE
erty in 2014, is finally redeveloping place where employees want to come
it into a mixed-use “urban research when they need to collaborate.
60 NOVEMBER 2020 TAMPA / HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY PORTRAIT / FLORIDA TREND CUSTOM CONTENT“Why should a larger company go to
the Bank of China for a loan when a
community bank like ours could just as
easily handle the transaction?”
In fact, she’s in favor of more and
newer small banks. “The small banks,”
she says, “are here to build those rela-
tionships, to start with you from the
ground up.”
And in the current economic climate,
when many small business owners are
struggling to remain afloat, getting
to know your banker on a first-name
basis has its advantages.
TAMPA’S FINANCIAL DISTRICT
“That’s how we build lasting relation-
ships with business customers,” says Bill
West, CEO of Bank of Tampa, the larg-
FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS est locally-owned bank head-quartered
in the four counties it serves. “In the
Tampa-Hillsborough County is a busi- but so do some tiny ones. first 90 to 120 days after COVID hit,”
ness-friendly community and the proof he says, “all banks in this country were
is in our fast growing and personalized Banks of all sizes and configurations focused 100% on PPP.” And while the
financial sector. And that doesn’t nec- have clustered here, which, says Rita federal government’s program was far
essarily mean mega-financial institu- Lowman, president of locally owned and from perfect, he believes it did what it
tions. All of the well-known brands in operated Pilot Bank, is a good thing. was supposed to do. “It kept a lot of
banking have facilities here of course, “We need banks of all sizes,” she says. people off the unemployment lines.”
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WHO
WOULDN’T
WANT TO LIVE
HERE?
No doubt about it, Tampa-
Hillsborough is a great place to live.
RIVER WALK
Just ask Jane Gowarty, vice president-
business development and relocation
at Smith & Associates Real Estate in
south Tampa.
“We had 400 clients given to us from
other companies just this year from
January to July,” she says. Most came
from the Northeast and large cities
elsewhere in the U.S. and, she adds,
they’re finding in Tampa-Hillsborough,
a quality of life that just 10 years ago
was lacking. FLORIDA AQUARIUM BUSCH GARDENS
Which comes as no surprise to The
Florida Aquarium’s President and CEO
Roger Germann. A native of Chicago, On a typical weekday – before coro- boomers looking to relocate existing
he is well aware of how cultural assets navirus – downtown Tampa would be businesses here.” Many bring jobs with
become economic drivers, attracting populated with about 60,000 work- them and some even start new busi-
both tourists and permanent residents ers (which became more like 6,000 nesses from scratch. But even as they
to a city. at the height of the pandemic). And are drawn to Tampa-Hillsborough by
throughout an ordinary year, nights its warm weather and sunshine, know-
Community momentum fueled the and weekends would find Curtis Hixon ing there’s great medical care available
construction in downtown Tampa’s Waterfront Park packed with people here matters more.
Channelside district of a convention enjoying a steady stream of concerts,
center, a multi-purpose arena and The art shows, barbecues and beer-fests Overall, there’s plenty to love about
Florida Aquarium, which celebrates its organized by The Tampa Downtown living in Tampa-Hillsborough – its
25th anniversary in 2020. Partnership, says its president and economic clout, good schools, superior
CEO Lynda Remund. Among the most health care, loads of cultural and recre-
In addition to The Florida Aquarium, popular events: “River Green” when ational options, friendly people, daily
which welcomed more than 841,000 the Hillsborough River goes green for sunsets over the Gulf and just the right
visitors in 2019 and was headed to St. Patrick’s Day; and “Rock the Park,” mix of vibrant urban areas and wide
900,000+ before COVID-19 struck, Tampa’s free music concert series on open spaces.
Channelside is today home to fun stuff the first Thursday of every month,
like Sparkman Wharf, a combination courtesy of The Tampa Downtown This community remains optimistic
dining garden, craft beer garden and Partnership. “River Green” had to be as it grows, an asset that long-time
“recreational lawn; the Tampa Bay cancelled this year due to COVID, but Tampa attorney and fifth-generation
History Center; and the S.S. American “Rock the Park” has gone virtual with Floridian Rhea Law does not find at all
Victory Ship and Museum; as well as great success. surprising.
offices, hotels and a growing health
care sector that includes USF’s newly Like many cities in Florida, Tampa- “The story for us is resiliency,” she says.
opened Morsani College of Medicine Hillsborough has a sizeable senior “We have such momentum now – so
and Heart Institute. And linking it all population, but these folks aren’t many huge projects underway – that
together – Tampa’s vibrant Riverwalk, necessarily bent on retirement, says when this ‘hiccup,’” as she calls the
leading to dozens of other downtown Jeff Johnson, AARP’s Florida state pandemic, “comes to an end, we’ll be
attractions and amenities. director. “A lot of them are aging baby ready to hit the ground running.”
62 NOVEMBER 2020 TAMPA / HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY PORTRAIT / FLORIDA TREND CUSTOM CONTENTON THE FRONT LINE
OF COVID-19
Charles J. Lockwood, MD, MHCM
Senior Vice President, USF Health
Dean, USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
University of South Florida
Informing Invented new lab tools
We developed viral test kits and a new 3D
printed nasal swab, and shared our ideas
Created COVID-19 outpatient clinic
Our virtual clinic provided important follow-up
services for thousands of patients recovering from
Testing across the globe. More than 40 million swabs
have been produced so far.
COVID-19.
Launched clinical trials for
Innovating Tested tens of thousands
We ran multiple Hillsborough County testing
sites where all patients were tested for free.
treatments and cures
More than 27 active clinical trials were initiated,
including a pediatric vaccine study.
Caring Treating the sickest
USF Health faculty remain on the front lines
B2B consulting
The TGH Prevention Response Outreach (TPRO)
of COVID-19. Early and decisive action taps the expertise of USF Health infectious disease
meant our region had one of the lowest case specialists to provide consultation to businesses
USF Health was fatality rates in the nation. and schools on protecting their customers
and students.
center stage Accelerated telehealth
We set up a telehealth platform in a week Kept Floridians informed
when COVID-19 and have completed more than 100,000
telehealth visits since the crisis began —
Since the crisis began, Florida leaders have turned
to Dr. Lockwood and his faculty for best counsel,
hit Florida more than any other specialty group in and people in and out of Florida have relied on USF
the region. Health for expertise on everything COVID-19.
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SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS GOT A
BOOST
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HELPING PEOPLE IN NEED
Owning and operating a small
business can be a rewarding
experience; in the midst of a global
pandemic, it can be downright FINDING HELP IN TROUBLED TIMES
terrifying. And that’s where
someone like Eileen Rodriguez, It’s been said that the true measure of a a particular project or contribute to
regional director for the Florida community lies in how well the people Community Foundation’s “Tampa Bay
who live there care for one another. If Rapid Response Fund.” And it worked,
Small Business Development
that is true, then Tampa-Hillsborough says Spalten. “Just in March and April
Center at the University of South gets high marks. alone – and just for COVID relief – we
Florida, can help. gave out $3 million.”
Founded in 1990, the Community
Rodriguez notes that since the Foundation of Tampa Bay connects By the end of August 2020, the
pandemic began, she’s seen “an donors, nonprofits, community and busi- Nonprofit Needs List had showcased
enormous uptick in people that ness leaders, professional advisors, vol- more than $35 million in requests from
unteers and residents for one purpose: nonprofits. And while specific needs
want to start their own business. to make giving both easy and impactful shifted and evolved over time, every
It may be simply because they’re by matching local nonprofits’ needs with category of nonprofit work – food and
unemployed and it’s really difficult the people and organizations that can shelter, health and wellness, education,
to find employment, so they feel meet them. And if ever there was a right arts and culture, animal welfare and
time to pair givers with recipients, a more – was covered.
that one of their options is to start worldwide pandemic is it.
a small business in their area of Community Foundation is working with
expertise.” As COVID-19 took hold in Tampa- educators to provide internet access to
Hillsborough and needs grew exponen- families without it and partnering with
tially, local nonprofits were caught in local organizations to establish college
a no-win situation – hurting financially and career centers where adults who
themselves at the very moment their may have lost their jobs as a result of
services were needed most. Not surpris- the pandemic can learn about avail-
ingly, says Marlene Spalten, Community able college courses and technical
Foundation’s president and CEO, “The training programs to help them secure
needs were tremendous and across a re-employment.
broad spectrum.
“We know too that mental health is
So, one of Community Foundation’s first going to be a huge issue as we come
tasks was to partner with a number of out of this,” says Spalten, “and so we’re
nonprofits early on and create a path- piloting some tele-mental health proj-
way for people to quickly get the help ects to, hopefully, help erase the stigma
they needed. surrounding mental health issues so that
people will seek help when they need it
Among the foundation’s early tasks was and not take more drastic measures.”
to create the “Nonprofit Needs List,”
a centralized list of local nonprofits’ Recovering from a pandemic is a tall
greatest needs during the pandemic order, but Spalten remains optimistic.
and attach to them the specific dollar “People throughout Tampa Bay have
amounts needed to fund each project. been generously supporting neighbors in
Donors were then encouraged to either need to the extent they can in so many
contact the nonprofits directly to fund different ways.”
64 NOVEMBER 2020 TAMPA / HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY PORTRAIT / FLORIDA TREND CUSTOM CONTENTBY THE NUMBERS
PHOTO COURTESY TAMPA HILLSBOROUGH EDC
2019, a banner year for Hillsborough
County’s tourism sector:
24.5 M Total visitors
9.2 M Overnight visitors
$4.5 B Visitor spending
$2.5 B Wages generated by tourism
YOGA IN THE PARK $967 M Taxes supported by tourism
A GREAT PLACE TO PLAY ANYTIME
WE HAVE LIVE
If Visit Tampa Bay President and CEO
Santiago Corrada had to choose one
• A bike ride through nature just outside
the city at Upper Tampa Bay Park or
ENTERTAINMENT
word to describe the tourism industry in Lower Hillsborough Wilderness Reserve.
THE CULTURAL TYPE:
Tampa-Hillsborough, it might well be this:
resilient. Tourism-wise, 2019 was a record- • A visit to Hillsborough River State Park, Tampa’s Straz Center for the
breaker for Tampa-Hillsborough: 24.5 mil- 20-minutes northeast of the city for Performing Arts offers one of the
lion visitors pumped almost $7 billion into fishing, camping, canoeing, kayaking, nation’s leading Broadway series,
the local economy, creating nearly 55,000 hiking, birding or just hanging out with
plus performances by Opera Tampa
jobs, generating $2.5 billion in total wages nature.
and saving every household in the county and The Florida Orchestra; and an
an estimated $840 in state and local taxes. • And of course, the beaches Florida is honest-to-goodness old-time movie
And as the calendar rolled over to a new famous for. palace: The Tampa Theatre, circa
year, there was every reason to believe 1926, hosting contemporary films and
that 2020’s tourism numbers would be And there’s lots to enjoy in and around
equally impressive. downtown Tampa too. A stroll along the classic movies.
Riverwalk takes you past four must-see
attractions: Glazer Children’s Museum, this
THE ROWDIER TYPE:
But then along came COVID-19 in mid-
March and Tampa’s tourism industry, along year celebrating 10 years of play for adults Spectator sports, including Tampa
with the rest of the world’s leading leisure and kids in 2020; the Tampa Art Museum, Bay Buccaneers football led by
markets, tanked. “After that precipitous featuring classical antiquities, decorative legendary quarterback Tom Brady;
drop in March and a horrific April, says arts and sculpture, 20th century photog-
the MLB Tampa Bay Rays, making
Corrada, “we’ve seen a steady increase.” raphy and more; the Florida Aquarium,
marking its 25th anniversary in 2020 and their 6 th trip to the American League
“We want people who come here to feel ranked one of the top 5 kid-friendly aquar- Division Series since 2008, hoping
that they’re going to vacation in a safe, iums in the U.S. by Parents magazine; and for a World Series berth; and the
healthy way.” So instead of hawking the Tampa Bay History Center, three floors
National Hockey League’s Tampa Bay
just the usual bustling theme parks and of exhibits exploring stories and personali-
jam-packed restaurants and bars, Tampa’s ties from Florida’s past. Lightning, who brought the Stanley
expanding to feature wide open spaces, Cup home to Tampa in September
smaller crowds (or none at all) and lots of Just a short drive away: The Museum of 2020 for the second time in
social distancing. Science and Industry (MOSI), an interac- franchise history.
tive, scientific playground of sorts, where
So while theme parks and other attrac- you can pedal a bike on a 1-inch cable
tions are still prominently displayed on suspended 30 feet above the ground, lie
Visit Tampa Bay’s website, so too is a guide on a bed of nails and build a robot; and
to exploring Tampa-Hillsborough’s natural ZooTampa, voted No. 1 Best Zoo for Kids
wonders. Among the suggestions: by Parents Magazine, offering up-close
encounters with a stingray, a rhino, a
• A stroll along Tampa’s Bayshore giraffe and more. And if you’re into theme
Boulevard – the world’s longest con- parks, Tampa has those too: Busch Gardens
PHOTO DIRK SHADD
tinuous sidewalk –leading from the with 200 animals and nine coasters (a 10th
Riverwalk downtown through Tampa’s is coming in 2021) and practically next
historic Hyde Park neighborhood to the door, its slightly tamer but wetter cousin,
pier at Ballast Point. Adventure Island water park.
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Superintendent, Hillsborough County
Public Schools
Develop your community relationships David Deno
in Tampa / Hillsborough County. CEO, Bloomin’ Brands Inc.
Dan Doyle Jr.
CEO, Dex Imaging
Paul Anderson
CEO, Port Tampa Bay Tash Elwyn
President & CEO
John Anthony Raymond James & Associates
Managing Partner, Anthony & Partners Gregory Celestan
CEO, Celestar Corporation Lee Evans
Kenneth Atwater Executive Director, Bristol-Myers
President, Hillsborough Community Squibb
College
Colleen Chappell John Flanagan
Ron Barton President & CEO, CEO, CareerSource Tampa Bay
Assistant County Administrator for ChappellRoberts
Economic Prosperity, Hillsborough Conan Gallaty
County President, Times Publishing
Michelle Bauer Ravi Chari
Chief Operating Officer, Tampa Bay President, HCA West
Economic Development Council Florida Division Jim Garey
Director, Florida Institute
Steve Bonner of Oceanography
President, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel &
Casino Tampa Scott Garlick
General Richard D. Managing Principal Tampa, Cushman
Andrew Brown Clarke & Wakefield
Managing Partner, Macfarlane Commander, USSOCOM
Ferguson & McMullen Cary Gaylord
Santiago Corrada Managing Partner, Gaylord Merlin
Nancy Bryan President & CEO, Visit Tampa Bay Ludovici & Diaz
President & CEO, BioFlorida
Brett Couch
Kenneth A. Burdick President - East Region, Regions Bank
CEO, WellCare Roger Germann
John Couris
President & CEO, Florida
Kevin Burgoyne President/CEO, Tampa General
Aquarium
President, Florida Venture Forum Hospital
Gwen Cummings Bill Goede
Bill Carlson Tampa President, Bank of America
President, Tucker Hall, Inc. Executive Director, Tampa Site Lead
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Richard Gonzmart
President, Columbia Restaurant
David Green
Jane Castor Executive Director, Tampa Bay Area
Mayor, City of Tampa Steven Currall Regional Transit Authority
President, USF
Mark Catchur Lee Green
Tampa Managing Partner, Shumaker, William Dalton Vice President, Moffitt Cancer Center
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President, Tampa Bay Lightning
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WHAT’S TO LOVE [CONTINUED]
ABOUT TAMPA?
Judith Lisi James Nozar
HERE’S WHAT SOME LOCALS SAY: President & CEO, David A. Straz, Jr. CEO, Strategic Property Partners
“All the different neighborhoods – like Center for the Performing Arts
Michael Nursey
Ybor City, Palma Ceia, Seminole Heights, Chad Loar Market President, TD Bank
West Tampa” Regional President - Florida, PNC Bank
“The sense of community with local Dr. Charles Lockwood
businesses working together” Senior VP, USF Health
“The people – friendly and welcoming” Tad Phelps
CEO, Fintech
“The weather”
Joseph Lopano David Pizzo
“So many things happening, so many CEO, Tampa International Market President - West Florida
places to go” Airport Region, Florida Blue
“Being surrounded by beautiful water” Rick Lott Walter Precourt III
Mayor, City of Plant City Sr. VP Strategy & Growth, Mosaic
“Bayshore Boulevard”
“Seeing dolphins, manatees and R. Craig Mayfield Tom Rametta
pelicans on a regular basis” Managing Partner, Bradley Law, President, Ultimate Medical Academy
Tampa
“Beautiful parks and beaches to enjoy” Lynda Remund
Frank McCafferty President & CEO, Tampa Downtown
“MacDill Air Force Base and veterans” Executive Managing Director, Savills Partnership
Occupier Services
“The way this city attracts young people
with its job growth” Michael McConnell
Executive Director, Cyber Florida
“Visionaries who initiated the Riverwalk Craig Richard
and neighborhood partnerships” CEO, Tampa Bay
Seth McKeel Economic Development
Managing Partner, The Southern
“City days at Sparkman Wharf, boat Group
Council
days at Beer Can Island”
Tim Rivers
“Cuban sandwiches and Dairy Joy” Elizabeth Miller Florida Market Director, JLL
President & CEO, Centene Florida
“Gasparilla” Eileen Rodriguez
Gregg Morton Regional Director, Small Business
Managing Director, Citi
Development Center at USF
Sandra Murman Bob Rohrlack
Commissioner, Hillsborough County
President & CEO, The Tampa Bay
Chamber
Jessica Muroff
CEO, United Way Suncoast
Gary Sasso
President/CEO, Carlton Fields
Brian Murphy
Founder, ReliaQuest
Michael Schultz
President & CEO, Advent Health West
Florida Division
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