TAMPA — Essie Mae Reed didn’t learn to read until she was 40, but the longtime public housing activist was not known to flinch in the face of injustice, bureaucracy or even unhappy neighbors.
Today, Central Park Village itself is long gone, torn down in 2007. But Reed’s memory lives on in the newest apartment building to open at ENCORE!® Tampa, an ambitious redevelopment emerging from 28 acres between downtown and Ybor City.
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Welcome to October! To each of you who so loyally follow the latest here at ENCORE!®, Downtown Tampa’s Tempo District, we wanted to start this post by first saying a quick THANK YOU!
Another month has come and gone, and 2016 is right around the corner, all of which means we have new aerials to share with you that show continuing progress at ENCORE!. These were taken on Thursday, October 1st. Residents have fully settled in at The Reed at ENCORE!, while work steams right along at the apartments at The Tempo, readying that building for its debut (and… Read more
TAMPA — … The City [of Tampa] and Tampa Housing Authority put their energies into another project also centered on a teardown of Central Park Village. In its place, ENCORE!® Tampa, a mixed-use, mixed-income village center, rose on the former public housing site, north of downtown between Nebraska Avenue and Interstate 4.
Residents now are populating ENCORE!, filling up apartments with young families and seniors. The buildings there are winning national awards for sustainability. Plans call for shops, a school, a grocery store and green space making it a walkable neighborhood. It is another puzzle piece bringing a new Tampa… Read more
September’s here, which can only mean cooler days (hopefully!), Pumpkin Spice Lattes, the kids going back to school, and the holidays being around the corner! Of course, a new month also means a new set of updated aerial photos to chronicle the continued transformation at ENCORE!®, Downtown Tampa’s Tempo District! Read on…
Tampa senior residents have begun to call The Reed at ENCORE! home, along with the residents already breathing life into ENCORE! at The Ella and The Trio. And, as you can see from the vertical construction, progress at our newest apartment building, The Tempo at ENCORE… Read more
Now that hopefully all the wet weather that deluged Tampa Bay is behind us, let’s shine some light on the latest aerial photos captured at ENCORE!®, showing continued construction progress at Downtown Tampa’s Tempo District.
The photos below (click for a larger view) were taken on Tuesday, August 4th. Residents of The Ella and The Trio continue to help us transform our corner of downtown, while Tampa seniors are beginning to settle into their new apartment homes at The Reed. And construction continues at The Tempo, which we expect to open in 2016. Of course, we’ll keep… Read more
