In an attempt to break the Guinness world record of 62 food trucks set at Magic City Casino in Miamiearlier this year, the World’s Largest Food Truck Rally Ever will start at Encore in Downtown Tampa. The Rally will then caravan from Encore to the Florida State Fairgrounds and continue from 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. The event is being planned by Generation Food Truck, Florida State Fair Authority, Truckspotting.com, and local food blog, Carlos Eats. Expect more than 85 food trucks around the country at the festival and 15+ live bands. Media partners include the Tampa… Read more
Trio at ENCORE! Topping Out Ceremony
Trio at ENCORE! rises! Trio, the second building under construction at ENCORE! – Downtown’s Tempo District – where CORE Construction is adding to the City’s skyline with beautiful new apartments.
View photos from the event where construction workers and other partners were thanked with a BBQ lunch to commemorate this milestone of completion… Read more
Plans for Encore’s fourth apartment building unveiled
More than 60 people came this week to see the unveiling of Tempo, the fourth apartment building planned for Encore.
Architects with St. Petersburg-based Bessolo Design Group showed off their proposed design for the multi-family apartment complex at a community gathering Tuesday at The Ella, an apartment building for seniors that opened last year at Encore.
Encore is a planned mixed-use, mixed-income community that replaces Central Park Village, a 1950s-era public housing complex torn down in 2007. It is a $425-$450 million project north of downtown along Cass Street, Nebraska Avenue and Central Avenue… Read more
Tempo at Encore developers share plans
Design plans for Tempo have debuted, the fourth jazz-themed residential building at the Encore redevelopment site in downtown Tampa.
The $41 million project is expected to break ground the first quarter of 2014.
Kevin Bessolo of Bessolo Design Group is the architect for the 203-unit apartment building, which will offer one-bedroom to four-bedroom floor plans.
The 265,723-square-foot building will offer a 365-space, multi-level parking garage. A 5,000-square-foot clubhouse and 3,000-square-foot theater are planned, along with 2,321 square feet of first floor commercial… Read more
Tampa planners looking for feedback on planned apartments
TAMPA – Encore, a planned mixed-use and mixed-income community just north of downtown, has one apartment building almost fully occupied, a second under construction and a third headed for a mid-August construction start.
A fourth apartment building , Tempo, is on the drawing board. On Monday Tampa Housing Authority officials will host a community gathering to find out what people think about the design of the 203-unit apartment building.
People may view the proposed design, ask questions and offer suggestions about the project. Banc of America Community Development Corp., and Bessolo Design Group are development partners.
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