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TAMPA, Fla. — An “urban” grocery store and a major hotel chain could soon be in the works for the ENCORE! [neighborhood] on the edge of downtown Tampa.

St. Petersburg firm J Square Developers has signed a $2.2 million contract to buy a parcel from the Tampa Housing Authority to build a midsized grocery store at ENCORE! The housing agency also has a California developer moving ahead with a $4.3 million deal to build a flagship boutique hotel.

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TAMPA, Fla. — The first retail space at ENCORE! Tampa has officially opened its doors for business.

Michelle Faedo’s Tampeno Cuisine opened for business on Friday to dozens of people lining up to order a classic Cuban sandwich.

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TAMPA — If all goes as planned at a meeting with the Tampa Housing Authority on Jan. 4, a 2-acre working farm will become a late addition to the city’s ENCORE! project.

The 40-acre mixed-use redevelopment district being erected downtown close to the intersections of Interstates 4 and 275 has brimmed with ambitious components, including apartments, condos, retail, restaurants, hotels and services. But this brings something vital that continues to elude many big-city urban renewal projects: access to local, organic and affordable produce, meats and dairy.

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