Seeking Venues for the 2017 Westshore 101 Breakfast Series

Showcase your facility to new and prospective WSA members by hosting one of our monthly Westshore 101 breakfasts. All that we ask of you is to provide a room with seating for 20 to 25 people and a light continental breakfast. In exchange for hosting the event, your company will be featured as the event sponsor on our website event calendar and event announcements. Additionally, you will have a few minutes to address event attendees.

Crescent Westshore celebrated the grand opening of its 375-unit luxury apartment community located at 2202 N. Lois Ave. View the City of Tampa's video here.

Construction is underway on ZOM USA's 323 waterfront apartments located on the former Chart House site. Plans for " Seazen" include a 12,000-square-foot clubhouse, fitness center with yoga/spinning classroom and on-demand virtual fitness trainer, two resort-style pools, four waterfront courtyards, pet salon, bark park, aqua lounge, and waterfront amenity center featuring paddle-boards, kayaks, and on-site boat slips. First units are expected to deliver in summer 2018. MORE

Plans continue for potential redevelopment of the retail center at 4001 W. Kennedy Boulevard. The property title was transferred to a new corporate entity this month. The City of Tampa approved a rezoning request for the property to make way for a new 19,300-square-foot strip center earlier this year. MORE

Hampton Inn and Suites at Avion Park opens December 8. McKibbon Hospitality's 178-room hotel features more than 50 suites and 2,300 square feet of meeting space. MORE

Tampa-based developer WPG is asking the City to rezone the half-acre property at 3702 W. Kennedy Blvd. to build two multi-tenant strip centers totaling 22,600 square feet with opportunities for restaurant, retail and medical office. MORE

A new Tampa Bay Sports retail location at International Plaza features the latest, licensed merchandise from all local sports teams, including, but not limited to, the Tampa Bay Lightning, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Rays, USF Bulls, Florida Gators and Florida State Seminoles as well as from large-scale regional sporting events. MORE 

Also new at International Plaza is Fabletics , the online athleisure retailer co-founded by actress Kate Hudson. MORE 

Colliers International Tampa Bay recently brokered the sale of Airport Executive Center, a 235,000-square-foot office building located at 2203 N. Lois Ave. IP Capital Partners LLC, a private real estate investment and asset management firm headquartered in Boca Raton acquired the 13-story property. MORE

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) invites you to participate in and comment on the Five-Year Tentative Work Program for projects scheduled July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2022. FDOT representatives will be available to answer questions on   December 14 from 4 - 6 pm at the Hillsborough County Center at 601 E. Kennedy Blvd., 18th Floor. View details and learn more here. 

Global internet voice communications firm 3CX is expanding its operations in the United States with a new office in Westshore's Meridian Three located at 4200 W. Cypress. MORE

Apartment management firm Robbins Property Associates has completed a merger with multifamily investor Electra America. Now called Robbins Electra, the company owns and operates a combined 20,000 apartment units in 66 properties in six states including Florida, and it has nearly doubled its office space to 7,000 square feet at Two Urban Centre, 4890 W Kennedy Blvd. MORE

AFLG Industrials located at 4030 W. Boy Scout Blvd. has signed an agreement for a multimillion-dollar joint venture with Hidral-Mac Group, a Brazilian company that makes hydraulic presses and related equipment. In the first year of operation, the joint venture is expected to create 50 jobs, with another 80 to 100 jobs over the next three years. MORE

Santa and his friends were spotted paddle boarding in Westshore last weekend. The first annual "Santa Paddle" event was hosted by WhatSUP South Tampa, a paddle board, kayaking and bike rental company now open at Ben T. Davis Beach on the Courtney Campbell Causeway.