Heritage Square at the Armory

Project Update & Timeline

 

 

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We wanted to bring you up to date on our efforts to bring Heritage Square at the Armory to life in West Tampa.  The effort entails a two-step process.

 

·      The first is to build a suitable new facility to which we will relocate the Florida National Guard. 

·      The second is to take ownership of the armory property in West Tampa once the Guard has relocated, and build out Heritage Square at the Armory. 

 

Our work with the Florida National Guard is moving forward. Although it may appear that nothing is happening because the Florida National Guard continues to have operations located on the property and construction is not yet taking place, there have been many recent developments.

 

March 29, 2008 -  A key milestone was achieved when the Armory Board for the State of Florida unanimously approved our proposed terms to relocate the Florida National Guard from the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory property to Pinellas Park. We continue to work closely with the Florida National Guard to facilitate that relocation. 

Other key milestones that we are working toward include:

·      putting the necessary zoning in place in order to build a new facility on land we’ve secured in Pinellas Park

·      designing and building a new facility to the Florida National Guard’s specifications. The FNG is in the process of determining its final specifications.

·      physically relocating the Florida National Guard to the new facility.

We estimate that it will be about two years before we can relocate the Florida National Guard to Pinellas Park.  Following that, we will officially take ownership of the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory property and start the redevelopment process.  The redevelopment is expected to take about two years as well. Realistically, we are estimating late 2012 for the grand opening of Heritage Square at the Armory.

Thank you for your continued interest and support of this exciting project that will provide a powerful economic engine and create a beautiful and vibrant urban core for West Tampa.

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