December 18, 2025 • 8 mins
Tampa Bay Business Journal Editor at Large Ashley Kritzer discusses a new East Ybor redevelopment project and recaps the area's top business stories of 2025.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's go to the hotline and bring in Tampa Bay
Business Journal Editor at large Ashley Kreizer for one final
time here in twenty twenty five. You could check out
all of our work and a whole lot more at
Tampa Bay Business Journal dot com and you can follow
her on Instagram at Ashley Kreizer. And when you check
hero out on Instagram, you will see lots of book
(00:20):
reviews and book suggestions and Ashley, real quick, before we
get started, you laid out some books that could help
one reach their goals of reading for the year, and
I noticed one of them was called thirst Trap.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Yes, that's correct. That at the book that I am
looking forward to reading. If you do go to my Instagram,
you'll see that's a very creative cover.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
But it sounds like a very touching theme.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
It's female friendship navigating grief women in their late twentieth
of helfas.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
So, yeah, maybe we don't judge a book by it cover.
Ryan forgot I was doing.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
So again Ashley Kreutzer on Instagram to check all of
that out. All right, let's get to some stories, and
I want to start with east Ebore, some news involving
the redevelopment there.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
What can you tell us about that?
Speaker 2 (01:16):
So we can't go too long on this program out
discussing Daryl Shaw. Darryl is one of the most prolific
developers in the Tampa Bay region. He spent the last
several years that he was working actively with Blue Pearl
Veterinary Partners, which he co founded. On the side, he
was acquiring land in Ebor. And what he's moving forward
with now is a really exciting redevelopment because it is
(01:37):
a large swath of the Historic District that includes the
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office property that he arranged a land
swap for last year. So we're talking about up to
three million square feet thirty acres that includes a lot
of the historic district, and you'll see a lot of
mixed use redevelopment. But one thing that's really important to note,
it's very pedestrian oriented. It's very much in scale with
(01:59):
what's already in the Historic district. You're not going to
see twenty five story towers or anything like that.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
This is very much pedestrian and Ebor scale.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
So how does this work in with what he's doing
with gas works? Then you also have Ibor Harbor. That's
a project of his. I mean, he's got a lot
going on right there.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
He does have a lot going on.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
He does have a partner in gas Works, and gas
Works is a mixed use development that's right outside the
Ebor Historic District, just like Ebor Harbor is another mixed
use one south of the Historic District.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
And all of these things work together. I think.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
I think that's the big vision, right is at the
same time, you're bringing the historic district back to life,
hopefully giving people a reason to go there besides nightlife
and alcohol, you know, trying to build up some of
that daytime vibrancy. There's also a deal on the works
on the east end of Ebor with Tampa General Hospital
to build a hospital there. So all of these things
are really working together to transform that entire area.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
And of course this is all in conjunction in a
way with some of the other projects that are happening
in the downtown area and all of that ton this
right right, And.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
I think the one that we don't talk about enough
is Encore.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
It is a mixed use development between I would say
it's just north of the Channel District and just north
of the central Business District kind of where the courthouse
activity is on that end of downtown and Encore is
really coming together doctor Kieren Patel, who's a real estate
developer and philanthropist. He has a tower there that's rising,
and I think is going to make more people just
(03:25):
aware of what's going on in Encore because it's a
pretty edgy project for Tampa, and that it's mixed income.
You have market rate senior housing, low income housing. It's
really mixed income, which isn't something we've traditionally seen in
Tampa until recently.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
We're joined by Tampa Bay Business Journal Editor at large
Ashley Kritzer. All right, let's talk about the landfill. I
have lots of thoughts. I drive past it every single
day in Panelas County on my way to the station.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
What's going on there?
Speaker 2 (03:52):
So the landfill that you're referring to, I think Panela's
County refers to call it toy Town.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
It is a landfill the eighties.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
And yeah, so this is a pretty prime site because
Penelas County, as you know, as someone living and driving
there every day, it's a very densely popular county. It's
the state's most densely populated county, and this project, this
property has been talked about being redeveloped since I moved
to Tampa in twenty fourteen, really since it stopped being
a landfill in the eighties. And so the project that
(04:23):
they're pitching for that property now is a youth sports
complex and there is actually a local developer out of
Clearwater that wants to do that. But before they can
do that, they need more information about what's actually in there.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
So they've got to do like an environmental study.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Yes, and it's hard to believe that this hasn't been
done yet, since officials have been talking about this literally
since the eighties and nineties. But yes, so if all,
if this current timeline sticks, that subsurface investigation work they're
calling it could begin in October of twenty twenty six.
So based on that, the redevelopment of your landfill, your
(05:02):
neighborhood landfill there, Ryan is still years away.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Oh okay, I was looking forward to maybe you know,
seeing something on the way in aside from lots of trash.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
Warehouses, aside from the warehouses you drive by, got too. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
We're joined by Tampa Bay Business Journal Editor at large
Ashley Kritzer All right, the Humane Society some big news
involving them.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
This is really big news for the Humane Society, and
the Tampa Bay Business Journal broke it exclusively this morning.
And I think humane societies animal shoulders in general. They're
just the type of nonprofit organization that everyone has an
awareness of. I think animals have the heart of a
lot of people, including me. I'm not a not much
one for kids or children, but I love animals.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Animals definitely have my heart.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
So what we were going to see in twenty twenty
six is the Humane Society of Tampa Bay and the
Humane Society of Panelas County merging, and that will create
the largest animal welfare organization in Florida under that Tampa
Bay name.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
All Right, last thing I have to ask you about
we're wrapping up twenty twenty five, is you look back
some of the big storylines that you think really impacted
the Tampa Bay area and then what are some things
you'll be looking for moving into twenty twenty six.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Well, you just can't get away from the Tampa Bay
Rays storyline, right, and the stadium deal that was on again,
off again for twenty years entered twenty twenty five on
shaky ground was dead before the end of the first quarter.
The team sold, so they're starting twenty twenty six the
way they've started every other year looking for a stadium,
So in some ways, up like groundhog Day, but that's
(06:29):
definitely going to be a big one.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
We also had Tampa International Airport.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
I think just some of the new flight paths or
flight routes that they have landed over the past year
has been really interesting to watch, and watching some of
those begin to take off, if you will, in twenty
twenty six will also be a big storyline.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Yeah, And I think some of the redevelopment projects that
we've been talking so much about, just watching all of
that continue and progress, you know, big things are ahead
on both sides of the Bay.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
They really are.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
You and I talk a lot about gasworks, and I
think in twenty twenty six you're going to see a
second apartment building finished there and it's going to begin
It's going to start to become more real to people
who are not intimately familiar with the urban core.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
So I think that's really exciting.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
And hopefully whatever's going to happen with traffic Caanafield, hopefully
there's some clarity there. The Mayor's office in Saint Pete
is going to begin accepting proposals for that property next month,
in early twenty twenty six. So whether or not there
ends up being a stadium there after all of this,
we'll see. The mayor has said he's open to extending
their lease at Tropiccannafield, and he also said before the
(07:34):
team was sold that he would work with them under
a new owner.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
So we'll see what happens with the Trump and the Rais.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Yeah, I am pretty confident that's going to come to
a resolution one way or another in twenty twenty six.
Tampa Bay Business Journal Editor at large Ashley Kreiser. You
can find all of her work and a whole lot
more at Tampa Bay Business Journal dot com. You can
also follow her on Instagram at Ashley Kreutzer. Ashley, we
appreciate all the updates throughout twenty twenty five, cuping us
(08:02):
in the loop on everything happening in the business and
real estate community here in the Tampa Bay area, and
look forward to talking to you again in the new year.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
I'm looking forward to twenty twenty six as well.
Let's go to the hotline and bring in Tampa Bay
Business Journal Editor at large Ashley Kreizer for one final
time here in twenty twenty five. You could check out
all of our work and a whole lot more at
Tampa Bay Business Journal dot com and you can follow
her on Instagram at Ashley Kreizer. And when you check
hero out on Instagram, you will see lots of book
(00:20):
reviews and book suggestions and Ashley, real quick, before we
get started, you laid out some books that could help
one reach their goals of reading for the year, and
I noticed one of them was called thirst Trap.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Yes, that's correct. That at the book that I am
looking forward to reading. If you do go to my Instagram,
you'll see that's a very creative cover.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
But it sounds like a very touching theme.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
It's female friendship navigating grief women in their late twentieth
of helfas.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
So, yeah, maybe we don't judge a book by it cover.
Ryan forgot I was doing.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
So again Ashley Kreutzer on Instagram to check all of
that out. All right, let's get to some stories, and
I want to start with east Ebore, some news involving
the redevelopment there.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
What can you tell us about that?
Speaker 2 (01:16):
So we can't go too long on this program out
discussing Daryl Shaw. Darryl is one of the most prolific
developers in the Tampa Bay region. He spent the last
several years that he was working actively with Blue Pearl
Veterinary Partners, which he co founded. On the side, he
was acquiring land in Ebor. And what he's moving forward
with now is a really exciting redevelopment because it is
(01:37):
a large swath of the Historic District that includes the
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office property that he arranged a land
swap for last year. So we're talking about up to
three million square feet thirty acres that includes a lot
of the historic district, and you'll see a lot of
mixed use redevelopment. But one thing that's really important to note,
it's very pedestrian oriented. It's very much in scale with
(01:59):
what's already in the Historic district. You're not going to
see twenty five story towers or anything like that.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
This is very much pedestrian and Ebor scale.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
So how does this work in with what he's doing
with gas works? Then you also have Ibor Harbor. That's
a project of his. I mean, he's got a lot
going on right there.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
He does have a lot going on.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
He does have a partner in gas Works, and gas
Works is a mixed use development that's right outside the
Ebor Historic District, just like Ebor Harbor is another mixed
use one south of the Historic District.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
And all of these things work together. I think.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
I think that's the big vision, right is at the
same time, you're bringing the historic district back to life,
hopefully giving people a reason to go there besides nightlife
and alcohol, you know, trying to build up some of
that daytime vibrancy. There's also a deal on the works
on the east end of Ebor with Tampa General Hospital
to build a hospital there. So all of these things
are really working together to transform that entire area.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
And of course this is all in conjunction in a
way with some of the other projects that are happening
in the downtown area and all of that ton this
right right, And.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
I think the one that we don't talk about enough
is Encore.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
It is a mixed use development between I would say
it's just north of the Channel District and just north
of the central Business District kind of where the courthouse
activity is on that end of downtown and Encore is
really coming together doctor Kieren Patel, who's a real estate
developer and philanthropist. He has a tower there that's rising,
and I think is going to make more people just
(03:25):
aware of what's going on in Encore because it's a
pretty edgy project for Tampa, and that it's mixed income.
You have market rate senior housing, low income housing. It's
really mixed income, which isn't something we've traditionally seen in
Tampa until recently.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
We're joined by Tampa Bay Business Journal Editor at large
Ashley Kritzer. All right, let's talk about the landfill. I
have lots of thoughts. I drive past it every single
day in Panelas County on my way to the station.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
What's going on there?
Speaker 2 (03:52):
So the landfill that you're referring to, I think Panela's
County refers to call it toy Town.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
It is a landfill the eighties.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
And yeah, so this is a pretty prime site because
Penelas County, as you know, as someone living and driving
there every day, it's a very densely popular county. It's
the state's most densely populated county, and this project, this
property has been talked about being redeveloped since I moved
to Tampa in twenty fourteen, really since it stopped being
a landfill in the eighties. And so the project that
(04:23):
they're pitching for that property now is a youth sports
complex and there is actually a local developer out of
Clearwater that wants to do that. But before they can
do that, they need more information about what's actually in there.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
So they've got to do like an environmental study.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Yes, and it's hard to believe that this hasn't been
done yet, since officials have been talking about this literally
since the eighties and nineties. But yes, so if all,
if this current timeline sticks, that subsurface investigation work they're
calling it could begin in October of twenty twenty six.
So based on that, the redevelopment of your landfill, your
(05:02):
neighborhood landfill there, Ryan is still years away.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Oh okay, I was looking forward to maybe you know,
seeing something on the way in aside from lots of trash.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
Warehouses, aside from the warehouses you drive by, got too. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
We're joined by Tampa Bay Business Journal Editor at large
Ashley Kritzer All right, the Humane Society some big news
involving them.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
This is really big news for the Humane Society, and
the Tampa Bay Business Journal broke it exclusively this morning.
And I think humane societies animal shoulders in general. They're
just the type of nonprofit organization that everyone has an
awareness of. I think animals have the heart of a
lot of people, including me. I'm not a not much
one for kids or children, but I love animals.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Animals definitely have my heart.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
So what we were going to see in twenty twenty
six is the Humane Society of Tampa Bay and the
Humane Society of Panelas County merging, and that will create
the largest animal welfare organization in Florida under that Tampa
Bay name.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
All Right, last thing I have to ask you about
we're wrapping up twenty twenty five, is you look back
some of the big storylines that you think really impacted
the Tampa Bay area and then what are some things
you'll be looking for moving into twenty twenty six.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Well, you just can't get away from the Tampa Bay
Rays storyline, right, and the stadium deal that was on again,
off again for twenty years entered twenty twenty five on
shaky ground was dead before the end of the first quarter.
The team sold, so they're starting twenty twenty six the
way they've started every other year looking for a stadium,
So in some ways, up like groundhog Day, but that's
(06:29):
definitely going to be a big one.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
We also had Tampa International Airport.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
I think just some of the new flight paths or
flight routes that they have landed over the past year
has been really interesting to watch, and watching some of
those begin to take off, if you will, in twenty
twenty six will also be a big storyline.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Yeah, And I think some of the redevelopment projects that
we've been talking so much about, just watching all of
that continue and progress, you know, big things are ahead
on both sides of the Bay.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
They really are.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
You and I talk a lot about gasworks, and I
think in twenty twenty six you're going to see a
second apartment building finished there and it's going to begin
It's going to start to become more real to people
who are not intimately familiar with the urban core.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
So I think that's really exciting.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
And hopefully whatever's going to happen with traffic Caanafield, hopefully
there's some clarity there. The Mayor's office in Saint Pete
is going to begin accepting proposals for that property next month,
in early twenty twenty six. So whether or not there
ends up being a stadium there after all of this,
we'll see. The mayor has said he's open to extending
their lease at Tropiccannafield, and he also said before the
(07:34):
team was sold that he would work with them under
a new owner.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
So we'll see what happens with the Trump and the Rais.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
Yeah, I am pretty confident that's going to come to
a resolution one way or another in twenty twenty six.
Tampa Bay Business Journal Editor at large Ashley Kreiser. You
can find all of her work and a whole lot
more at Tampa Bay Business Journal dot com. You can
also follow her on Instagram at Ashley Kreutzer. Ashley, we
appreciate all the updates throughout twenty twenty five, cuping us
(08:02):
in the loop on everything happening in the business and
real estate community here in the Tampa Bay area, and
look forward to talking to you again in the new year.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
I'm looking forward to twenty twenty six as well.
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