TAMPA — Strategic Property Partners went out to bid Friday for a contractor to do up to $35 million worth of work on roads, utilities and amenities for its $2 billion downtown redevelopment project.
“To get the master infrastructure in place” is “going to be the first tangible sign of major progress that you’re going to see,” Tampa Bay Lightning owner and Strategic Property Partners top executive Jeff Vinik recently told a South Tampa civic group.
Once the city of Tampa and Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority approve final plans, the work could begin in mid-2016, according to the company, a joint venture between Vinik and Cascade Investment, the capital fund created by Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates.