Encore is a mixed-use, mixed-income redevelopment of what had been public housing just north of downtown Tampa, Florida, developed by a partnership between a housing authority and a bank-owned community development corporation. Encore currently comprises four apartment buildings with a total of 662 units of housing, 559 of which are affordable to seniors and family households with low incomes. At full buildout, the LEED for Neighborhood Development Gold–rated community will have up to 1,513 housing units, plus 180,000 square feet of office space, 200 hotel keys, and a 36,000-square-foot grocery on its 12 city blocks. Over eight years, the $425 million investment will create 5,000 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent jobs on a site that previously supported only 18 jobs. Encore uses innovative and efficient districtwide approaches for stormwater management and cooling.

Website

www.encoretampa.com

Project address

1210 Ray Charles Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33602

Developers

Tampa Housing Authority
Tampa, Florida
www.thafl.com

Banc of America Community Development Corporation
Charlotte, North Carolina
baml.bankofamerica.com/creb/cdb

Owner

Central Park Development Group LLC
Tampa, Florida

Architects

Baker Barrios Architect
Tampa, Florida
www.bakerbarrios.com

Bessolo Design Group
St. Petersburg, Florida
www.bessolo.com

General contractors

Hardin Construction

CORE Construction

Siltek Group

Malphus & Son General Contractors

ZMG Construction

Property management

JMG Realty

Rosetta Management

Commercial brokers

The Dohring Group

Eshenbaugh Land Company

Participating agencies

City of Tampa

Housing Finance Authority of Hillsborough County

Hillsborough County Public Schools

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Interviewees

Terrance Brady, director of energy services, Tampa Housing Authority

James Cloar, board member, Tampa Housing Authority

David Iloanya, director of real estate development, Tampa Housing Authority

Leroy Moore, senior vice president and chief operating officer, Tampa Housing Authority

Eileen Pope, senior vice president, Banc of America Community Development Corporation

ULI staff

Patrick L. Phillips
Global Chief Executive Officer

Kathleen B. Carey
President and Chief Executive Officer, ULI Foundation

Dean Schwanke
Senior Vice President
Case Studies and Publications

Payton Chung
Director
Case Studies and Publications
Principal Author

James A. Mulligan

Senior Editor/Manuscript Editor

Betsy Van Buskirk

Creative Director

Anne Morgan

Graphic Design

Elizabeth Herrgott, Feast Studios

Videography