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Several privately initiated Tampa map amendments would convert industrial parcels to high‑density mixed use; commissioners flag industrial land loss
Summary
Three privately initiated map amendments in east Tampa would redesignate roughly 50 acres of industrial land to urban mixed‑use or community mixed‑use categories. Staff briefings prompted questions about loss of industrial capacity — staff said Tampa currently has about 6,100 acres of industrial land and 330 acres available for future industrial.
Planning commission staff briefed commissioners on a package of privately initiated City of Tampa comprehensive plan map amendments that would convert multiple industrial parcels in East Tampa and Ybor area to higher‑density mixed‑use and residential designations.
Quinn Steele and Danny Collins presented three related proposals that would together cover more than 50 acres in and near the Port Activity Center and Ybor City urban village. The proposals would change land currently designated heavy or light industrial to…
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