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Council approves vacating portion of North Marie Avenue and rezoning 201 N. Dale Mabry for Tampa Commons mixed‑use development
Summary
City Council voted unanimously to vacate a remaining stub of North Marie Avenue and rezone the Office Depot site at 201 N. Dale Mabry Highway to a planned development allowing multifamily residential with limited commercial space. Applicants agreed to step‑back and pedestrian improvements to address adjacent single‑family neighborhoods.
Tampa City Council voted unanimously in first reading to vacate a remnant segment of North Marie Avenue and to rezone 201 North Dale Mabry Highway to a planned development to permit a mixed‑use project called Tampa Commons.
The vacating ordinance (VAC25‑03) and the rezoning (REZ25‑05) were presented together; Ross Sammons of Development Coordination described the vacating request and the required easement reservations, and Truett Gardner, representing the applicant team, explained the redevelopment plan for the Office Depot site. “We're not utilizing any of the density gained from that,” Gardner said of the vacated right‑of‑way, adding the effort is intended to “cure a right of way that happened.”
Why it matters: the rezoning would allow a new Building C where…
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