USF development project gets new name
TAMPA — A multimillion-dollar development project on the University of South Florida Tampa campus got a new name during groundbreaking ceremonies Sept. 8: Uptown Landing.
The $500 million project will bring together student housing, restaurants, retail, hotel, conference and research space in what is believed to be the largest public-private partnership project in State University System history.
During the planning stages, the project was identified as the “Fletcher District.
“Uptown Landing is much more than a new neighborhood. This will be a destination anchored by USF, but created for the entire community,” USF President Moez Limayem said. “Uptown is a name this district has earned through decades of research, innovation, jobs and investment. We’re not creating an identity here. We’re helping write its next chapter. Landing is the word we bring. Tampa Bay began at its landings. A landing is where a journey stops and becomes a place for connection. What we’re building with Uptown Landing is a front door for USF and a gateway for the Tampa Bay region. A place to arrive, to belong and to launch.”
The first phase of the project, approximately 30 acres, is located north of Fletcher Avenue and east of North 46th Street. Uptown Landing will feature 700 new beds for student housing, four to six restaurants, retail spaces, a hotel and conference center, along with a major academic research building. Known as the Translational Research Institute, the facility will provide capacity for about 100 National Institutes of Health-funded investigators and approximately 1,000 additional researchers.
Uptown Landing will be developed through a Master Development Agreement with ACE Fletcher, LLC, an entity comprising Capstone Development Partners, Aureate Development and Ellison Development.