Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a major American city in Hillsborough County, on the west coast of Florida. It serves as its county seatGR6. The population within the city limits in 2005, according to the Hillsborough County Planning Commission, was 333,040; making it the third largest city in the state, following Jacksonville and Miami.

Tampa is a part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area, most commonly referred to as the "Tampa Bay area". The four-county area is composed of roughly 2.6 million residents, making it the second largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the state behind Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, the third largest in the Southeastern United States, and the twelfth largest DMA Market in the United States.

1 Local economy
2 Recent Tampa business news
3 See also
4 External links

Local economy

Like much of Florida, Tampa's economy is heavily based on services and tourism. There is a huge net influx of cash into the area. Many wealthy people have winter houses here, and the upscale Tampa Palms neighborhood is a desirable destination for retired professional athletes. Many corporations, such as large banks and telecommunications companies, maintain regional offices in Tampa, and the city is an extremely popular location for call centers.

The downtown area is also undergoing a large transformation to be mostly completed in time for the hosting of the Superbowl in 2009 with over 43 condo, hotel, and mixed-use developments proposed/approved/under construction as of October 2005. An earlier list by the city of Tampa includes large developments that have been approved and/or are under construction. A large portion of these projects have multiple towers to compensate for the high land values in Downtown Tampa. The next tower currently under construction in the central business district is the Trump Tower Tampa, the largest residential tower on the Gulf Coast according to The Tampa Bay Business Journal.

Tampa's port is now the seventh largest in the nation and Florida’s largest tonnage port, handling nearly half of all seaborne commerce that passes through the state. Here the cruise industry thrives.[1]

Fortune 500 company Publix, a supermarket chain, is headquartered in nearby Lakeland, Florida.

Source - Wikipedia: Tampa, Florida

Recent Tampa business news

Links to recent headlines via Topix.net

Muma took Fiserv to new heights: When Les Muma co-founded Fiserv Inc. in 1984, the Florida native told his wife, Pam, that they would need to relocate to the Milwaukee area for about five years to help launch the business.
Parents arrested after Tampa toddler left alone in hot car: A Hillsborough County couple has been charged with child abuse after leaving their young son in a hot car for nearly 20 minutes.
There's a creative powerhouse behind the scoreboard: The results posted on the scoreboards in Royals and Chiefs games haven’t done much in recent years for Kansas City’s reputation as a sports town.But when it comes to the graphics around those ...
South Tampa neighborhood news: Since May, the West Tampa Center for the Arts has sat dormant. A fire inspection revealed a lack of fire exits, forcing organizers to shut down the historic cigar factory that provides work space for more than ...
Tight economy spurs networking for leads to jobs, sales: PinellasLife.com's Jen Seaman, center, gives her pitch to Latoya Brown, left, Paul Larned, right, and others at the table during a speed networking event on Tuesday evening.
Development stops at Post Walk, company reports loss: Post Properties Inc. has halted construction of its Post Walk at Citrus Park Village community, a 296-unit resort style apartment community on Gunn Highway in Tampa.
Verizon Wireless Completes 3G Network Boost Across Florida: Network Now 100 Percent EV-DO Rev. A Technology; Customers Enjoy Advanced Wireless Broadband Services TAMPA, Fla., Aug.
Post Properties Q2 loss at $27M , Waterton Associates exec joins board: Post Properties Inc. reported after market close on Monday a drop into the red for the second quarter, following charges related to job cuts and changes in its development plans.