Tag: Downtown Oldsmar
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Oldsmar officials disagree over terms of town home development agreement
After allowing the City Manager enter into a development agreement that would see 52 town homes built on a slice of City-owned property next to the Oldsmar Public Library in June, and following the unanimous approval of a rezoning request for the seven-acre parcel earlier this month, the Oldsmar City Council recently authorized the City Attorney…
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52-unit town home development could be built next to Oldsmar Public Library
The Oldsmar City Council last week authorized City Manager Bruce Haddock to negotiate a development agreement for a 52-unit town home community to be built adjacent to the Oldsmar Public Library. The parameters of the agreement call for the sale of 3.79 acres of the City-owned, 7-acre parcel to the Eastern Meridian Group for $877,182,…
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Demolition of Goodrich buildings paves way for development of downtown Oldsmar
The last of more than 40,000 combined square feet worth of property near City Hall was demolished earlier this week, paving the way for the long-planned development of Oldsmar’s downtown district. The work, which began in late April, razed the Goodrich buildings, a complex comprised of several structures that was home to Goodrich Lighting Systems,…
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Oldsmar Council agrees to move forward with new downtown development plan
The Oldsmar City Council agreed last week to move forward with the latest plan to build a mixed-used development in the downtown district. The conceptual plan created by Tampa architect Francisco Semsch and Oldsmar developer John Bews was first presented to city officials during a workshop in January. At the time, Bews and Semsch outlined…
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Oldsmar officials okay latest downtown development plan
After several failed attempts, Oldsmar officials recently okayed a new conceptual plan for the city’s downtown development project. City of Oldsmar officials have been trying to bring a multi-faceted, mixed-use complex to the downtown area for more than a decade, only to run into roadblocks ranging from the recession to poor planning and/or direction. But a…
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OCC approves plan for restaurant at corner of Bayview Blvd. and SR 580
The Oldsmar City Council approved a site plan on Tuesday night that paves the way for a developer to build a 3,200-sq. ft. restaurant at the corner of Bayview Boulevard and State Road 580. For the last several months, the Oldsmar City Council has been looking at ways to increase the profile of the city’s…
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Council members praise USF students for downtown development concept
A group of USF students tasked with coming up with a new vision for Oldsmar’s downtown redevelopment project presented their final design concepts to the City Council on Tuesday night. A group of USF students tasked with coming up with a new vision for Oldsmar’s downtown redevelopment project presented their final design concepts to the…
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Concerns arise about students’ plan for downtown Oldsmar development
Following a public presentation of the conceptual plan for the development of Oldsmar’s downtown district, city officials raised a number of concerns about the viability, and direction, of the project. TECO Hall was lined with rows of drawings, diagrams, data and displays on Monday afternoon, as students from USF’s School of Architecture and Community Design…
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Oldsmar invites public input on downtown development project
Oldsmar officials, in conjunction with USF design students, will host a Community Concept Display of the Redevelopment Master Plan of State Street on Monday afternoon at the library’s TECO Hall. Oldsmar’s plan to redevelop its downtown district has been through several variations, the most recent of which involves a $55,000 partnership with the University of…
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Oldsmar gets “edgy“ with new downtown development plan
A recent partnership between the City of Oldsmar and the University of South Florida led to the first public art project in the city, with art school grad Lakeema Matthew set to begin painting her meaningful mural at R.E. Olds Park next week. So when it came time to breathe new life into Oldsmar’s long-gestating…