After monthslong delay, city closes $1.4M sale of grocery store property

The city of Tampa will build a multigenerational recreation complex on the site of a former Penny Saver Food Market and adjacent park.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 6:30 p.m. July 12, 2022
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The city of Tampa has closed a deal to buy site of former Penny Saver Food Market and will build a “multi-generational” recreation complex. (Photo courtesy of the city of Tampa)
The city of Tampa has closed a deal to buy site of former Penny Saver Food Market and will build a “multi-generational” recreation complex. (Photo courtesy of the city of Tampa)
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The city of Tampa has closed on a deal to buy a 1.8-acre piece of land that formerly housed a grocery store and is the final piece of a puzzle for a planned recreation complex on the city’s east end.  

 

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