Get on the bus, Gus, to the land of deals

New York City has Seinfeld and Sex and the City tours, and savvy entrepreneurs in north New Jersey offer Tony Soprano-themed guided trips. In Hollywood, of course, there are maps that trace where celebrities live.

Now Tampa has its own excursion — only this one isn't for stars.

Instead, it's a map to commercial real estate deals through the Retail Bus Tour, the brainchild of a few southeast Florida brokers. The tour is one part networking extravaganza mixed with one part business, says Charlie Boscarino, vice president of marketing and leasing for Tampa-based RMC Property Group. RMC helped launch the first Tampa tour, a daylong jaunt Oct. 4 that took 115 local brokers to 25 retail properties with vacant space in Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties.