Championing CRE

NAIOP Tampa Bay made sure its voice was heard as Hillsborough County commissioners considered multimillion-dollar economic incentives to entice Amazon to build a million-square-foot distribution warehouse in Ruskin.

The group, nearly 200 members strong, wrote letters to commissioners as well as a newspaper that wrote an editorial opposing the use of tax money to attract the online retail behemoth.

“We wanted to make sure they (the commissioners) considered whatever economic development incentives they have at their disposal,” says Todd Josko, a public relations consultant retained by NAIOP in June to spearhead the group's advocacy.