On the Cusp

By the end of 2019, the 53-acre swath of downtown Tampa being transformed into the Water Street Tampa neighborhood will be replete with construction cranes, cement mixers and swarms of construction workers.

After years of planning, vertical construction will be in full swing during the next 12 months as work on a half-dozen buildings is underway, including office and retail collection Sparkman Wharf; the Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina; and the $152 million University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute.