Electric vehicle maker to open showroom in prominent new development

TAMPA — A Polestar showroom is coming to the Midtown Tampa mixed-use development in the second quarter of 2022 and will have three fully electric vehicles on display.

Partly owned by Volvo and headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, Polestar was founded in 2017 and builds cars that run solely on electricity. Polestar Midtown Tampa will be owned and operated by Danny O’Malley, a Tampa businessman who owns a local Volvo dealership, according to a statement. The showroom will occupy a 2,500-square-foot space across from Sephora and behind Ponte Tampa.

“With Midtown Tampa’s central location and high quality of tenants, it’s easily the best location in Tampa Bay,” O’Malley states in a news release. “Our customer base will appreciate the destination and all it has to offer as they design their perfect Polestar vehicle in our new space.”