National outdoor specialty retailer to make debut in region

23,000-square-foot outdoor specialty store to kick off a wave of retail and other debuts within $500 million mixed-use development

By Business Observer Staff
| 12:00 p.m. February 25, 2021
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COURTESY RENDERING â€”Â REI Co-Op will open its newest Florida store in the $500 million Midtown Tampa project on March 5.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

TAMPA — REI Co-Op intends to open its first Tampa-area store early next month, kicking off a wave of premiers within the $500 million Midtown Tampa development.

The outdoor specialty retailer’s March 5 opening of its 23,000-square-foot store — its fifth in Florida — also marks a milestone for Midtown Tampa developer Bromley Cos.’ 22-acre, mixed-use project, which also contains office space, a hotel and apartments, as well as retail and restaurants.