Battles between neighborhoods, developers are growing bigger — and louder

Development plans often lead to long skirmishes between neighbors looking to preserve the status quo and developers looking to build.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 5:00 a.m. January 25, 2023
  • | 0 Free Articles Remaining!
Residents of Harbour Island in Tampa banded together to fight a developer who wanted permission to build a hotel near their homes.
Residents of Harbour Island in Tampa banded together to fight a developer who wanted permission to build a hotel near their homes.
Photo by Mark Wemple
  • Commercial Real Estate
  • Share


When Larry Premak first learned that a developer was planning to build a hotel on a piece of property he believed impinged on the Harbour Island neighborhood he’d called home for years, he got to work.

 

Continue reading your article
with a Business Observer subscription.
What's included:
  • ✓ Unlimited digital access to BusinessObserverFL.com
  • ✓ E-Newspaper app, digital replica of print edition
  • ✓ Mailed print newspaper every Friday (optional)
  • ✓ Newsletter of daily business news
Subscribe

Already subscribed? Sign in.

Latest News

  • December 4, 2025
450-unit Nokomis apartment complex opens near Legacy Trail
  • December 4, 2025
Developer proposes Tampa's tallest building: 70 stories at $650 million
  • December 4, 2025
Airline adds flight from Fort Myers to upstate New York
  • December 4, 2025
50-year-old Tampa education-tech firm receives $350M investment

Sponsored Content