USF architecture professor’s firm opens first US office in Tampa

A German architecture firm is opening its first United States office in Tampa and is in the process of hiring 30 new employees to run it.

The firm is JSWD and is based in Cologne. It has a second office in Berlin.

Its new 2,960-square-foot office in Tampa will be in a former storefront at 8401 N. Dale Mabry Highway, off Waters Avenue and just outside the city’s Carrollwood neighborhood. The space was previously occupied by Sorrento Sweets, a local Italian bakery. The firm is scheduled to open next week in the space.