Tampa's Naked Farmer restaurant chain moving HQ to Water Street

Naked Farmer is moving its headquarters to the Water Street Tampa neighborhood in a space several floors above where it operates one of its restaurants.

The Tampa-based chain, whose current headquarters in in nearby Channelside, has signed a five-year lease for nearly 2,000 square feet in the Thousand & One Building. The office will officially open in October and, according to a statement from Strategic Property Partners, will support 10 to 12 employees while serving as a hub for expansion efforts.

SPP is the developer behind Water Street, the $3 billion, 56-acre, mixed-use development just south of downtown Tampa. The 9 million-square-foot neighborhood includes commercial, residential, hospitality, entertainment and retail space.