Tampa General plans to build hospital, clinic on 16 acres in Ybor City

Tampa General Hospital plans to build a hospital, clinic and medical office building on about 16 acres in east Ybor City.

The hospital has agreed to buy 10 acres and has an option for another 6.45 acres. Details of the project aren’t available yet, but local developer Darryl Shaw disclosed the hospital’s intentions Thursday evening at a Tampa City Council meeting.

Shaw used the opportunity during the meeting to disclose discussions between his development company and Tampa General to buy the site, which is west of Lee Roy Selmon Expressway Connector between East Adamo Drive and East 4th Avenue.

A sale price was not disclosed.

Tampa General’s plans for a hospital and clinical offices would provide primary care and urgent care services. And the two-block area could include office space and ground-level retail space, along with the potential for hotel and residential units.

Thursday’s announcement follows Tampa General opening a 32,000-square foot innovation center earlier this month in the former Masonite building in Ybor City. The center houses it its innovation team along with its venture capital operation, TGH Ventures, and its analytics and IT teams.

Shaw is the mastermind behind the 50-acre Gasworx development in Ybor City and a well-known developer and property owner in the city’s historic district. Along with Gasworx, he is planning a 33-acre mixed-use development on the Ybor Channel, just south of Adamo Drive.

He is also CEO of Casa Ybor, whose properties, according to its website, include a former cigar factory, 7th Avenue storefronts, new mixed-use properties, historic office and retail spaces, warehouse spaces and multifamily housing.

Tampa City Council, at Thursday’s meeting, unanimously approved a Comprehensive Plan amendment for parcels owned by Shaw in the eastern portion of Ybor City. The amendment opens up the potential for residential and commercial mixed-use development rather than solely industrial use.