Tampa affordable housing development opens on famed drive-in site


  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 2:00 p.m. September 18, 2025
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Just 18 months after its groundbreaking, Marquee Square Apartments has opened in Tampa.
Just 18 months after its groundbreaking, Marquee Square Apartments has opened in Tampa.
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A new city-backed affordable housing community in Tampa has opened on the site of a historic former drive-in movie theater.

Marquee Square officially opened Wednesday with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting for the 354-unit community on East Hillsborough Avenue.

The project was developed by The Richman Group, which was provided $12 million in funding by the city to develop the apartment complex.

 

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