Hub Tampa Fowler is steadily rising just west of the University of South Florida campus, bringing a small city’s worth of students along with it. The three-building project at 12202 Club Drive is slated to pack in 1,195 beds across 396 units, plus hundreds of parking spaces, with developers eyeing a 2027 opening that would significantly boost amenity space along the evolving University Mall corridor.
In a press release, Harrison Street Asset Management said it is teaming up with Core Spaces on the Hub Tampa Fowler joint venture. The firm noted that QuadReal Property Group and TSB Capital Advisors are handling financing and advisory roles. Harrison Street is pitching the project as a sequel to the original Hub Tampa community and a key piece of momentum for the RITHM redevelopment effort at the old University Mall site.
Project details and amenities
Multi-Housing News reports that Hub Tampa Fowler will span everything from studios to five-bedroom layouts, plus what the team describes as "upgraded mansions" for group living. In all, that comes to 396 units and 1,195 beds. Students are expected to have access to roughly 15,000 square feet of shared amenity space, including a swimming pool, fitness center, dedicated study areas and café-style common zones designed for lingering between classes.
Construction timeline and contractor
Industry coverage indicates that construction kicked off in 2025, with the development team targeting a 2027 delivery. Student Housing Business covered the joint venture’s plans to break ground, and Juneau Construction, which marked the occasion on its LinkedIn page, is listed as the general contractor for the build.
Where it fits in RITHM and the neighborhood
RD Management, which is leading the RITHM master plan, describes the University Mall overhaul as a roughly 100-acre, multi-phase project that includes around 3,000 planned student housing beds. Looking further out, Florida YIMBY has reported that the broader RITHM vision could reach as many as 5,000 beds, a sign that Hub Tampa Fowler is just one of several large-scale moves set to remake the stretch of city hugging USF.
What to watch
Local planners, transit officials and nearby residents are likely to keep close tabs on leasing timelines, parking supply and traffic patterns as the property comes online, while developers point to strong demand linked to campus growth. In its announcement, Harrison Street noted that USF expects modest undergraduate enrollment growth through 2028, and local reporting has cast RITHM as an attempt to transform a tired strip-mall corridor into a denser, mixed-use hub for tech, life sciences and housing.
