An aging 1980s office complex in East Tampa is trading cubicles for loading docks as Richland Capital Holdings breaks ground on Lakeview Corporate Park, a major warehouse conversion that will bring roughly 310,000 square feet of modern industrial space to 6700 Lakeview Center Drive. The three-story Lakeview Center, built in 1984, is being repositioned for logistics, light manufacturing and last-mile distribution users who have been scrambling for well-located space near Tampa’s freeway network.
The project will introduce new rear-load industrial buildings with high clear heights and truck-court access, tailored to tenants that move boxes, not briefcases. In an industrial market that is still hungry for quality distribution space close to I-4, the makeover turns an underperforming office address into a logistics hub.
According to Connect CRE, Lakeview Corporate Park is planned as two buildings: one at 106,375 square feet and another at 203,320 square feet. The pair will share a truck court and feature 32-foot clear heights. The report notes that Richland is offering both build-to-suit and speculative options, with flexible, divisible layouts to accommodate tenants of varying sizes.
Plans and specs
JLL’s marketing materials pitch the development as Class-A industrial product, highlighting tilt-wall construction, ESFR sprinklers and 32-foot clear heights, with rear-load loading and a shared truck court geared to distribution and light-industrial operations. The brochure from JLL lists John C. Dunphy, Peter Cecora and Olivia Brock as leasing contacts and shows divisible suites starting at roughly 30,000 square feet.
That same two-building plan in the JLL materials totals about 301,150 square feet, a slight discrepancy from other reported figures but aligned on the basic specs and overall scale of the project.
Ownership and background
Richland Capital picked up the Lakeview Center property in 2023 for about $10.97 million, according to reporting at the time. Business Observer reported that the office building offered roughly 187,129 rentable square feet on about 19 acres before the current industrial conversion plan took shape.
Why this matters for East Tampa
Across Tampa Bay, developers are increasingly eyeing sleepy suburban office campuses for industrial conversions as demand for last-mile and mid-market logistics space continues to run hot. Regional market reports, including recent briefs from Lee & Associates, point to ongoing industrial absorption and a still-active construction pipeline, which makes well-located warehouse conversions an appealing alternative to carving out fresh greenfield sites.
That backdrop helps explain why a 1980s office campus at a full interchange to I-4 and other key roadways is getting a second life as a distribution park instead of another office reboot. Site work is underway, and JLL is actively marketing space to logistics and light-industrial users. As tenants start to ink leases at Lakeview Corporate Park, expect this corner of East Tampa to look a lot more like a warehouse park than a corporate office center, and we will update coverage as deals are announced.
