Hillsborough’s downtown courthouse annex is decades old and court leaders are weighing whether to rebuild, move or renovate. A study put a downtown rebuild near $241 million.

A roughly 600,000‑square‑foot data‑center concept has been filed for west Lakeland; planners say it’s far smaller than Fort Meade but power and water questions remain.

A developer wants to replace Clearwater Beach’s 30‑room Palm Pavilion Inn with a 144‑room resort while preserving the historic restaurant. The plan returns to City Council in early June.

The Gallery at Rome Yards topped out Friday, advancing an 11‑story, 234‑unit mixed‑income tower in West Tampa that includes live/work spaces and a workforce training center.

A Feldman Equities‑led joint venture has bought 200 Central Avenue (Priatek Plaza) and plans more than $20 million in upgrades to modernize the tower and lure tenants.

County commissioners will discuss a proposed pause on new data center applications on June 2 as officials weigh water, power and neighborhood impacts.

Tampa City Council pulled a planned Rays workshop Thursday as negotiators shift into drafting definitive agreements for a proposed $2.3B ballpark at the Dale Mabry campus.

BJ’s Wholesale Club broke ground Wednesday in Lecanto, joining the Shoppes at Black Diamond and promising a full‑size club and fuel station as part of its 2026 expansion. Local planners say the addition will reshape the busy County Road 486 retail corridor.

Tampa says it has produced more than 8,300 affordable units since 2019 and is closing on a 10,000-unit pledge, but waitlists and funding gaps show the work isn’t done.

A long-running fight over New Tampa’s Pebble Creek Golf Course returns to the county commission on June 9 as neighbors and GL Homes prepare for a contentious vote.

Related Group has proposed a 346-unit, four-story apartment building at RITHM, the former University Mall near USF. The filing is one of the clearest signs yet of market-rate housing moving into the 100‑acre redevelopment.

Realtor.com and NAR data show Canadian homebuyers are reengaging with U.S. housing searches, concentrating in Phoenix and Florida and lifting demand for higher‑end listings.

Wake Forest cut a Deacon‑gold ribbon on a new 6,700‑sq‑ft Charlotte campus at The Pearl, aiming to tie business, professional and health‑tech programs closer to local employers. The move strengthens the university’s longterm presence in the city.