The focus of Jeff Vinik’s mega makeover in Channelside is understandably on a major tenant, presumably of the Fortune 500 stripe, to anchor the billion-dollar-plus redevelopment. There’s also the inclusion of the USF medical school and plans for millennial/empty-nester residential.
But urban planners–and potential residents–realize that another, much-lower profile element must also happen for a live-work-play-stay community to take meaningful, synergistic root: a supermarket. It’s a critical, real-world necessity.
And as it so happens, very much a recruiting priority for Vinik and his partners.