Welcome To Our Exclusive 2015 Guide To New Homes In New Tampa & Wesley Chapel

WC Home Builder MapWesley Chapel Leading The Growth In Pasco, K-Bar Ranch Driving New Tampa’s Completion

When you’ve been doing the same job for more than 21 years, you’re likely to see a lot of things change.

Well, in my capacity as the publisher and editor of the Neighborhood News for New Tampa and Wesley Chapel since 1994, I’ve seen housing booms and housing busts come and go — with the biggest boom hitting New Tampa and Wesley Chapel in 2004-06 (followed by the bursting of the local housing bubble in 2007-08). Continue reading

Tampa Premium Outlets Driving Traffic Ahead Of Mall Opening

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The new Tampa Premium Outlets mall (center) isn’t scheduled to open until October, but traffic already is piling up daily near the S.R. 56/I-75 interchange in Wesley Chapel.

It’s said that, “If there’s a will, there’s a way,” and that seems to be the work ethic of the crews currently hustling to finish Simon Property Group’s newest outlet mall -— the Tampa Premium Outlets on S.R. 56 — in time for a planned October opening in the Cypress Creek Town Center (CCTC) Development of Regional Impact (DRI). Continue reading