By Matt Wiley
After years of housing his Seven Oaks Pet Hospital veterinary practice in the Cypress View Square Shopping Plaza on S.R. 56 (the same plaza as Goin’ Postal), Dr. Sree Reddy, DVM, is looking to open a new retail plaza less than half a mile to the west on S.R. 56 in Wesley Chapel by the end of this year.
Tentatively named the Dr. Reddy Commerce Center, plans have been submitted to and approved by Pasco County to construct two retail buildings between Cypress Ridge Blvd. and Arrowgrass Dr. off S.R. 56, and Dr. Reddy says the groundbreaking could happen as you’re reading this issue.
The new plaza will consist of about 23,000 sq. ft. of retail space. The first building, which will contain a little more than 10,000 sq. ft. of retail space, will be occupied by Dr. Reddy’s new 5,000-sq.-ft. pet hospital (to be called “Dr. Reddy’s Trauma Center”), as well as a 3,000-sq.-ft. pet store, also owned by Dr. Reddy and operated by his staff. The remaining space will be taken up by a tenant whom, Dr. Reddy says, he is not yet ready to announce.
“Our (veterinary practice) has been steadily expanding,” he explains. “We need more space after seven years in our current 2,100-sq.-ft. location.”
Building and moving into a new complex also will allow Dr. Reddy to expand the services he can offer his clients and patients, including boarding and grooming, two things he has been wanting to add for years, but didn’t due to the lack of space.
“Right now, there isn’t a pet store in the Seven Oaks area,” Dr. Reddy explains. “The closest pet supply store, a Petco, is nearly three miles away on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. “The new shop will help those clients fulfill their pet needs. (This new plaza) will have a big economic impact on the area.”
In choosing the location, Dr. Reddy says that he wanted to have room to expand, but didn’t want to do so far from his current location.
“This piece of land was for sale, so I moved on it,” Reddy explains. “Moving too far away from my main client base would be a poor business decision.” He adds that the second building in the complex will be a 12,500-sq.-ft. CrossFit gym.
Stay tuned to this publication and NTNeighborhoodNews.com for more information about this plaza as it becomes available. — MW
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