Tampa Palms Getting A RaceTrac
It may be hard to notice, due to the widening of Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. in the same area, but a new RaceTrac gasoline station and convenience store will soon be going up in Area 3 of Tampa Palms.
Currently wrapping up the permitting process, RaceTrac will soon begin construction of a 5,928-sq.-ft. store with 18 gas pumps at the southeast corner of BBD and Cypress Preserve Dr. It will be directly across Cypress Preserve Dr. from the Chase bank and newly opened LA Fitness.
Note-There will be two entries/exits at the Racetrac off Cypress Preserve Dr., but none directly off BBD.
A 6,000-sq.ft. RaceTrac was opened late last year on S.R. 56, the first one ever built in Wesley Chapel. The one in Tampa Palms will be the 10th RaceTrac in Tampa.
Racetrac has more than 500 stores nationwide, and roughly 4000 in the south alone. It is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.
Bye bye Beef’s
After many years as a local staple for beer-drinking chicken wing lovers who would often fill the place on Saturday and Sunday for NCAA and NFL football, the Beef O’Bradys located in the Cross Creek Commons plaza next to the Publix on the corner of Cross Creek Blvd. and Morris Bridge Rd., is no more.
The store, owned by Boyette Family Enterprises, Inc., has shuttered its doors and the Beef O’Brady’s sign out front has been removed.
Word is they hope to find another restaurant to fill the space.