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The Greater Tampa Bay Acquisition Guide
Where Basis Still Works
Hillsborough and Pinellas are compressed — the lane there is infill, repositioning, and adaptive reuse, not raw land. South Pasco along SR-54 has also compressed. Deals that penciled at $6/SF three years ago are trading at $14–18/SF. The land basis that still works is at the metro's outer edges — East Pasco, the Dade City and Zephyrhills pocket, US-301, Hernando along SR-50, and NW Polk along I-4. Infrastructure is catching up. Compression is coming — it hasn't arrived yet.
What Infrastructure Is Actually Coming
SR-52 widening. The Suncoast Parkway extension. Utility extensions north along US-301. I-4 corridor logistics build-out. Westshore-area transit and Brightline planning in the urban core. These are not speculative — they are funded, permitted, or in active planning. Infrastructure announcement is the leading indicator. Land basis moves on announcement, not completion.
Entitlement Realities by Submarket
Hillsborough and Pinellas have mature planning processes with their own quirks by municipality. Pasco has an active comp plan and a development services team that moves. Hernando is slower — budget for 6–12 months longer on a comp plan amendment. Polk varies sharply by city. Knowing which jurisdiction your site sits in — and who reviews what — is half the timeline.
What Kills Deals Here Specifically
Retention pond requirements that consume 20–30% of usable acreage on flat sites. Multi-owner assemblages where one heir won't sign. Septic-to-sewer conversion requirements that blow up the pro forma. Knowing which of these is on your target site before you go under contract is the difference between a deal and a mistake.
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