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Feeding Tampa Bay Hunger Relief Center

Construction of new 215,000 sq-ft facility to address food insecurity

Investment

  • NMTC Amount: $51,000,000
  • Total Project Cost: $63,541,237

IMPACT

  • 199 FTE jobs
  • 137 construction jobs
  • 29 jobs created and 170 jobs retained. Project will allow Sponsor to expand food storage and distro across all programs by 80% to 196 million pounds of food annually.
  • 215,000 sq. ft. of real estate

Investor

Project Description

Construction of a 215,000 sq. ft. Hunger Relief Center comprised of dry, cold and freezer storage, enlarged space for workforce volunteers, a culinary kitchen for food demonstrations and lessons on healthy eating and food safety, meeting rooms for additional classes and trainings, a community all-purpose room, administrative offices, and more. Project will allow the Sponsor to fully consolidate facilities as well as expand. Feeding Tampa Bay (FTB) is a top 20 food bank in the Feeding America network and they have served a 10-county area in West Central Florida for more than 35 years. Two years ago, Feeding Tampa Bay made a bold commitment to its community- to end hunger by 2025. Feeding Tampa Bay partners with more than 500 non-profit hunger relief partners and more than 600 local businesses, to achieve their mission of changing “lives one meal at a time”.

MAP

Address: 3624 Causeway Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33619

Census Tract: 12057013501

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