When Ferg's Live opened in the Channel district in 2015, it was an oasis in an isolated corner of Tampa's urban core. Despite the crowds that come to Amalie Arena for hockey games and concerts, little development had sprung up around the arena in the nearly two decades since it opened.
The shipping containers surrounding the perimeter of Ferg's outdoor concert venue made it a first for the city of Tampa ' and it was the first tenant in Strategic Property Partners' $2 billion, mixed-use development...