Request for Qualifications – Master Developer
Downtown Redevelopment – City of Temple Terrace, Florida

Request for Qualifications – Master Developer
Downtown Redevelopment – City of Temple Terrace, Florida

The City of Temple Terrace, Florida, located adjacent and on the northeast side of Tampa, is soliciting a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) response from Master Developers with experience in New Urbanist downtown redevelopment. The City is seeking a master development partner to help finance, build, and substantially own a New Urbanist Town Center on 35.5 acres of prime, commercial real estate in the City’s central business district. The city owns 90% of the 35.5 acres. The site fronts the Hillsborough River on the south and two arterials on the west and north. A Town Planning Team led by Torti Gallas and Partners and real estate and market analyst Robert Charles Lesser Company have developed a comprehensive master plan. A comprehensive plan amendment creating a mixed-use land use category and a transportation concurrency exception area (TCEA) have been approved by the State of Florida and local planning authorities. Downtown design standards are in place. Numerous normal impediments to development have been resolved.

Estimated construction value of this two-phased project is at least $200 million. Also included in the project would be a new Sweetbay grocery store, U.S. Post office, possibly a City Hall and Civic/Arts Education Center, and numerous other existing tenants. We have attached the RFQ for your convenience. This RFQ invites respondents to describe in detail their development experience, areas of expertise, composition of their development team, financial qualifications, and development concept(s). The City’s goal is to create a walkable, mixed-use (commercial, residential, retail, office, civic, and government), high-density, New Urbanist downtown that compliments our 1920s Mediterranean Revival golf course community. The City reserves the right to reject any and all submittals, and to invite multiple firms to make oral presentations to the selection committee and the City Council.

All RFQ responses must be submitted to the City Community Services office (2nd Floor) by 4:45 p.m., Friday, September 15, 2006. Qualification responses received after this time and date will not be accepted for any reason. A non-mandatory pre-bid conference will be held on August 23, 2006 at 1:30PM at City Hall, City Council Chambers, 1st floor, 11250 N. 56th Street, Temple Terrace, FL 33617. Questions will be answered, site tours will be offered, and updated RFQ information may be made available at that time. The comprehensive Temple Terrace Redevelopment RFQ packages are available on our website at www.templeterrace.com along with supporting documents which you can download. For questions or information, please contact:

Ralph Bosek, Community Services Director or Lisa Cosky, Assistant to Director Telephone: (813) 989-7131, Fax: (813) 983-3171
E-Mail: Rbosek@templeterrace.com or Lcosky@templeterrace.com

For additional information on the Temple Terrace Downtown Redevelopment visit the Citizens for the Revitalization of Temple Terrace website: http://www.pfweb.com/CRTT/