Westshore (Tampa)

Westshore
—  Neighborhood  —
Westshore Location within the state of Florida
Coordinates: 27°57′17″N 82°31′27″W
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Hillsborough
City	Tampa
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
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Westshore is the principal business district of Tampa, Florida, with more than 11,000,000 square feet (1,000,000 m²) of commercial office space, 4,000 businesses with nearly 100,000 employees, 32 hotels, two major shopping malls (International Plaza and WestShore Plaza) and more than 200 restaurants and bars. Westshore Boulevard is the district's main thoroughfare. Although mostly zoned for commercial use there is also some residential space in the area. The NEVs that circulate people around Tampa's urban corridor areas are starting to venture to International Plaza.^[1]

OSI Restaurant Partners, Inc. call the Westshore Business District home. OSI includes the popular restaurants Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba's Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bars, Roy's, Lee Roy Selmon's, Blue Coral Seafood & Spirits, and Cheeseburger in Paradise.

The Westshore Business District also includes Tampa International Airport and One Buccaneer Place, former team headquarters of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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  Westshore Financial Tower

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  Amscot Financial Tower

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  Tower in Westshore

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  ‎ Several towers in the Westshore district

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  Several towers viewed from a parking garage

Note: "Urban Corridor" is a trademark of New Heights Magazine LLC which is DBA Urban Corridor Magazine-aka UC Tampa Magazine [2].

See also

• Downtown Tampa, the main CBD of Tampa
• International Plaza and Bay Street, upscale mall and entertainment district adjacent to TIA
• Rocky Point, island neighborhood adjacent to Westshore and TIA