Largest construction projects of 2000.

 
                   Largest construction projects of 2000 
                          ranked by project cost 
                                                Project cost 
   Project name                                 Project size 
   Location                                   (in square feet) 
1  Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel               $110 million 
   700 S. Florida Ave., Tampa                     600,000 
2  Highwoods Preserve -- Intermeida             $100 million 
   Communications Inc.                            900,000 
   I-75, Bruce B. Downs Blvd.; Tampa 
3  Chase at Highland Oaks                       $90 million 
   I-75, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.               450,000 
   Blvd.; Tampa 
4  Centro Ybor                                  $45 million 
   Seventh-Ninth avenues; Ybor City               240,000 
5  Bay Walk Entertainment Center                $40 million 
   Second St. N., Third Ave. N.; St.              150,000 
   Petersburg 
T  Media General WFLA-TV Digital Television     $40 million 
   Studio                                         145,000 
   200 S. Parker St., Tampa 
7  Post Harbour Place -- Phase II              $34.5 million 
   Harbour Island, Tampa                          277,000 
8  Fountain Square Ill                          $30 million 
   Memorial Hwy., George Road; Tampa              187,000 
T  Franklin Templeton office building           $30 million 
   Carillon Business Park, St. Petersburg         953,000 
10 Ceridian Benefits Services                  $29.1 million 
   34th St. S., St. Petersburg                    385,000 
11 Heart Institute at Regional Medical Center   $24 million 
   Bayonet Point                                  180,000 
   Fivay Road and Hudson Ave.; Hudson 
12 University of South Florida East Holly       $23 million 
   Drive Apartments                               245,000 
   East Holly Drive, on USF campus; Tampa 
13 J.W. Mitchell High School                   $21.5 million 
   2323 Little Road, New Port Richey              233,298 
14 Catalina Marketing Corp. Headquarters       $20.2 million 
   Carillon Pkwy., Ulmerton Road; St.             450,000 
   Petersburg 
15 Windermere II                                $20 million 
   SR 301, Causeway Blvd.; Riverview              283,660 
16 Pasco County Elementary School B and        $19.6 million 
   Middle School BB [1]                           260,000 
   7702 Ridge Road, Port Richey 
17 Van Wezel Performing Arts Theater           $19.2 million 
   777 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota                  67,000 
18 Northeast High School                       $18.5 million 
   5500 16th St. N., St. Petersburg               142,300 
19 Brookside Middle School                     $18.4 million 
   3636 S. Shade Ave., Sarasota                   200,000 
20 Garrison Seaport Parking Deck               $16.7 million 
   Cumberland Ave., Channelside Drive; Tampa      760,052 
21 Plantation Gardens Apartments                $16 million+ 
   110th Ave., U.S. 19; Pinellas Park             350,000 
22 Central Energy Plant -- James A. Haley VA    $13 million 
   Medical Center                                  34,000 
   Bruce B. Downs Blvd., 131st Ave.; Tampa 
23 Centro Ybor Parking Garage                   $12 million 
   Fifth Ave., 16th St.; Tampa                    407,900 
T  Fort Brooke Garage Addition                  $12 million 
   Florida Ave., Whiting St.; Tampa                  NR 
25 H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Phase I          $9 million 
   4202 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa                      39,000 
   Project name                               Owner and/or 
   Location                                   developer 
1  Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel             Host Marriott/ 
   700 S. Florida Ave., Tampa                 Trammell 
                                              Crow Co. 
2  Highwoods Preserve -- Intermeida           Highwoods 
   Communications Inc.                        Properties 
   I-75, Bruce B. Downs Blvd.; Tampa 
3  Chase at Highland Oaks …