Westshore (Tampa) Explained

Westshore
Settlement Type:Neighborhood
Pushpin Map:USA Florida
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within the state of Florida
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Florida
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Hillsborough
Subdivision Type3:City
Subdivision Name3:Tampa
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2000
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Coordinates:27.9547°N -82.5242°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID

Westshore is a principal business district of Tampa, Florida, United States, with more than 11000000square feet 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.https://web.archive.org/web/20090408023132/http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/article989786.ece

The Westshore Business District includes Tampa International Airport, the headquarters of OSI Restaurant Partners (owners of Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba's Italian Grill, and other restaurant chains), and One Buccaneer Place, and the former team headquarters of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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