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.