Challenging because the suburban venture opens a new commercial/residential corridor and extends Tampa suburbs to deeper boundaries made possible by the completion of Suncoast Parkway and State Road 54, eight minutes from Citrus Park Mall.

The project, planned for a five-year buildout, will have 1.2 million sf of office; 500,000 sf of commercial/retail; a hotel; and single family/multifamily product. Suncoast Crossings will front State Road 54. Morin is joint venturing the undertaking with Tampa-based Alliant Partners LLC under the MDG Suncoast LLC name. Regions Bank is funding the project.

Todd Taylor Residential Land Development Co. of Tampa plans to break ground in May on 550 single-family homes, sized 1,500 to 5,000 sf, around the 100-acre Ivy Lake. Wood Partners LLC of Durham, NC will be developing two-story and three-story garden-style apartments totaling 588 units.