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Channelside Title, LLC
777 Ashley St.
Suite 1106
Tampa, FL 33602
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Downtown pioneers have great expectations
By Sharon Ginn
Published July 6, 2007
That first morning, the horns woke him up.
It was 7 a.m., and the sounds of rush hour traffic outside his window startled Josh Cahill.
A lifelong Brandon resident, Cahill was used to heavy traffic, but like most who live in the suburbs, he'd have to get in the car and drive a ways before he encountered it.
Now it's right outside his window, every morning.
On June 12, the 22-year-old became one of the first residents to wake up in the 32-story SkyPoint condo.
When City Times caught up with him recently, he had grown used to the early morning horns and traffic and talked of his experiences with a smile. But like developers and city officials who tout the advantages of downtown living, Cahill was still in the idea stage.
He likes the fact that he can walk 100 yards or so to the Tampa Museum of Art, although he hadn't done that yet. And he could zip five blocks from his building at 777 N Ashley Drive to the popular nightspot Fly, but he hadn't done that either.
Downtown had just 600 residents last year, according to figures cited by Jay Curran of the Novare Group, the lead developer for SkyPoint. Buyers began closing on SkyPoint units last month and should finish the process by the end of the year.
The project will bring about 500 residents to 380 units, Curran said.
Other downtown residential buildings are under way. Atlanta-based Novare and Tampa partner Intown Group, which teamed to develop SkyPoint, are building the 35-story Element at 808 N Franklin St. and this spring announced plans for Twelve, part boutique hotel and part condo that is still in the planning stages.
Cahill is glad to be in the first wave, but he wants to see more downtown businesses. He wonders what will fill the 10, 500 square feet of retail space on the first floor of his own building. (So far, SkyPoint officials are mum.)
"There's not much to do downtown, but I know by 2010 after (Tampa hosts) the Super Bowl, this area will be more developed, " he said.
He considers his sleek, modern one-bedroom, one-bath condo at SkyPoint a nice place to wait it out.
He bought the 723-square-foot unit for $208, 000. It's loftlike in that it has high ceilings, exposed concrete and only one interior noncloset door - to the bathroom.
Cahill has developed a decidedly urban routine in the few weeks he has lived on the 11th floor:
Wake up, throw open the sliding terrace door to hear the sounds of the city, position laptop on the black quartz kitchen countertop, drink coffee, stare out the windows.
From his terrace, Cahill can see Bayshore Boulevard, the art museum along the Hillsborough River, the University of Tampa and even St. Petersburg's Tropicana Field in the distance.
A title company agent, Cahill works either from home or at his company's Channelside office. He shops at the Publix on Bayshore and knows it's just a quick drive to meet friends in SoHo or Hyde Park.
"I've always wanted to live in South Tampa, " Cahill said. "This is the next best thing."
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