Developer changes hotel plan in hopes to avoid lawsuit with city

A Tampa developer going before City Council on Nov. 10 to win approval for a $40 million hotel plan will proceed with a lawsuit if turned down again.

By Louis Llovio
| 6:59 a.m. November 8, 2022
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A Tampa developer going before City Council Nov. 10 to win approval for $40M hotel plan will proceed with a lawsuit if turned down again. (Courtesy photo)

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Tampa real estate developer Punit Shah has changed the plans for a $40 million Harbour Island hotel his company is looking to build, as he again tries to gain Tampa’s City Council’s approval, this time at a Nov. 10 meeting.

The updated plan calls for the number of rooms to drop from 180 to 145, a 20% reduction, the number of parking spaces to drop from 288 to 115, a 60% reduction and the number of floors to drop from 12 to 10. A planned rooftop bar with views of the city has been eliminated.