Southeast City Scoop: Tampa Construction Starts

Tampa’s volume of new contracts expected to dip slightly this year

Residential contracts are forecast to increase, while the non-residential and non-building sectors slow.

City Grill

Jake Nellis
Vice President
JE Dunn Construction Co.

The Tampa Bay area is abuzz with construction activity, says Nellis, with downtown Tampa being particularly busy. The health care market is “robust with multiple providers breaking ground on new patient towers and renovations,” he adds. While the higher-education market is flat, multifamily projects continue to move forward, and office projects have started to show a “welcomed resurgence,” he says. Overall, “Tampa is in a great place right now, and as someone who was born and raised here, it is fantastic to see,” Nellis says.

Firm in Focus

JE Dunn Construction Co.
5426 Bay Center Drive, Ste. 150, Tampa
VP/Tampa Leader: Jake Nellis
Employees: 3,200
Founded: 1924
What’s New: JE Dunn will be constructing the Tampa Heights Elementary School, a new three-story, 53,000-sq-ft building that is a historical reconstruction of a 100-year-old structure.