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Vinik open to med school in downtown Tampa


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Vinik open to med school in downtown Tampa

 

I think I remember someone mentioning this months ago.  Who was that guy?

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Things got a little interesting...

 

 

Bill Gates investment fund will partner with Vinik on Channelside

TAMPA — Bill Gates' riches will help fuel Jeff Vinik's vision.

 

An investment fund controlled by Microsoft's billionaire founder will help finance the Tampa Bay Lightning owner's ambitious plan to build a massive entertainment, office, residential and retail district around the Amalie Arena.

 

"This has the potential to be a billion-dollar development," said Vinik's top lieutenant, Tod Leiweke, during a 90-minute interview at the arena Thursday.

Having one of the world's richest men put his money behind Vinik's project sends an unprecedented message about Tampa's potential to investors nationwide, Mayor Bob Buckhorn said.

Nothing else is "even close," Buckhorn said. "This will put an exclamation point on the story we've been telling."

 

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Along with residences, hotels, commercial space, restaurants and entertainment venues, "we hope there's going to be education and health care," Leiweke said.

Those last two categories could be covered by the University of South Florida, which is exploring the idea of building its new medical school in downtown Tampa.

 

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http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/realestate/bill-gates-investment-fund-partnering-with-vinik-to-develop-channelside/2199426

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The only thing that would make me downright giddy about this proposal is seeing some concrete plan to connect downtown to USF with a better public transportation option beyond HART bus service. This doesn't sound so stupid to me.

 

Make a straighter connection to downtown with the Hillsborough River connecting with the Tampa Bypass Canal (which I've never actually seen anyone ever use) and BAM!  Problem solved with City of Tampa public speedboat transportation. 

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The only thing that would make me downright giddy about this proposal is seeing some concrete plan to connect downtown to USF with a better public transportation option beyond HART bus service. This doesn't sound so stupid to me.

 

Make a straighter connection to downtown with the Hillsborough River connecting with the Tampa Bypass Canal (which I've never actually seen anyone ever use) and BAM!  Problem solved with City of Tampa public speedboat transportation. 

 

 

 

They are currently building a pedestrian greenway under the crosstown to connect the river to channelside and eventually Ybor:

 

http://tbo.com/news/politics/construction-on-bike-path-under-selmon-expressway-could-begin-in-spring-20131206/

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I don't see the advantage?

 

 

 

Where are the UF / FSU med schools?

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I don't see the advantage?

 

 

 

Where are the UF / FSU med schools?

 

On campus... but they're not in major metropolitan areas.  I believe we are looking at the model used by Tulane, UofArizona, and Ole Miss.  These schools have their medical schools in urban core but some also have some aspects still on campus.  I believe I read that for our situation, we would send 3rd and 4th year med students downtown.

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Heck, even Boston University's med school is off campus and they're already downtown.

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Harvard's med school is an hour away from campus

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Johns Hopkins med school is off campus, about 15 minutes away

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