为什么选坦帕 Tampa 投资房地产？
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提到佛州，人们首先会想到迈阿密 Miami 和奥兰多 Orlando，就像提到加州就会想到旧金山San Francisco 和洛杉矶 Los Angeles 一样。其实佛州第三个知名的城市就是和奥兰多只有40分钟到1个小时车程的坦帕 Tampa，与东南部的迈阿密比起来，位于中西部的坦帕在墨西哥湾里更少受到飓风的侵害，经常每次飓风到了中西部的坦帕和北部的州府塔拉哈西 Talahassee就会神奇地拐弯。与拥挤吵闹纷杂罪案率高的迈阿密比起来，坦帕的房价更低，更可负担，更适合安居乐业；拥有佛州最大的港口，几十个Fortune 500在Tampa地区设有分部；出行方便，有大机场；优质的医疗资源；今年坦帕更是有和南边的萨拉索塔Sarasota连成一片的趋势 (Sarasota也有自己的机场）。虽然佛州还有很多房价低廉治安良好的小镇，但是中国人很少。如果将来退休养老，自然还是希望有多一些的中国超市，中国餐馆，多交到一些中国朋友一起聊天，吃喝玩乐，健身出游。虽说也会交到白人的朋友，但由于文化背景，饮食和工作生活习惯个性等的巨大差异很难成为更亲密的关系。而坦帕有众多的中国超市和餐馆，随处可见的中国人，呼朋唤友十分方便。
坦帕泛指坦帕湾 Tampa Bay Area，由四个县 Counties 组成，分别是 Pinellas, Hillsborough, 和北面的 Pasco and Hernando counties.
- 坦帕湾Tampa Bay Area，主要城市有
Tampa - St. Petersburg (简称St. Pete）- Clearwater
Wesley Chapel (华人聚集区, $84,951 Household Income)
New Tampa (华人聚集区,在Wesley Chapel的南面)
Brandon
Riverview ($87,768 Household Income)
South Tampa靠近Tampa中央商务区(CBD)，靠海，靠近机场，离St Pete也不算远，是生活最便利的地区，唯一的缺点是房价高。
- 华人雇员较多的机构和公司包括
University of South Florida（南佛罗里达大学）
Citi Bank (花旗银行)
JPMorgan Chase（大摩）
Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute（可以视为USF的一部分）
Tampa General Hospital
Publix
University of Tampa
2021年坦帕更是名列福布斯新晋科技城市之首，甚至已超越纽约和旧金山，负责佛州25%以上的高科技工作。初创的公司更是离开硅谷选择坦帕，可以预期未来的房价会持续升高，并且会带来蓬勃的就业机会。
Tampa tops Forbes list of emergingtech cities
By Aaron Mesmer Published August 30 Tampa FOX 13 News
TAMPA, Fla. - Tampa tops the list of emerging tech cities, according to a report recently
released by Forbes, ahead of even New York and San Francisco, the home of
Silicon Valley.
According to the report, there are more than 50 software and IT
companies in Tampa. The city is also responsible for more than 25% of the
state's tech jobs, with more than 2,000 new jobs expected this year.
"Without
a doubt, it is going to continue and really snowball as we move forward,"
said Tampa Mayor Jane Castor. "That's one of the reasons that these
companies are focusing in on the Tampa Bay area is that they know that
workforce is available and we are continuing to provide the necessary education
to make sure that that workforce is available as other companies decide to
relocate or to begin here growing their business."
Along with Forbes, Castor credited Tampa Bay Lightning owner
Jeff Vinik on his investment in the tech industry. Vinik and Microsoft founder
Bill Gates invested $3.5 billion in the Water Street development, which is
geared toward tech companies.
Vinik
also helped establish the nonprofit Embarc Collective, whose goal is to lure
young technology-driven entrepreneurs to Tampa, pair them with top talent and
coach them to succeed.
"I live on the ground in terms of helping to bolster the
startup community here," said Embarc Collective CEO Lakshmi Shenoy.
"So for me, I wasn't surprised [by the Forbes ranking]. I have a front-row
seat to it every single day. Just to give you some context, we started working
with start-ups in 2019, Embarc Collective did, and we were working with 25
start-ups at the time. Now we've quadrupled that number."
Florida
Funders, another Tampa company, has been instrumental on the investment side.
Tom Wallace, a managing partner, told FOX 13 his company has
been investing an average of $1.5 million each in tech start-ups.
"We want to become more known for technology and innovation
than we are for tourism and strawberries," Wallace said, adding the tech
boom has continued even through the COVID-19 pandemic. "I don't think we
need to be a want to be the next Silicon Valley. We want to be ourselves and
who we are and we have our own strengths and our own opportunities that really
are not in conflict with Silicon Valley."
Miami ranked second on Forbes' list, followed by New York City, Austin, TX and San Francisco.
Shama Hyder Former Contributor Entrepreneurs
For decades now, Silicon Valley has played host to many of the world’s top operating companies, touted as the “startup hub” for both the U.S. and abroad. However, as other cities around the country build more companies are beginning to realize that perhaps the Valley isn’t the “holy grail” for startup businesses it once was.
Recently Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that he had enough of Silicon Valley and was moving to Austin, Texas. Musk, who is also the founder, CEO, and chief designer of SpaceX, is one of many high-profile tech entrepreneurs leaving the Valley during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The future of the tech startup ecosystem, it seems, is far more distributed than in the past, with many more cities of different sizes benefitting from the infusion of talent and economic growth that startups bring.
One of those cities is Tampa, Florida. Tampa’s thoughtful growth, diverse community, and achievement-oriented vibes have already attracted top talent and major corporate relocations. I spoke with Tampa’s First Lady, Ana Cruz, recently about how Tampa is becoming a hub for entrepreneurial growth and economic vitality.
Shama Hyder: What’s made Tampa well-suited to hosting technology startups?
Ana Cruz: For years—since the 2008 recession hit, and
the city embarked on reinventing itself—we’ve had all the pieces necessary to
grow into a major technology hub. We’re a cosmopolitan city influenced by
communities around the world. We have a welcoming business environment that
gives those who want to pursue new ideas an opportunity to succeed. We’ve also
got institutions such as our world-class hospitals and universities that
provide the experience and knowledge entrepreneurs need to take their ideas to
the next level.
Our
success, and ability to thrive in both good times and bad, are rooted in our
city’s diversity, our embrace of different cultures and ideas, and our thriving
business environment that attracts young professionals to move here and launch
their next venture.
Hyder: You’ve been active in politics from a very young age. How has that affected the way you see your city?
Cruz: I started working on campaigns when I was fifteen years old and managed my first race in 1998. We won that race, and I headed to the state capitol to work for the newly elected member as his legislative aide. My time as a legislative aide was incredibly insightful, giving me the opportunity to go on the inside of government and learn about the legislative process and how state government intersects with special interests, while serving the residents of their district and the state.
in 2001, I went on to work for U.S. Senator Bill Nelson. Working in the U.S. Senate was like being called up to the big leagues. It was here that I saw firsthand the incredible power Congress wields. And now, more than ever before, we are witnessing firsthand the profound role and responsibility that government plays in our daily lives amid this devastating pandemic—when so many small and large businesses have had to close their doors, while others have rapidly flourished. Plenty more that were able to benefit from federal relief dollars via the Cares Act have just barely stayed afloat.
This is the most rewarding part of government relations: that you get to see the results of your hard work in real time. The work we do impacts people in a very tangible way.
Hyder: What do you think the future holds for Tampa’s entrepreneurs?
Cruz: There’s no doubt this pandemic tested our entrepreneurs’ creativity and agility. For example, small local distilleries quickly started producing and manufacturing hand sanitizers, while others raced to procure and sell PPP, making millions in an abbreviated period of time.
But for other entrepreneurs who were perhaps on the verge of growing the next great startup, it meant their VC funding was put on hold or pulled all together.Despite these challenges, however, our communities continue to grow, our city is more diverse than ever before, and business leaders are starting to enjoy how far we have come. I believe that Tampa will come out of this even stronger than it was before.
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