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Building The Tempo At Encore
BY LEON B. CREWS Sentinel Staff Writer
On Friday, the Tampa Housing Au- thority (THA) terminated its contract with the Siltek Group, a construction firm that was managing the construc- tion of The Tempo at Encore, a 203-unit seven story building west of Nebraska Avenue.
T.H.A. Chief Operating Officer, Leroy Moore, said the building is 70 to 80% complete, and the decision to terminate the contract with Siltek was based on performance issues.
“We didn’t get a firm completion date from them, and the decision to termi- nate the contract was made after the third default notice.
“We’re hopeful of getting another contractor within 60 days and bringing the building into completion by next year.”
Moore said Siltek was due to com- plete the building in September, but changed that date to January.
“We lost faith in them meeting their deadline, and this will set us back 45-to- 60 days in completing The Tempo.
“Of the $26.5 million awarded in the contract, $8 million is still in the con- tract budget. The bonding company has to bring the project to completion now, and any extra costs will be paid through a claim against the bond. Siltek was paid based on the work they’ve com- pleted. “
THE TEMPO AT ENCORE
The Tampa Bay Black Heritage Fes- tival will hold a free workshop for busi- ness owners and provide professional knowledge to participants on advertis- ing, marketing, attraction and growth using social media to ramp up your company’s presence and generate rev- enue.
The workshop will be held on Sat- urday, June 25 2016, from 10 A. M. to 12 P. M., at the Entrepreneur Collabo- rative Center (ECC), 2101 East Palm Avenue (Ybor City), Tampa, FL 33605. The doors will open at 9:30 A.M. free parking is across the street in the Hills- borough County Sheriff’s Office park- ing lot.
The following professionals will present at the workshop:
Ms. Ebone Cruz is a former Media Personality and founder of Hat- Attitude Inc. non-profit organization that encourages women of all ages and stages in life to continue to grow! The organization aims to inspire the com- munity with the courage to get away from limiting society’s belief models by developing our youth for tomorrow’s encounters.
Ebone is active in the community and a sought after social media con- sultant for small business owners. She has been seen in The East Tampa Busi- ness and Civic Association “Business Technology Expo,” an advisory mem- ber for the Tampa Black Heritage Fes-
tival’s Entre- preneurs’ Ad- visory Committee, presenter for the FSBDC at Hillsborough County & the Entrepreneur Collaborative Center of Hillsborough
Moore said he thinks they are in a good position and the design concept will remain the same.
“We do have pre-leas- ing that’s been going on, and
EBONY CRUZ
LEROY MOORE Tampa Housing Authority C.O.O
County.
Sean Josephs is the webmaster of
the Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival and Vice President of Blue Lynx Mar- keting where he works on business cul- tivation, strategic implementation, overseeing event marketing and orga- nizational representation.
He is also an advisory member for the Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festi- val’s Entrepreneurs’ Advisory Commit- tee.
This workshop is the first (1) in a se- ries of five (5) sponsored by the Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival and hosted by the ECC of Tampa. Participants in this workshop will be eligible to receive free services by the advisory committee members.
For additional information about vending opportunities, this workshop or future workshops, visit www.Tam- paBlackHeritage.org/seminars or con- tact Bill Trotman at (813) 507-1014.
they will be notified of the delay.
“The Siltek Group built The Reed, and during that project we were able to work past a lot of problems. This time, there were issues of sub-contractors not being paid, and there had been $1 mil- lion in change orders to date on the
project.”
Moore said they are looking into
possible legal action against Siltek.
To date, more than 9,000 families have applied for 122 units that will be
subsidized at The Tempo.
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