TAMPA, Fla. - There are new plans to build a hospital in Ybor City . Local developer Darryl Shaw announced a partnership with Tampa General Hospital to open it in Ybor City.

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During his presentation in front of council on Thursday night, he explained that TGH is acquiring a portion of his land to add a hospital west of Lee Roy Selmon Expressway Connector, between East Adamo Drive and East 4th Avenue.

He revealed his plans to build the hospital, clinic and medical office building in that space with the goal of making Ybor City a place where people can live, work and play.

"Part of what made Ybor special is to live where you work," Shaw explained. "Cigar workers lived in the district so they could work in the cigar factories and get there by foot or streetcar."

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