TAMPA — Seven years after it was announced that West Tampa’s century-old Balbin Bros. Cigar Factory would be turned into a 70-room boutique hotel, construction is underway. “It took a while to get the architectural plans right and then there was a delay because of COVID,” said Dylan Desai of the family operated My Hospitality Hotels that purchased the factory for $1.4 million and is spending .
Bill Sniffin writes: “I am always complaining about the 12,000 to 16,000 semitrailer trucks on Interstate 80. Even if 99% are courteous and safe, that other 1% means 120-150 monsters making stupid decisions that risk the lives of all of us.”
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