Layton Opens New Tampa Office in Heart of Florida

Over 3.5 inches of rain fell across Hillsborough County. The stray bands from approaching hurricane Isaias didn’t stop Layton Construction from celebrating the opening of its new Tampa, Florida office located in the Corporate Center at International Plaza.

In the true spirit of Florida, as drizzles turned to downpours, the Layton office was filled with laughter, cheers and the serenade of Jimmy Buffett’s greatest hits as guests continued to arrive throughout the evening.

Layton isn’t new to the Sunshine State, completing its first project in Ponte Vedra Beach in 2013.

Layton has completed 44 projects in 15 years. Including its work on a tower expansion at West Marion Community Hospital in Ocala. That project included a two-story vertical expansion and two horizontal tie-ins, connected laterally to the operating room and the sterile processing department — all without any impact to active patient care.

Layton teams also completed a pivotal freestanding emergency room in Spring Hill this year. The Oak Hill South Emergency FSER was Layton’s fourth in Florida in just 14 months and includes: a cardiopulmonary resuscitation room, private patient triage area and dedicated pediatric treatment rooms.

Tampa is one of the fastest growing cities in the nation, but Florida is one of the fastest growing states in the country, too. Florida’s population has grown 9% since 2020, estimated at over 23.4 million residents in 2025. Just last year, around half a million new residents moved to Florida. The population is expected to grow by at least 3 million by 2045.

Even while the open house was in full swing, Layton team members were preparing teams for any potential impacts ahead of Isais’s anticipated panhandle landfall the next day.

“Fortunately, all of our clients in the area fared pretty well from Hurricane Isaias,” said Layton Assistant Project Manager Luke Tucker. “Layton was prepared to mobilize if needed and monitored the storm closely.”

Senior Superintendent James Moore was positioned in Orange Beach, Alabama, and Senior Superintendent Narciso Tanguma was stationed in Panama City Beach, Florida. Both helped inspect facilities following the storm.