(Carl Cronan is editor of RealEstateFlorida.)

TAMPA, FL-MetLife Inc. says work on its first office building atthe MetWest International mixed-use development is on schedule toopen early next year. Skanska USA Building Inc., general contractorfor the entire $200-million project, will be the building's firsttenant, leasing 20,226 sf.

A retail village being built near the ten-story MetWest Onebuilding is also well under way and will open next spring,according to executives with MetLife Real Estate Investors. Boththe initial office and retail segments are getting plenty ofattention from prospective tenants and brokers as they continue totake shape along Boy Scout Boulevard, in Tampa's Westshore businessdistrict.

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