Grand Cathedral Cigars
A City of Tampa building permit filed after the fact describes converting an art gallery at 2201 N Florida Ave into a cigar store, Grand Cathedral Cigars. After-the-fact permits cover work that began before it was permitted.
Building permits describe planned work. They don’t guarantee that a business will open or when.
What we spotted
- Activity
- Change of use
- Category
- Shop
- Kind of place
- Cigar store
- Filed
- After the work began
Where
2201 N Florida Ave
Tampa, FL 33602
City of Tampa neighborhood: Tampa Heights. Open in a map
The evidence
| Permit | Type | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLD-24-0506460 | Commercial Building Alterations (Renovations) | Jan. 24, 2024 | Issued |
Permit numbers link to each record on the City of Tampa’s permitting site. Status is as the City listed it on Sept. 25, 2026.
When we spotted it
This permit was already active when Tampa Thinks started watching City permits on Sept. 25, 2026. We found it in the existing permits. That isn’t when it was filed, and it doesn’t make it new.
What this means
A building permit is the City’s record of planned construction work. It doesn’t mean a business will open, and it doesn’t say when. Plans change, tenants change, and some permitted work is never finished.
The sentence above is written from the permit’s details by fixed rules. Where the permit leaves something out, such as the tenant, we say so rather than guess. We don’t republish the permit’s own text. How Spotted works.