REAL ESTATE
AN URBAN OASIS
Opulence in Tampa
Photography by Taylor Anderson/Firelight Images
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018 | TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE 125
An attractive secured doorway opens into the
tropical gardens that surround this five-bedroom
home in Tampa.
Realtor/Designer Jim Walters and his husband Dr.
David Sharpe, a concert pianist performer and
attorney, took 23 months to renovate their fivebedroom
Tampa home with a stucco entry and
address in large brushed chrome numbers, giving it the
look of Palm Beach or South Beach. A 6-foot fence with
10-foot clusia planted wall surrounds the grounds, and
security cameras allow you to be buzzed into this exotic
secure compound a house away from Bayshore Boulevard. The home’s attached three-car garage provides the needed
parking for gracious city living.