Over the last few years, Sprouts Farmers Markets have been, well, sprouting up all over Tampa Bay, and next month we’ll see one more spring out of the ground.

According to sprouts.com, the boutique grocer chain’s newest location will officially open Friday, Sept. 15 at 2150 E Fowler Ave., within the Rithm multi-story, mixed-use neighborhood development near University Mall.

The new 23,000-square-foot Uptown store will open its door at 7 a.m., and the first 200 customers will score a free usable bag with samples, and the first 400 customers will receive a free long stem rose courtesy from Falcon Farms Floral.

The grand-opening celebrations will run through Sunday, Sept. 17 and will feature kids activities, food samples, and more.

Rithm at Uptown Credit: Rendering via RD Management LLC

The Arizona-based grocer is known for having a wide selection of natural and organic foods, which includes produce, vitamins, packaged groceries, seafood, deli, baked goods, dairy products and frozen foods.

Sprouts has been aggressively growing in Florida. If you’re keeping track, the new Uptown location will be the 15th Sprouts in the Tampa Bay region and store No. 44 in Florida.

As of now, only California (137), and Arizona (45) have more locations.

The new Sprouts location will also be one of first tenants to debut in the yet-to-be-completed, $100 million Rithm at Uptown development.

The massive space already features a 359-unit USF off-campus housing development called Hub Tampa, and it will soon be home to the USF Institute of Applied Engineering, Vu Studio, streaming agency Endorphinz and an extended stay Marriott hotel.

“Once complete, Rithm will be one of the largest innovation communities in the state with capacity for over 7 million square feet of development, including several thousand residential units,” says the company website.

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