Official Community Document

2026 Tampa Community & Real Estate Lookbook

Sereno & Creek Neighborhoods • Riverview / Tampa Bay, Florida

⚠️ Strict Community Commitment: 100% full-time, permanent relocation only. We do not accept or market to winter vacation or second-home buyers.

1. Executive Summary & Welcome

For generations, frum families in the Tristate area accepted an exhausting compromise: paying astronomical rents for cramped basements, crushing property taxes, six-figure tuition burdens, and endless traffic congestion—all just to stay within walking distance of a minyan and a kosher grocery.

In October 2022, a group of founding families from New York decided there had to be a better way to raise bnei and bnos Torah. They discovered the Sereno and Creek master-planned communities in Riverview, just southeast of downtown Tampa.

Today, our kehilla has grown to over 30 permanent, full-time families living, davening, and educating our children here 52 weeks a year.

2. Housing Breakdown & Real Pricing

Option A: Executive Home

5-Bedroom Single-Family Home

Around $400,000

2,400–3,200 sq. ft. • 3.5 Baths • 2-Car Garage

Includes a screened-in in-ground pool, large backyard for children and Sukkah, and modern kitchen inside the Eruv.

Option B: One-Story Ranch

3–4 Bedroom Ranch Home

$350,000 – $375,000

1,750–2,200 sq. ft. • Zero Stairs • Low Maintenance

Ideal for young couples building equity, or for full-time empty nesters looking to eliminate stairs and maintenance.

3. Torah Chinuch & Florida Universal Vouchers

Tampa provides two dedicated Orthodox Torah institutions:

Tampa Torah Academy (TTA)

Traditional Yeshiva Ketana & Day School with separate boys and girls divisions. Small class sizes (12–16 talmidim), passionate rebbeim, and accredited secular studies.

Chabad School in Tampa

Warm Chassidic chinuch, joyful Ahavas Yisroel, strong Kriah and Hebrew immersion, and outstanding early childhood daycare through middle school.

Universal School Choice (Step Up for Students): Florida provides ~$8,000+ per child per year in tuition scholarships to every Florida resident family regardless of household income. For a family with 4 children, this is ~$32,000+ in annual tuition relief.

4. Religious Infrastructure

  • 4 Daily Shacharis Minyanim: 6:15, 7:00, 7:45, 8:30 AM
  • Daily Daf Yomi & Evening Kollel: Seder every night
  • Certified Eruv: Encompassing Sereno & Creek
  • Community Mikvah: Modern, heated, on premises
  • On-Site Kosher Depot: Chalav Yisrael & Glatt meat
  • Tampa Airport (TPA): 35 mins, 2.5 hrs direct to NYC

Experience It Firsthand: The Pilot Shabbos

We invite serious prospective families for an all-inclusive trial Shabbos with private guest suite accommodations, all meals, school tours, and guided real estate visits.