Independent Living and Assisted Living
Palm Avenue Baptist Tower ALF
215 East Palm Avenue, Tampa, FL 33602 · Map
Licensed for 50 residents · Presidio Realty
Palm Avenue Baptist Tower ALF is a state-licensed independent living, assisted living community in Tampa, Florida. It is licensed for 50 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
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Area costs
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What the public record shows
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License
Active, 50 residents
Assisted Living Facility 10783.
Nearest emergency room
1.5 miles
Tampa General Hospital, rated 3 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Avenue Baptist Tower ALF this community | 50 | Not published | Active | No record | |
| Oakland Manor | 0.7 mi | 32 | Not published | Active | No record |
| Micht | 0.7 mi | 8 | Not published | Active | No record |
| Hacienda ALF Services | 1.0 mi | 36 | Not published | Active | 20 deficiencies, 3 sanctions |
| Vintage Village | 1.3 mi | 6 | Not published | Active | No record |
License and ownershipActive license
- License type
- Assisted Living Facility
- License number
- 10783
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 50
- County
- Hillsborough County
- Administrator
- Lina Zuluaga Orozco
Source: Florida state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Administrator name from the Florida licensing record, as of Oct 12, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in Florida, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in Florida
- Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) Long-Term Care (LTC) program. Florida Medicaid's Long-Term Care program lists assisted living services as a covered service. There is a wait list, and people are released from it by priority score, not by how long they have waited. (state page)
- Waitlist. The Long-Term Care program has a wait list. People are released by priority score and frailty, not by time on the list. (source)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Federal and state programs
- HUD-assisted rental housing. HUD programs: Section 8 project-based rental assistance. 168 of 199 units have HUD rental assistance. HUD client group: Elderly. HUD funds a service coordinator here. Last HUD physical inspection (REAC): score 83 on 2026-06-03. (HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted, as of Jul 6, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety1 federal wage case, no violations found
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Oct 8, 2014.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 1.5 mi, nursing home 0.4 mi, pharmacy 1.4 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Tampa General Hospital, Tampa. 1.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Ybor City Center for Rehabilitation and Healing, Tampa. 0.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Faith Home Health Inc, Tampa. 1.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 1.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 33602 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita East Tampa Dialysis, Ybor City, 1.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Kennedy Boulevard Dialysis, Tampa, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Kidney Care Hillsborough, Tampa, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 7 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 33602.
Accent Care Hospice & Palliative Care Of Hillsboro, office in Tampa, 4.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 1 of 5 stars)
Affinity Care Of Hillsborough LLC, office in Tampa, 6.5 miles away, straight line
Lifepath Hospice, office in Temple Terr, 8.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Inpatient Consultants Of Florida, Inc, Tampa. 8.8 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk very low; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Emergency power
- Fully Implemented Permanent Generator. (Florida AHCA generator status, as of Oct 15, 2026)
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: very low. By hazard: hurricane relatively moderate, inland flooding very low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour9 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- What does the base rate include, and when did rates last go up?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
- For what reasons can a resident be asked to leave?
- Is the apartment held during a hospital stay, and at what cost?
What we checked15 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) inspection records | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Florida Medicaid provider list | Oct 15, 2026 | Not on the state list we checked. These lists are often incomplete. |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | No kitchen matched |
| Florida AHCA generator status | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | See above |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Palm Avenue Baptist Tower ALF provide?
Palm Avenue Baptist Tower ALF is licensed by the state of Florida for independent living, assisted living in Tampa, Florida. Its licensed capacity is 50 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Palm Avenue Baptist Tower ALF?
No. We publish state licensing details for Palm Avenue Baptist Tower ALF but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much is rent at Palm Avenue Baptist Tower ALF?
Rent at income-restricted senior apartments is set by income, usually about 30% of household income for HUD and USDA rental assistance units, or a fixed below-market rent for tax-credit units. Ask the property manager about current rent, income limits and the wait list.
How do I apply to Palm Avenue Baptist Tower ALF?
Apply through Presidio Realty at (813) 223-2686. Buildings like this have age limits (usually 62 and over, sometimes 55 and over) and income limits, and there is often a wait list. The property manager may not be on site.
How Lilisity works. The only scores or rankings Lilisity publishes are the Top Communities list and the Excellence Awards, both built from phone-verified resident and family interviews. Communities can pay Lilisity a flat monthly fee to manage their own listing: photos, prices, contact details, and receiving the inquiries families choose to send them. The fee is the same no matter how many families contact them or move in. Senior Living Alliance, which runs Lilisity, offers the same listing to its member communities as part of their membership; members pay SLA for its resident and family interview program. No community pays Lilisity per inquiry, per referral or per move-in. Payment never changes a testimonial, a rating, or the order of search results. The "Nearby Senior Living Alliance communities" box shows member communities only. How we verify testimonials · How we are paid