The Captain's New Palace

Derek Jeter is building a mansion on Davis Islands in Tampa, and the place is going to be gigantic. Here's more from TBO.com (hat-tip to River Ave. Blues):Once completed, the seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom house on Davis Islands will be 30,875 square feet, according to Hillsborough County public records. To give you an idea of how big that is, the average Best Buy store is 39,700 square feet. That's also twice as big as the Bayshore Boulevard mansion of Lazydays RV SuperCenter founder Don Wallace. Hillsborough County's largest home now is in the Avila country club community. It's 28,295 square feet. Kered Connors LLC, which lists Jeter as the "sole member," purchased adjacent waterfront lots on Bahama Circle in 2005 and 2006. Kered Connors paid $7.7 million for the properties.The guys over at RAB also have some cool Google Earth images of the lot the house is being built on and Jeter's future view.Here are some pictures of the house from TBO.com:Jeter a...