⊲ The Luminary Development Company, in partnership with Founders Hospitality, purchased The Saint Hotel, on St. Pete Beach, at 7201 Sunset Way, for $9.984 million. (Pictured above)
⊲ MarineMax, based in Clearwater, dedicated its seventh home for Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas and West Pasco Counties.
⊲ Burger Monger, at 1325 4th Street N., St. Petersburg, expanded with $10,000 of renovations and now offers a full liquor bar, a stage for live music and arcade games.
⊲ U.S. News & World Report has released its annual rankings of nearly 18,000 public high schools at the state and national levels with St. Petersburg High School ranking No. 47 in Florida and No. 770, nationally.
⊲ MyDefence, a European-based company specializing in developing sensors and advanced radio technology for military operations, has opened an office at 1123 1st Avenue North, St. Petersburg.
⊲ Velera – formerly PSCU/Co-op Solutions, a payments credit union service organization and an integrated financial technology solutions provider – announced a total of $140,000 was raised in charitable and philanthropic donations at the THINK 24 conference.
⊲ St. Petersburg-based community bank BayFirst opened its 12th Tampa Bay area banking center, and 5th south of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, at 2075 S. Tamiami Trail, in Sarasota.
⊲ The coffee bar Grove Surf + Coffee, in St. Pete Beach, plans to expand to Indian Rocks Beach with a new concept, which will offer a full food and drink menu, at 1309 Gulf Boulevard.
⊲ Clearwater-based marketing software firm DirectMail2.0 acquired a 40-year-old mailing institution Who’s Mailing What!, a direct mail performance and insights tracking platform with a database of more than 300,000 scanned and cataloged mail pieces.
⊲ The Early Learning Coalition of Pinellas, a nonprofit agency that supports early care and education, and the Florida Division of Early Learning distributed nearly $7 million in grants to 320 area childcare providers to improve their playgrounds and outdoor play spaces.
⊲ Sunken Gardens, in St. Petersburg, has added a hurricane wind-proof Animal Care Center.
⊲ Blake Investment Partners, which was selected in early 2023 to redevelop a portion of the Jim & Heather Gills YMCA, at 3200 1st Avenue South, has formed a joint venture with Greystar and has proposed a redevelopment, dubbed Whitney Village, that would add 375 apartments, a parking garage and 32,000 square feet of retail space to the property
⊲ Kolter Urban secured a $182 million construction loan for Art House, a 42-story luxury condominium tower, in downtown St. Petersburg.
⊲ A penthouse in the Saltaire condominium tower, at 301 1st St. S., St. Petersburg, sold for $8.25 million.
⊲ Leasing began for Arya, a 415-unit apartment development, at 5475 3rd Lane North, St. Peterburg.
⊲ Junction Townhomes, a 10-unit townhome development, is planned for 3601 First Avenue N., St. Petersburg.
⊲ Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital has opened a new lobby off 7th St. South, in St. Petersburg, that offers complimentary valet service and has a Kahwa Coffee kiosk.