Great Places and Spaces: VELA (RENDERINGS)

Described as “urban living with an edge,” VELA, at 424 8th Street S., St. Petersburg, is expected to be complete by summer of 2023.

Pricing of residences is from upper $500,000’s to mid $700,000’s and the project is the only new construction product that offers gas appliances as a standard.

VELA will have eight stories and 23 residences, with 18 corner residences.

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