Great Places and Spaces

A group of locals, led by Fred Hemmer, are proposing an 18-story condominium tower for the northeast corner of Third Avenue North and Eighth Street North. The project, Reflection, will be located a block from Mirror Lake and will offer 77 units. The building was designed by SMP Architecture. The first six stories of Reflection

AD Lofts, at 2250 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, is a mixed-use development, in the Grand Central District, that has plans for seven townhomes and 5,000 square feet of retail on the ground floor. Builder Richard McGinnis says that each unit contains three bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms, an elevator, a two-car garage with additional

The Wellness Center project at Saint Leo University has broken ground. The 59,000 square foot building will include a focus on mind, body and spirit. Amenities will include a fitness floor, two indoor basketball courts, indoor walking track, cycling, yoga and dance studios, a cafe, zero entry and infinity edge pool, outdoor barbecue, health suite,

Southshore Yacht Club’s clubhouse is under construction. The new amenity center will include a clubhouse, modern fitness center, swimming pool and dog park. The dog park is open and the additional amenities are expected to be finished by the summer. New homes at Southshore Yacht Club begin in the $400,000s and include upgraded features such

A new microbrewery and restaurant is planned for the former Taco Bus location in St. Petersburg. Located at 2324 Central Avenue, the 0.41-acre lot was purchased for $860,000 by Grand Central Property Holdings. The project will feature two separate buildings divided by an outdoor courtyard and beer garden. On one side of the lot will

Real estate development and land investment firm BTI Partners started construction of a 150-slip full-service marina able to accommodate large vessels. The marina will be part of the 52-acre Westshore Marina District, a mixed-use development on West Shore and Gandy boulevards, in Tampa. The marina is located at Marina Pointe, a luxury condominium development under

Clearwater Gas System moved into a new facility, at 777 Maple St., near downtown Clearwater. The new facility includes 45,000 square feet of operations, administration, sales and warehousing space, complete with a showroom to display technologies to new customers. The former facility, at 400 N. Myrtle Ave., was home to the company for more than

Salt Palm Development, based in St. Petersburg, is planning to begin its next project, called The Royal. Its first project, The Sabal, began in 2018 and was completed in early 2019. This new project will be located at 545 Fourth Ave. S. It will have 13 units that will range between 1,800 and 3,100 square

LandSouth Construction, a Jacksonville-based general contractor specializing in multifamily, senior living and mixed-use developments, has begun work on the Harrison Apartment Suites at 2575 University Parkway, Sarasota. The developer, Liv Development of Birmingham, Alabama, chose Charlan Brock Associates of Maitland to design the gated community that sits on 11.2 acres. Completion is planned for the

A project tentatively called 770 Apartments has been proposed for the corner of Fourth Avenue North and Eighth Street North in St. Petersburg. The proposed development will have 126 apartments and will include a third-floor interior courtyard with a private pool and resident terrace. The first two floors primarily will be used for parking, with

Capstone Building, a Birmingham, Alabama-based general contractor broke ground on a $45 million resort-style residential project in St. Petersburg, along with Phillips Development and Realty. The project, The Sur Club, will encompass four stories with 296 units across 320,384 square feet with a 160,779 square foot five-level parking structure. The property will have one, two

The Karol Hotel is scheduled to open  at 2675 Ulmerton Road in Clearwater, the first Tribute Portfolio hotel in Pinellas County. The boutique hotel has 123 guest rooms and suites, a lobby bar and restaurant, a rooftop bar, some 7,340 square feet of event space, including a ballroom and executive conference rooms. Managed and marketed