Tampa Bay Development News & Major Projects

Moss Construction has been awarded a contract for the second phase of construction of the J.W. Marriott Clearwater Beach. Developed by Dr. Kiran Patel, the 450,000 square foot J.W. Marriott Clearwater Beach will include 162 hotel rooms and 36 furnished residential units, according to a statement. The amenities include an elevated 11th floor swimming pool

The Blake, a new mixed-use high-rise building, is being planned for downtown St Petersburg, at the site of the former Masonic Temple, at 114 Fourth Street S. The project will be built to be LEED Silver certified and will have advanced energy, and safety, innovations designed to appeal to working professional homeowners in a post-coronavirus

Coastal Construction was selected as the general contractor for 334, a new residential tower in downtown St. Petersburg. At 250-feet tall, 334 will rank among the tallest residential buildings west of the Beach Drive area and in the downtown core. The 24-story project, by developer American Land Ventures, will include 220 upscale residences with luxurious

Construction for the new SkyCenter One broke ground in late 2019. While the global pandemic has changed, and derailed, a lot in the world, this project is still on track to open this summer. VanTrust Real Estate, a privately held commercial development group based in Kansas City, is the developer of the SkyCenter One project.

The Altman Cos., a developer of rental apartment communities, opened Altís Grand Central, a residential development in the Hyde Park neighborhood at 504 W. Grand Central Ave., Tampa. The 314-apartment homes have panoramic views of downtown, and the Tampa Bay area, from the apartment tower’s rooftop pool and sky lounge. The community has amenities including

A condominium project, Domus Urbana, is being planned for 644 3rd Ave. S., St. Petersburg. NJR Investment and Development Co., which also developed Regent Lane, a townhome community at 145 Fourth Ave. N., St. Petersburg, purchased the half-acre site in 2019 for $2.3 million. The five-story condominium building will have 40 units, ranging from 1,158

►The Terrace Hotel, in downtown Lakeland at 329 E. Main St., was purchased for $7.25 million by a group of five local investors that include former city commissioner Edie Yates, her husband, David Henderson, as well as their two sons and John Grieger. (Pictured above)  ►The Watson Clinic Foundation’s Arts in Medicine program was presented

Opportunity zones (OZs) are underserved and economically distressed, communities that have been nominated by a state or US territory and certified by the Secretary of the US Treasury. The census tracts, which are designated low-income areas, were chosen by governors based on poverty rates and median family income. Can you explain how opportunity zones are

The founder, chairman and CEO of Miami-based Coastal Construction Group, Thomas P. Murphy Jr., will be profiled this weekend on the nationally televised show The American Dream. Coastal Construction Group is the general contractor for JW Marriott, and other buildings under development, in Water Street Tampa; in addition to other Florida projects like Four Seasons

Engel & Völkers Belleair has listed one of the last, vacant, buildable, lots on Clearwater Beach. The lot, listed at $26,900,000, is located at 551 Gulf Boulevard, at the base of Sand Key Bridge. It offers the opportunity to develop 3.2 acres into the next destination resort, condominium or restaurant, a statement said. The property

Bromley Companies announced The Loft at Midtown project in 2019, but now the project is taking a new, more timely meaning. The company is describing it as “uniquely suited as a healthy workplace,” a statement said. The 70,000-square-foot project will prioritize health, and wellness, of its tenants with innovative features such as touch-free features, a

There are so many radical changes taking place all around us that we might as well make some radical changes of our own, to guarantee that by the time we come out of the quarantine our business, our career and our personal life reflect how we want to live, not how we got used to