Read the Original Article on TBBW Eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic small local businesses are slowly regaining their equilibrium with some time to reflect. Throughout the Tampa Bay area some positive constants have emerged through the upheavals. J. Mark Stroud,...
Project would include wider sidewalks, more trees and street lighting. As originally appeared on tampabay.com UPC Insurance has submitted plans for a $91.5 million expansion that includes a sleek new corporate headquarters, a 17-story hotel and a parking garage near...
Read the original post on tampabay.com ST. PETERSBURG — UPC Insurance has pledged to spend $5 million to buy the 800 block of First Avenue S and build its headquarters there in a deal that could bring 300 jobs to the city. The City Council on Thursday unanimously...
TIERRA VERDE — For many high-end condo buyers, nothing can beat the urban buzz of downtown St. Petersburg and especially Beach Drive. Then there are those who would rather walk along a real beach instead of a row of restaurants. Who would rather see a pelican...
Friday, April 14, 2017 See original news story on www.tampabay.com New York developer Red Apple Group closed on a $16.5 million deal for a coveted St. Petersburg land parcel Thursday. The two-acre 400-block lot, which is currently vacant, is expected to house a...
ST. PETERSBURG — The Pheil Hotel hosted its last guests while Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. The building itself soon will be dust. A city staffer recently found photos showing the original stone marquee with Pheil Hotel in raised capital letters. An extensive...
J. Mark Stroud has spent his career working himself out of one real estate job after another, with some of the most prominent commercial owners and developers along the Gulf Coast. Along the way, he’s sold one of downtown St. Petersburg’s most high-profile blocks,...
TAMPA BAY TIMES ST. PETERSBURG — A New York company headed by a Greek-American billionaire who owns Manhattan’s largest grocery story chain is under contract to buy and redevelop an entire block in downtown St. Petersburg. Mayor Rick Kriseman said late Friday...
ST. PETERSBURG — Demolition will go forward of two historic buildings on prime downtown property considered ripe for redevelopment. Preservationists, who sued to save the buildings on Central Avenue’s 400 block, have agreed to drop their lawsuit. The...
ST. PETERSBURG — The city’s Community Planning and Preservation Commission on Tuesday rejected a request from preservationists to designate the former Pheil Hotel and Theater and Central National Bank local landmarks. The commission’s decision, reached by...
