Done Deals: $182M loan secured for condo tower, 8-story hotel coming to Madeira Beach, St. Pete estate sells for over $9M

Done Deals: $182M loan secured for condo tower, 8-story hotel coming to Madeira Beach, St. Pete estate sells for over $9M

Done Deals is a weekly column by St. Pete Rising spotlighting recent real estate market insight and significant deals happening in the Sunshine City and beyond. The following information is sourced from public records and trusted intel.

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Done Deals: Lingr announces closure, City seeks developer for west St. Pete site, Largo church to become retail

Done Deals: Lingr announces closure, City seeks developer for west St. Pete site, Largo church to become retail

Done Deals is a weekly column by St. Pete Rising spotlighting recent real estate market insight and significant deals happening in the Sunshine City and beyond. The following information is sourced from public records and trusted intel.

Have real estate news to share? Send us an email at hello@stpeterising.com.

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Texas iced tea franchise HTeaO brews plans for first drive-thru in Pinellas County

Texas iced tea franchise HTeaO brews plans for first drive-thru in Pinellas County

Iced teas with bold fruity flavors from Sweet Georgia Peach to Mango Tango will be served at HTeaO's new planned Largo store. 

Texas-founded franchise HTeaO, an indoor and drive-thru iced tea restaurant chain, plans to expand its Florida footprint with a new storefront at 3460 East Bay Drive

HTeaO has over 100 drive-thru stores throughout the U.S., offering 26 flavors of unsweetened and sweetened tea, as well as iced coffees and chai lattes, which are available for purchase by the gallon. 

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YES for Greenlight!

Pinellas County is Florida's densest county with over 920,000 people crammed into 280 square miles. It averages out to around 3,274 people per square mile. Why is this important? Because Pinellas County has simply run out of room. There is very little  land left to be developed, so the main source of future growth has to come from redevelopment.  

St. Petersburg, with nearly 4,000 people per square mile, anchors Pinellas County with close to a quarter of a million residents. Like Pinellas County, St. Petersburg is also built-out. There is little to no room left to build new roads or expand our highways. Therefore increasing density and mass transit are the only way to responsibly continue to grow.

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