June 27, 2022

Local crystal shop Lily Rose Jewelry to open in downtown St. Pete this summer

June 27, 2022/ Brian Zucker

Later this summer, a local family-owned company that designs and hand-makes crystal jewelry will open its first storefront in downtown St. Pete.

Over the past few months, Lily Rose Jewelry Company has been building out the retail space at 209 1st Street North, just two blocks west of the entrance to the St. Pete Pier. The new shop will sell a wide variety of crystals as well as a selection of jewelry, such as necklaces, bracelets, and 108-bead malas.

“It is our goal to create wearable jewelry with the highest quality all-natural crystals and metals at the most affordable price possible,” said Sarah Simoncini, who owns Lily Rose with her husband Joe Simoncini.

June 24, 2022

18-story residential tower Lake House will rise on Mirror Lake in downtown St. Pete

June 24, 2022/ Brian Zucker

An 18-story mixed-use tower has been proposed for the Mirror Lake neighborhood in downtown St. Pete. The development, named Lake House, will feature 77 condominiums and an 840 square foot café.

The $90 million project is being developed by St. Pete-based Skyward Living, which is helmed by St. Pete locals Hudson Harr and Tony Mullersman. Together with Tim Clemmons of Place Architecture, the duo previously built LIV 233, a three-unit townhome community on 4th Avenue North, and Urbana Townhomes, a five-unit townhome community on 7th Street South, along with many other residential infill developments.

With the downtown skyline as a backdrop, Lake House will be situated on a 0.49-acre lot located at 200 Mirror Lake Drive. The site is currently occupied by five one and two-story buildings that will be demolished.

June 23, 2022

7-unit townhome development proposed for 16th Street in St. Pete’s Woodlawn neighborhood

June 23, 2022/ Anthony Close

A new townhome community has been proposed for 16th Street in St. Pete’s Greater Woodlawn neighborhood. The project, named Woodlawn Townhomes, will be located one mile north of downtown at 2203 16th Street North.

Woodlawn Townhomes is being developed by TRB Development which is owned by Trevor Burgess and Jon Carlon.

June 22, 2022

42-story condo tower Art House breaks ground in downtown St. Pete

June 22, 2022/ Brian Zucker

Four months after launching sales, downtown St. Pete’s newest luxury condominium tower, Art House, has broken ground. A small group of people gathered at 235 1st Avenue South this morning to celebrate the milestone.

Art House will be constructed on a surface parking lot next to 200 Central, the tallest office tower in St. Pete. Kolter Group purchased the 0.4-acre site for $20.45 million in December, which translates to a record-breaking $50 million an acre.

Delray Beach-based Kolter Group also developed ONE St. Petersburg and the downtown St. Pete Hyatt Place and is in the process of finishing up another luxury condo tower, Saltaire, which topped out a few weeks ago.

June 16, 2022

Aerial St. Pete: Construction updates from St. Pete's residential tower projects

June 16, 2022/ Anthony Close

The latest edition of Aerial St. Pete shows the progress on several downtown high-rise developments. Aerial St. Pete is a column by St. Pete Rising which features exclusive aerial photography of projects under construction in St. Petersburg, FL. To accomplish this, we have teamed up with Anthony Bove at AB3 Visuals.

In this article we are taking a look at five projects in downtown St. Pete which are in various stages of construction. Some are in the site clearing stage while other are topped out and closer to completion. These projects include: Evo, Ascent St. Petersburg, Modera St. Petersburg, Reflection, Saltaire. We look forward to following these projects as they grow closer to completion.

June 15, 2022

35-story apartment tower and 13-story hotel proposed for downtown St. Pete

June 15, 2022/ Anthony Close

A site plan review application has been filed for a high-rise mixed-use development that will transform a prominent parcel in downtown St. Pete.

KT St Pete Runner LLC and Ally MW, LLC have filed plans for a two-building, mixed-use project featuring a residential tower and an adjacent hotel on a 1.48-acre lot at the southwest corner of 2nd Street and 3rd Avenue North. The lot is located across the street from Sundial St. Pete.

Ally MW, LLC is an entity controlled by Tampa-based investment firm Ally Capital Group which is led by Andrew Wright, founder of Franklin Street. Ally purchased the Hotel Indigo at 234 3rd Avenue North in 2021 and renovated the property into the Exchange Hotel.

June 13, 2022

92-unit townhome community Terraces at 87th breaks ground this summer in north St. Pete

June 13, 2022/ Brian Zucker

Terraces at 87th, a neighborhood of 92 townhomes, will break ground this summer at the corner of 4th Street North and 87th Avenue in St. Petersburg.

Belleair Development Group purchased the former 112-unit Lamplight Village mobile home park in January 2018 for $3.4 million.

A previous proposal, featuring 72 townhomes and a 40-unit building, was approved by the City’s Development Review Commission last May. Originally, the plan was to offer the units as rentals.

However, rising construction costs and the high demand for townhouse-style units caused Belleair to reconfigure the project and offer the units for sale instead of for rent.

June 10, 2022

35-story condo tower Saltaire tops out in downtown St. Pete

June 10, 2022/ Anthony Close

Saltaire, a 35-story condominium building currently under construction in downtown St. Pete, has topped out. The construction milestone comes just two months after the developer announced the development was sold out.

The project, which is located at 300 1st Street South, is being developed by Delray Beach-based Kolter Group and will feature 192 luxury condominiums along with 9,000 square feet of ground floor retail.

June 08, 2022

20-story, 246-unit apartment tower proposed for 17th Street in downtown St. Pete

June 08, 2022/ Brian Zucker

A handful of single-family homes and a surface parking lot on Burlington Avenue and 17th Street could be razed and redeveloped with multi-family housing according to documents recently filed with the City of St. Petersburg.

The project, named Sky St. Pete, is being developed by DevMar Development and will rise on a 0.73-acre site located northwest of the EDGE District in downtown St. Pete. Plans call for the construction of a 20-story building featuring 246 apartments.

In 2020, DevMar completed their first St. Pete project, Vantage St. Pete, an 11-story 211-unit apartment building located one block south of Sky St. Pete. The firm is currently under construction on The Metro, a 100-unit apartment project in the EDGE District, which is expected to open in early 2023.

June 07, 2022

Asian fusion restaurant and cocktail lounge Good Fortune coming soon to downtown St. Pete

June 07, 2022/ Brian Zucker

The best nightlife in Tokyo can be found in the Shibuya and Shinjuku neighborhoods. Shibuya is arguably the heart and soul of Tokyo and a lively hub filled with countless restaurants, boutiques, bars, clubs, arcades, and karaoke bars. Shinjuku, which is only a few stops away on Tokyo’s Yamanote Line, is also bustling with izakayas, beer bars, and red-light entertainment.

It all sounds great until you remember that Tokyo is over 7,000 miles away from St. Pete. It’s also one of the most expensive cities in the world.

This summer, save the $2,000 airfare and experience Tokyo nights at Good Fortune, an Asian fusion restaurant and bar coming soon to the first floor of the iconic Station House at 260 1st Avenue South in downtown St. Pete.