Bohemian Rêves, a St. Pete native company selling everything from their handcrafted skincare and candle line to plants, jewels, and all things evoking desert senses, is expanding into two vacant spaces next to its current location at 1620 Central Avenue. The business, which was founded in 2016 by Amelia Naomi Dean will now occupy 1622 and 1624 Central Avenue, as well, which had been home to an acupuncture clinic.

Dean has big plans for the extra retail space. Among them to include her distinctive take on a potential coffee bar, as well as room to allow her to stock products from brands that don’t have a large presence in St. Pete, Dean says, adding that she would also like to create a men’s section.

“There are so many brands on the west coast that aren’t big here yet,” she says, “but there’s a space for them. We could curate a whole section.”

It’s not a full-fledged, brick-and-mortar store (yet!), but Runrun Kids Store, a new toy shop that debuted last month in a St. Pete Pier kiosk, fills a large gap in downtown St. Petersburg’s retail scene.

Although there are some shops in downtown St. Pete that sell a small selection of new toys, such as The Canary and Plain Jane, Runrun is the only toy store in the entire city dedicated to new toys and has already proven to be a popular stop for families with young children.

“I knew I wanted to start a kids’ store,” owner Jess Garvin says, “because I couldn’t find one, and I was like, ‘Am I crazy? Is there not a market for this?’ We have one of the largest downtowns in the entire state of Florida and we have zero local toy stores here. After doing some research, I realized there is a big market for this.”