Publix on 66th Street to be demolished, rebuilt

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Publix on 66th Street to be demolished, rebuilt

Publix will close its 66th Street store this Saturday July 27th so the grocery chain can demolish the existing building and rebuild a new supermarket in its place.

The current supermarket, located at 3900 66th Street North, was built in 1976.

The city is currently reviewing a permit for Publix to build a new Publix Food & Pharmacy and a separate liquor store on the 6.25-acre site at a project cost of $10.5 million. Laura’s Five Star Jewelry on the corner of 66th Street and 38th Avenue North will not be demolished.

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BobaVita, an authentic Vietnamese boba cafe, relocates in downtown St. Pete

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BobaVita, an authentic Vietnamese boba cafe, relocates in downtown St. Pete

Mina Kreitler, a Vietnamese-born entrepreneur who has made St. Pete her home, wants locals to experience the bold and unique taste of authentic Vietnamese coffee and boba teas.

"We have boba shops on every corner in my country," Kreitler said to St. Pete Rising while working inside her new storefront on Central Avenue.

Bubble tea is a tea-based drink that originated in Taiwan in the early 1980s and was introduced to the United States in the 1990s.

The BobaVita Coffee and Boba Bar has relocated to the ground floor of the Arte luxury apartment building at 1661 Central Avenue. 

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Done Deals: St. Pete apartments sell for over $61M, New downtown restaurant and bar prepares for debut, Hilton hotel sells

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Done Deals: St. Pete apartments sell for over $61M, New downtown restaurant and bar prepares for debut, Hilton hotel sells

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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Exclusive: Morean Arts Center plans to build new five-story building to expand offerings, relocate Chihuly Collection

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Exclusive: Morean Arts Center plans to build new five-story building to expand offerings, relocate Chihuly Collection

Each year, The Morean Arts Center welcomes more than 90,000 visitors to its downtown St. Pete property. Now, the arts hub looks to the future with expansion plans that would greatly increase its footprint on Central Avenue.

The Morean Arts Center, which contains an amazing contemporary art gallery and offers art classes, is in the early planning stages for a new five-story state-of-the-art building.

The plans call for demolishing the current 27,000-square-foot facility at 719 Central Avenue to make way for the new building, which would contain more gallery space, offices, parking, and an expanded Chihuly Collection.

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St. Pete City Council approves new Rays stadium and redevelopment of the 86-acre Historic Gas Plant District

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St. Pete City Council approves new Rays stadium and redevelopment of the 86-acre Historic Gas Plant District

In a historic vote, St. Petersburg City Council voted 5-3 to approve an agreement to build a new 30,000-seat stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays and redevelop the 86-acre Historic Gas Plant District site in downtown St. Pete.

The vote caps off decades of discussion surrounding the team’s future. Council members Deborah Figgs-Sanders, Copley Gerdes, Brandi Gabbard, Ed Montanari, and Gina Driscoll voted in favor of the agreement while Council members Lisset Hanewicz, John Muhammad, and Richie Floyd voted against it.

In total, the project will include nearly 8 million square feet of mixed-use development anchored by a new baseball stadium and cost north of $6.5 billion over 20 years.

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