The Tavern at Bayboro and The Campus Grind work to rebuild and reopen on USF St. Petersburg campus

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The Tavern at Bayboro and The Campus Grind work to rebuild and reopen on USF St. Petersburg campus

Located less than a block from the Bayboro Harbor, storm surge from Hurricane Helene flooded family-run establishments The Tavern at Bayboro and The Campus Grind when it made landfall in late September as a Category 4 storm in the Big Bend region of the Florida panhandle.

"We had over three feet of storm surge come through both restaurants. We lost our walk-in cooler that's structurally part of the building," Dennis Bixler said to St. Pete Rising.

Dennis and his wife Stephanie own the local live-music pub and restaurant at 120 6th Avenue South on the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus.

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Everything you need to know about next month’s SHINE Mural Festival

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Everything you need to know about next month’s SHINE Mural Festival

Over the past 10 years, local artists and artists from around the world have gathered in St. Pete for the SHINE Mural Festival. Each year, the artists create a handful of larger-than-life murals around urban St. Petersburg, infusing sections of the city with character and colors.

The 10th Annual SHINE Mural Festival, produced by local non-profit St. Petersburg Arts Alliance, will run from November 8th to 17th. The multi-day festival was originally scheduled for October 11th to 20th, but was postponed due to the widespread destruction caused by Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton.

Since its inception in 2015, the event has created nearly 170 murals throughout downtown and the surrounding arts districts.

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EoS Fitness to open 40,000-square-foot gym in south St. Pete

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EoS Fitness to open 40,000-square-foot gym in south St. Pete

The Dallas, Texas-based gym company EoS Fitness is expanding its footprint with its first St. Pete location.

EoS Fitness, a low-cost gym known for its smart technology and high-end amenities, will replace the old Bealls department store, which closed in July, at 2830 54th Avenue South just outside the city’s Skyway Marina District.

The 39,600-square-foot gym will join other tenants at the Seville Square shopping plaza such as Publix, Bank of America, and Truist.

Bealls was one of the original anchor tenants at Seville Square when the plaza was built in 1988. The Publix, located on the west side of the plaza, was originally an Albertsons when the building was constructed in 1976, pre-dating the rest of the shopping center by 12 years.

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Done Deals: Affordable apartment project moves forward, barbershop serving beers coming soon, Spectrum opens call center

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Done Deals: Affordable apartment project moves forward, barbershop serving beers coming soon, Spectrum opens call center

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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Future site of 170-unit senior living community trades hands in the Skyway Marina District

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Future site of 170-unit senior living community trades hands in the Skyway Marina District

A Florida not-for-profit group is leading the development of a new active senior living community in St. Pete's Skyway Marina District.

Convivial Life, an organization based in Venice, Florida that manages senior living communities, has acquired a 5.25-acre property at 4595 34th Street South that was slated to be the future home of The Manhattan, a new senior living development.

Convivial Life purchased the property in a roughly $21.365 million deal from Sarasota-based LifeStar Living.

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