400 Central reaches the halfway mark in downtown St. Pete

400 Central reaches the halfway mark in downtown St. Pete

Hundreds of contractors from Suffolk Construction are pouring concrete floor by floor for 400 Central, a 46-story luxury condominium tower under construction in downtown St. Pete. The tower, which adds a floor every six days, is now more than halfway complete at 250 feet high.

New York billionaire John Catsimatidis Sr., founder of Red Apple Real Estate, and select media members, climbed inside a freight elevator and were hoisted up to the newly completed floors to catch a glimpse of the expansive views from what will soon be the tallest residential tower on Florida’s west coast.

The terraces of the future condos on the 25th floor boast panoramic views of the downtown core and Mirror Lake to the edge of the waterfront and sights of the foggy Sunshine Skyway Bridge in the distance.

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Done Deals: Snell Arcade's basement lists, Land purchased for affordable housing, Grand Central office building sells

Done Deals: Snell Arcade's basement lists, Land purchased for affordable housing, Grand Central office building sells

Done Deals is a new 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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Sprouts Farmers Market, Badcock Furniture to open in Largo shopping plaza

Sprouts Farmers Market, Badcock Furniture to open in Largo shopping plaza

Organic grocer Sprouts Farmers Market is growing its footprint in Pinellas County and will open a new store in Largo's Keene Plaza Shopping Center.

St. Petersburg-based commercial real estate firm Paradise Ventures, which is redeveloping the Sundial shopping complex in downtown St. Pete, is demolishing 35,500 square feet of retail space at the northeast end of the retail plaza to make way for two new tenants - Sprouts Farmers Market and Badcock Home Furniture & More, which will relocate its showroom on Missouri Avenue to the new space.

The 85,299-square-foot plaza, at the northwest corner of Keene Road and East Bay Drive, was previously anchored by a Save A Lot and Bealls Outlet.

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Florida’s largest co-living developer to build more shared housing in St. Pete

Florida’s largest co-living developer to build more shared housing in St. Pete

Rents continue to soar in St. Petersburg where demand outpaces supply, but one local property management and development firm is addressing the economic issue by building      innovative co-living spaces throughout the city.  

In a co-living space, house members share kitchens, living rooms, and other communal areas.  

St. Petersburg-based Docked Living, a co-living developer that delivers a membership-based housing subscription rather than a traditional lease, is flipping several dormant properties. The company is Florida's largest co-living developer. 

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Interactive indoor playground and kid-friendly cafe to open on Central Avenue in St. Pete

Interactive indoor playground and kid-friendly cafe to open on Central Avenue in St. Pete

An interactive playhouse with everything from structures resembling castles where kids can role-play to a kid-friendly cafe serving coffee and pastries will open in downtown St. Petersburg. 

The new business, Run and Play Kids Cafe, is a joint venture between Jessica Gavin, owner of downtown's first toy shop Runrun Kids Store, and Hannah Rewarts, founder of the mobile coffee truck Bean Wandering

The space at 3950 Central Avenue, next door to the Runrun Kids Store, will have a 1,110-square-foot play area designed for children ages 6 months to 9 years old, as there will be separated and gated play zones with toys found at the Runrun Kids Store. 

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