14-story luxury apartment tower tops out at Echelon City Center in north St. Pete
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A 14-story luxury apartment tower has topped out at Echelon City Center, an emerging master-planned development in the Carillon Office Park in north St. Pete.
The 363-unit tower is being built on a 1.68-acre site, dubbed “Site 7 & 8,” located directly west of the recently completed Park & Main apartment community.
The project will include over 17,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, a five-story parking garage, secured bicycle parking, and eight three-story townhomes.
St. Petersburg-based real estate company Echelon and South Florida-based general contractor KAST Construction broke ground on the yet-to-be-named 14-story apartment tower in March 2024.
The new tower will join several other multifamily communities that have been built at Echelon City Center in recent years. These include the 17-story, 176-unit Park & Main, which opened earlier this year, as well as the 15-story, 226-unit WaterView Apartments and the five-story, 298-unit Axio at Carillon Apartments, both of which opened in 2021.
At full buildout, the 20.5-acre Echelon City Center will feature over 2,300 multifamily units, 150,000 square feet of retail space, and 20,000 square feet of office space.
“After delivering WaterView Apartments in Phase 1 and completing Park & Main Apartments ahead of schedule in Phase 2, Site 7 & 8 is on track to become another chapter in this growing success story,” KAST Construction wrote in a social media post, celebrating the milestone.
To date, KAST has built 765 units and 1,532,358 square feet of high-rise construction in the landmark development.
“With the structure topped out, this massive podium project now accelerates into the finishing phase - bringing us one step closer to completion,” the team added.
The ground floor will feature retail, a residential lobby, amenity spaces, secured bicycle storage, and townhome units surrounding five levels of parking.
Site plan for the 20.5-acre Echelon City Center will feature over 2,300 multifamily units, 150,000 square feet of retail space, and 20,000 square feet of office space | Echelon
A pool deck will be located on the sixth-floor amenity level, surrounded by outdoor games and lounge areas, a gym, a clubroom with a sports simulator, and a coworking space.
The apartment units will be located on floors 7 through 14.
Echelon is working with ARC3 Architecture, which has designed several other buildings in the Echelon City Center development.
In early 2026, Echelon is expected to break ground on its next development at Echelon City Center—a 21-story mixed-use luxury high-rise hotel and apartment tower.
Today, the Carillon Office Park houses some of the county’s largest employers, including Raymond James Financial and Franklin Templeton Investments.
The business park is also set to be the future home of Foot Locker, which is being acquired by Dick’s Sporting Goods and has secured 111,000 square feet at 570 Carillon Parkway.
