16-story apartment building proposed for 4th Avenue North in downtown St. Pete
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A 16-story apartment building has been proposed for a vacant lot at 747 4th Avenue North in downtown St. Pete. The building is planned for a 14,177 square foot lot that abuts I-375 and previously had proposals for a seven-floor condominium building and a less dense townhome project.
The plans were filed on behalf of Commercial Street Partners, a full-service real estate development firm based in Rochester, New York.
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A Japanese mini truck is being transformed into a mobile café that will soon serve specialty coffee around St. Pete.
Evangeline’s Cafe is expected to debut later this summer, serving espresso drinks, matcha, chai, and more from the bed of a converted kei truck.
Owner Evangeline Fox plans to take the mobile café to local markets, concerts, art shows, and other events throughout St. Pete.
Fox, 25, moved from Maryland in 2019 to attend Eckerd College. While studying there, she became immersed in the local hospitality scene and developed an appreciation for the city’s independent coffee shops.
That sense of community is what eventually pushed her to start a café of her own.
“My friends and I would go to local coffee shops all the time, and I just saw how naturally a community could form around something as simple as a cup of coffee,” Fox said in a conversation with St. Pete Rising. “For me, it’s all about how coffee can connect people.”