Steakhouse and martini bar The Blu Halo coming to north St. Pete

Steakhouse and martini bar The Blu Halo coming to north St. Pete

A new steak and seafood restaurant is coming to north St. Pete in early 2025.

The Blu Halo Restaurant and Bar in Tallahassee will open a second location at 221 Main Street North on the ground floor of Park & Main, the recently completed 17-story luxury apartment complex in Carillon Park’s Echelon City Center.

Park & Main is the newest residential building to open in the master-planned neighborhood, which will contain 2,300 multifamily units (of which 700 are already completed), a 120-key extended stay hotel, 150,000 square feet of retail, and 20,000 square feet of office space once complete.

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17-story apartment tower Park & Main opens in north St. Pete

17-story apartment tower Park & Main opens in north St. Pete

The first residents have started moving into Park & Main, the recently completed 17-story luxury apartment complex in north St. Petersburg’s emerging Echelon City Center.

First announced in the early 2000s, Echelon City Center is a 20.5-acre mixed-use project being developed in the Carillon Office Park by St. Pete-based real estate company Echelon.

Park & Main is the newest residential building to open in the neighborhood at 221 Main Street North.

At 187 feet tall, the 176-unit apartment tower is one of the tallest buildings in St. Petersburg outside of downtown.

South Florida-based general contractor KAST Construction broke ground on the building in 2022.

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Aerial St. Pete: Photos from the sky of construction around St. Petersburg

Aerial St. Pete: Photos from the sky of construction around St. Petersburg

This month’s edition of Aerial St. Pete shows the progress on several real estate developments throughout St. Petersburg, FL. Aerial St. Pete is a column by St. Pete Rising which features exclusive aerial photography of projects under construction in St. Pete. To accomplish this, we have teamed up with AB3 Visuals

In this article we are taking a look at Jordan Park Senior Housing, Lake Maggiore Apartments, The EDGE Collective, Park & Main, The METRO, and Whole Foods.

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17-story apartment building breaks ground in St. Pete’s Echelon City Center

17-story apartment building breaks ground in St. Pete’s Echelon City Center

A new apartment building is under construction at Echelon City Center, a master-planned development, in the Carillon business park of St. Pete.

Earlier this year, St. Pete Rising reported on a 17-story apartment building planned for a 1.88-acre site, dubbed “Site9,” at 221 Main Street North.

After completion site preparations earlier this year, a tower crane has been erected on site and vertical construction is ready to begin.

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17-story apartment building is planned for Echelon City Center in St. Pete’s Gateway area

17-story apartment building is planned for Echelon City Center in St. Pete’s Gateway area

A new residential tower has been proposed for Echelon City Center in St. Pete’s Gateway area.

Echelon City Center is a master-planned mixed-use development being built by Echelon, a St. Petersburg-based real estate company. Announced in the early 2000s, the community will have residential units, office space, a hotel, and ground-floor retail. However, plans for the development have changed over time.

The proposed 17-story tower is planned for a 1.88-acre site, dubbed “Site 9”, that sits between two recently completed multifamily developments – Waterview and Axio at Carillon.

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