New 50-unit affordable apartment complex opens in south St. Pete
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A 50-unit affordable housing complex in south St. Pete has completed construction and is now open. Leaders from the City of St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, and the developers were on hand at a ribbon cutting ceremony to christen the new property.
The Shores Apartments is located at 2605 31st Street South and was developed by The Richman Group with funding from the City of St. Petersburg and Pinellas County.
Pinellas County contributed $750,000 in Penny for Pinellas housing funds to acquire the land for the project while the City of St. Petersburg contributed $567,000 in funding from the South St. Petersburg Community Redevelopment Area (CRA).
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After years of holding services in trailers and renting venues for larger gatherings, the Chabad Jewish Center of Greater St. Petersburg has a new downtown home.
The two-story Chabad Center for Jewish Life and Learning at 533 4th Street North brings worship, classes, community meals, and celebrations together in a 14,000-square-foot building with a sanctuary, social hall, classrooms, library, commercial kosher kitchen, and rooftop deck.
Rabbi Alter Korf and his wife, Chaya Korf, celebrated the opening alongside hundreds of community members and supporters at a ribbon-cutting ceremony this past Sunday, October 25th. Programming began in the building in April.
“Today we don’t just mark the completion of the building but celebrate the beginning of a new era,” Rabbi Korf said during the ceremony.
The opening marks a significant change for an organization that has spent more than two decades working out of smaller spaces across St. Petersburg.