Orlando Health completes Institute Square, a new medical campus next to Bayfront Hospital in downtown St. Pete
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Orlando Health has completed construction on Institute Square, a new medical campus just north of its 480-bed Bayfront Hospital in downtown St. Petersburg’s Innovation District.
The development spans an entire city block bounded by 5th Avenue South, 6th Avenue South, 7th Street South, and 8th Street South.
It includes a four-story Orlando Health Medical Pavilion, a three-story Orlando Health Women’s Pavilion, and a five-story, 817-space parking garage that also houses an imaging center and a wound care center.
Hospital leaders are expected to formally mark the opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on February 12th.
Construction on the project began in late 2023, led by Turner Construction Company. Orlando-based construction firm Finfrock built the parking garage.
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A new family-owned restaurant serving pizzas, burgers, empanadas, and other Argentinian dishes is preparing to open in Pinellas Park.
Pizzardis will open at 7820 49th Street North, near England Brothers Park and the Pinellas Park Performing Arts Center. The building was previously home to Pinellas Park's Fresh Produce.
Owner Victoria Fecarotta said she and her husband expect to welcome their first customers during the last week of September.
For Fecarotta, the restaurant is rooted in memories of food bringing people together in Argentina, from long Sunday lunches to Friday nights spent sharing pizza with family.
She moved to the United States in 2001 and, after years in the restaurant business and previously owning a restaurant with her husband in Chicago, is ready to open a place of her own in Pinellas County.