After more than a century in downtown St. Pete, Trinity Lutheran Church will put its historic property at 401 5th Street North up for sale.

The decision to sell, which was recently approved by the church’s required two-thirds majority of the congregation, follows the church's 2025 merger with Hope Lutheran Church.

It will allow the congregation to bring all worship services and ministries together at Hope’s campus on 62nd Avenue North in the Meadowlawn neighborhood.

"The building is 100 years old. The congregation is 115," Pastor Paul Gibson told St. Pete Rising. "Churches are about the people and about the impact they make on the community."

"This decision is not about leaving behind our past, but about faithfully embracing our future," Gibson added. "By bringing our congregation together in one location, we can focus our time, resources and energy where they matter most – on strengthening our ministry, serving our neighbors and continuing to share God's love for many years to come."

Keiser University's Clearwater campus could be redeveloped into an apartment community under a proposal currently being reviewed by the City of Largo.

North Carolina-based Aventon Companies has submitted a preliminary site plan application to the city to redevelop the approximately 12-acre property at 16120 U.S. Highway 19 North into a 355-unit apartment community.

The property, which is under contract with Aventon, is owned by Clearwater-based Crown Pointe on 19 LLC, an entity controlled by Colliers Executive Vice President John Gerlach.

Whether the project ultimately moves forward, however, remains uncertain due to ongoing litigation between the university and its landlord.

According to a lawsuit filed June 10th in Pinellas County Circuit Court, Keiser alleges Crown Pointe improperly terminated its lease in an effort to facilitate the sale or redevelopment of the property. The university is seeking to preserve its lease rights while the case proceeds.

Madeira Beach commissioners unanimously approved plans Wednesday for a six-story, 87-room Marriott Tribute Portfolio hotel in the heart of John’s Pass Village.

The 4-0 vote approved the project's development agreement, rezoning request, and associated right-of-way vacation. Commissioner David Tagliarini was absent.

The $150 million project, led by local developer Bill Karns in partnership with Caddy's owner Marcus Winters, will transform a 1.5-acre surface parking lot at the southeastern corner of 129th Avenue East and Pelican Lane into an 87-room boutique hotel with restaurants, retail space, a rooftop pool, a public park, and a parking garage.

The hotel will operate under Marriott's Tribute Portfolio, a collection of independent boutique hotels, and will function as a condo-hotel, allowing individual buyers place their units into a rental program when not using them.

Designed by Tim Clemmons of Place Architecture, the building draws inspiration from the traditional fishing village character of John's Pass, incorporating colorful exterior siding, metal roofs, shutters, and architectural details intended to complement the surrounding waterfront storefronts and restaurants.

St. Petersburg Catholic High School is preparing for the largest campus expansion in its nearly 70-year history.

On Wednesday, the St. Petersburg Development Review Commission approved a long-term master plan that will add new academic, athletic, and administrative buildings while modernizing existing facilities and campus infrastructure.

Over the past several years, enrollment has grown from approximately 285 students to about 550 as the school expanded its academic offerings.

To support those needs and address aging infrastructure, the college preparatory school at 6363 9th Avenue North is planning a multi-phase, $64 million campus expansion and modernization.

Wednesday’s approval allows St. Petersburg Catholic to construct 163,133 square feet of new academic, athletic, and administrative facilities, along with additional athletic fields, across 11 phases.

St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch has selected The Burg Bid team, led by St. Pete-based Blake Investment Partners, to redevelop the Historic Gas Plant District.

The proposal envisions an estimated $8.1 billion mixed-use redevelopment featuring more than 3,600 affordable and workforce housing units, a new Woodson African American Museum of Florida, parks, hotels, office space, retail and workforce development facilities across the 58-acre site.

The announcement marks the city's first major redevelopment decision since the collapse of the previous redevelopment agreement between the Tampa Bay Rays and Hines in early 2025.

Welch announced the selection Wednesday following a months-long competitive process that drew nine unsolicited proposals from development teams across the country.

The City of St. Pete is one step closer to deciding the future of a three-acre property at Commerce Park in south St. Pete.

In April, the City issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a collection of 19 city-owned parcels along 22nd Street South in the Deuces corridor.

The site, which sits directly across from the Manhattan Casino, is within a historically significant area that once served as a hub for Black-owned businesses, restaurants, and entertainment venues before decades of disinvestment and the construction of I-275 reshaped the corridor.

The property has been the subject of multiple redevelopment plans over the past two decades, none of which have fully panned out.

The city began assembling the land in 2007 under Mayor Rick Baker with plans for a manufacturing and industrial employment center, but those plans stalled during the Great Recession.

A second push under Mayor Rick Kriseman brought plans for a manufacturing facility and a Euro Cycles dealership, and construction even began in 2018.

But the project ultimately fell apart, forcing the city to unwind parts of the deal.

A Chicago development team is preparing to begin construction on a 24-story apartment tower in downtown St. Pete, bringing 373 apartments, ground-floor retail, and a rooftop lounge to a site just steps from Central Avenue.

Focus is actively conducting early groundwork testing at 275 5th Street South as it moves toward construction of its first project in the local market.

The project has been years in the making.

While Focus purchased the 0.92-acre property from Tampa-based investment firm EquiAlt in a $20.25 million transaction in 2023, rising interest rates and a challenging capital environment slowed multifamily development projects across the country.

Finally, the project is moving ahead.