Done Deals: Bar Mezzo debuts in EDGE District, Coffee shop opens in north St. Pete, Steakhouse coming to St. Pete Beach

Done Deals: Bar Mezzo debuts in EDGE District, Coffee shop opens in north St. Pete, Steakhouse coming to St. Pete Beach

Done Deals is a weekly column by St. Pete Rising spotlighting recent real estate market insight and significant deals happening in the Sunshine City and beyond. The following information is sourced from public records and trusted intel.

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Prominent developer purchases over four acres in St. Pete Beach, plans mixed-use condo project

Prominent developer purchases over four acres in St. Pete Beach, plans mixed-use condo project

Delray Beach-based real estate developer Kolter Urban has acquired 4.5 acres of waterfront property on St. Pete Beach, with the intention of developing a mixed-use residential project on the site.

Kolter has developed numerous condo towers in downtown St. Pete, including ONE St. Petersburg, which opened in 2019; Saltaire, which opened in 2023; and the upcoming Art House, which is on track to debut in 2025.

On Monday, Kolter paid $9.85 million for a vacant property at the east end of Corey Avenue that was previously slated to be developed into Corey Landing, a 243-unit apartment community with restaurants, shops, a park, and boat docks.

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Grove Surf and Coffee to rebuild St. Pete Beach shop after extensive damage from recent hurricanes

Grove Surf and Coffee to rebuild St. Pete Beach shop after extensive damage from recent hurricanes

Lindsey Gottschling and her husband Peter had their eyes glued to the monitor, watching the live camera footage of water flooding their specialty coffee bar and retail shop Grove Surf + Coffee on St. Pete Beach.

“It was like watching a car accident in slow motion. You can't pull yourself away from looking - and then the camera feed cut off,” Lindsey said to St. Pete Rising, reliving the moment Hurricane Milton wreaked havoc on their cafe as it slammed into Florida's western coast last week as a Category 3 storm.

The popular St. Pete Beach business opened in 2020 at 7370 Gulf Boulevard.

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Done Deals: Demolition commences on Coquina Key Plaza, Waterfront home sale sets record, Largo Golden Corral sells

Done Deals: Demolition commences on Coquina Key Plaza, Waterfront home sale sets record, Largo Golden Corral sells

Done Deals is a weekly column by St. Pete Rising spotlighting recent real estate market insight and significant deals happening in the Sunshine City and beyond. The following information is sourced from public records and trusted intel.

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Mexican-inspired No View Bar to replace Grillin N Chillin on St. Pete Beach 

Mexican-inspired No View Bar to replace Grillin N Chillin on St. Pete Beach 

A pair of seasoned restaurateurs will be taking over the Grillin' N Chillin' space on St. Pete Beach with a new concept. 

Business partners Austin Forsythe and Devynn Maurer are planning to open No View Bar, a new Mexican-inspired restaurant and bar, at 6708 Gulf Boulevard

The duo is subleasing the building from Jay Bowrey, owner of Grillin’ N Chillin’, a barbeque joint that currently operates in the space. 

Beginning in September, No View Bar will share the kitchen and dining space with Grillin’ N Chillin’ before fully taking over the building when Bowrey's lease expires in early 2025. 

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