The St. Petersburg Housing Authority (SPHA) and Blue Sky Communities have teamed up on a new affordable housing complex in Pinellas County. The Hartford will comprise 95 residential units––a 102 percent increase from the original 47 units proposed. Communal amenities could include pickleball courts and shuffleboard.
Due to community concerns, Skyward Living, a St. Pete-based developer led by local Hudson Harr, is revising the plans for the Lake House condominium tower on Mirror Lake. Initially proposed as an 18-story building, the new plan scales the development to an 11-story upscale condominium at 200 Mirror Lake Drive North, designed by Tim Clemmons and Jenny Miers of Place Architecture.
Johnson Development Associates has broken ground on the Sora Vista Apartments, a residential development in Palm Harbor. The garden-style community will offer 264 residences, measuring 800 t0 1,400 square feet each.
Developers are continuing to move forward with Lake House in St. Petersburg, although it has scaled back the venture significantly amid community concerns. Initially, the residential tower was to measure 18 stories above grade and offer 77 units.
Developers Ellison Development, J Square Developers, DDA Development, and Backstreets Capital, LLC, recently broke ground on The Central, a transformative 2.1-acre project at 1301 Central Avenue, the site of the former St. Petersburg Police Department. This significant development introduces the first 4-star hotel in downtown St. Petersburg since The Vinoy, marking a notable addition to the city’s infrastructure. Alongside the hotel, The Central will feature the city’s first new Class A office space in decades, over 500 public parking spaces, workforce housing, retail space, and a monument by nationally recognized artist Ya La’ford, honoring the Courageous 12.
