Mixed-Use ‘Whitney Village’ Planned for 3200 1st Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL
Four-and-a-half acres of the Jim & Heather Gills YMCA in St. Petersburg could soon be developed in a venture known as “Whitney Village.”
Four-and-a-half acres of the Jim & Heather Gills YMCA in St. Petersburg could soon be developed in a venture known as “Whitney Village.”
Bay Racket Club, LLC, led by William Jacome and Orlando Medellin, has submitted a pre-application for developing the Babylon Racquet Club, a 23-story mixed-use building planned at 240 Southeast 14th Street in Brickell, Miami. Positioned on a pie-shaped lot approximately 19,164 square feet (0.439 acres) in size, where SE 14th Street meets Brickell Bay Drive along Biscayne Bay, the project is designed to become downtown Miami’s premier racket sports and health/wellness center. The building aims to serve as a central recreational hub featuring indoor sports courts, a gym, a wellness center, dining facilities, hotel accommodations, and residential units. Rotterdam-based MVRDV is the design architect, with ODP Architecture & Design acting as the architect of record. The pre-application was filed on April 24 and is progressing through the approval process with Miami-Dade County.
Construction has started on the Strumm Place Townhomes in St. Petersburg, FL. The venture, expected to be move-in ready by early 2025, will comprise nine townhomes in three buildings.
Plans have been filed for Jackson Street Apartments, a 13-story apartment building proposed for 1830 – 1844 Jackson Street in Hollywood. Designed by Joseph B. Kaller of Kaller Architecture with Gabriela Fojt of The Mirror of Paradise as the landscape architect and developed by Menachem Trietel of Brooklyn-based Capitall Group in partnership with Isaac Khabie of ARK Ventures under the Fifty Street Investments LLC, the 140-foot-tall structure would yield a floor area of 148,366 square feet, which would include 200 rental apartments, approximately 1,384 square feet of ground floor retail space, and 236 parking spaces. Hollywood’s Planning and Development Board is scheduled to review the plans on May 14.
Our sources point to an exciting venture taking shape in Madeira Beach. The Beachmaker Hotel will measure eight stories above grade, offering 161 hotel condos and 10 penthouses.