[FloridaFuture]

I don't believe this one ever had its own thread, since the last time we had any real news on it it was before we made individual project threads for St. Pete stuff.

Work finally starts on downtown St. Petersburg’s newest hotel
Susan Taylor Martin
Published: February 22, 2018Updated: February 22, 2018 at 11:17 AM

ST. PETERSBURG — Nearly a decade after it was first proposed, a new boutique hotel in downtown St. Petersburg is finally under construction.

Workers are preparing the foundation of the Galaxy, an 11-story, 92-room hotel at Third Avenue N and First Street directly north off the Sundial shopping and entertainment plaza.

The city approved a site plan for the hotel in 2009 but developer and owner Savni Bakrac said today that he had to put the project on hold while architects redesigned the parking garage. Instead of being in the basement, as initially planned, it is now on the second level.

more here

http://www.tampabay.com/news/busine...wntown-St-Petersburg-s-newest-hotel_165728353

From the project website:

http://www.galaxyhotelflorida.com/

 

[apartmentev]

FINALLY! This is a great addition. St. Pete needs new hotels and this is a great fit.

 

[dpw1983]

Progress...

Also, doesn't this development sort of void the arguments of the Flori de Leon residents against BEZU?

 

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[FloridaFuture]

Moving pretty slowly.

 

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[dpw1983]

Progress...

 

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[dpw1983]

Top floor seems to vary a bit from the initial rendering. Perhaps they added an open space /rooftop amenity?

 

[Jasonhouse]

Great infill project.

 

[Brian72]

Drove through downtown St Pete, it is amazing how far things of come. I could not believe how big the city felt from the ground.

Everywhere you look there was activity and development.

There is still a lot of infill to be done but right now the city is on the map.

This is a great project.

 

[dpw1983]

Not much change on the outside since July, so assuming they're keeping busy on the inside.