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Building to mix business, living
The 16-story tower will be on the southeast corner of First Avenue S and Fourth Street and have retail and condominiums.
By SHARON L. BOND
Published January 29, 2006
ST. PETERSBURG - A downtown corner now home to an empty building will be developed into a 16-story tower that will have retail, parking and both office and residential condominiums.
This project will differ from the many others recently built or now under construction downtown because 70 percent of its space will go to commercial interests and only 30 percent to residential. Most of the condominium projects built or under construction in downtown St. Petersburg offer some commercial space, usually at street level, but are mostly for residences.
Triann Tower will be built on the southeast corner of First Avenue S and Fourth Street. Steve Anderson is manager of the company that will develop the site. He said the project came about after he and his partners had trouble finding office space for their companies.
"We bought the property," said Anderson. "It does not include the Masonic building."
Details on size and number of units have not been finalized, Anderson said. He hired Sydness Architects P.C. of New York City to design the project.
The small, one-story building on the site once housed Shouppe Travel Center and then Sir Speedy print business. Sir Speedy moved to First Avenue N in 2003.
The development site is just across Fourth Street from the St. Petersburg Times building.
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