City to review plans for downtown tower

Local developer Echelon Real Estate Services is planning to build a new $96 million, 33-story tower on 3rd Street. 

On Nov. 3, the St. Petersburg City Council, meeting as the CRA (Community Redevelopment Agency), will review the proposed plan for the tower that will have 368 apartment units, 15,525 square feet of commercial space and a 323-space parking garage at 235 3rd St. South. 

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A peninsula on a peninsula, St. Petersburg's most significant resource is its extensive coastline; in addition to recreational activities, it also provides another valuable commodity - data.

While water-related tourism is an obvious economic driver, local leaders now hope to utilize improved collection, analysis and dissemination of marine-based data to spur financial growth and address societal challenges. The nation’s leading scientists refer to it as the “new blue economy.”

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