Developer will pay for city’s crane damage costs

The development firm behind St. Petersburg’s tallest tower will reimburse the city for all costs associated with Hurricane Milton blowing a construction crane into a neighboring office building.

The subcontractor responsible for the 500-foot tower crane could also face various $1,500 daily fines for not opening adjacent downtown roadways and sidewalks by city-mandated deadlines. The equipment at the Residences at 400 Central construction site caused widespread damage when a sizable section flew into an eight-story building at 490 1st Ave. S.

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Members of the St. Petersburg City Council learned Thursday about hurricane damage to the St. Pete Pier. There was good news and bad news.

The Glazer Family Playground, said the City’s Managing Director of Development Chris Ballestra, was completely submerged by Hurricane Milton’s heavy rain, in the wake of Hurricane Helene’s storm surge. The ground cover consists of artificial turf with a substrate of foam (“for safety issues”). All of it, he said, “became floating, and we were initially under the impression that it would all have to be replaced.”

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