Developer flipping a vacant Clearwater property into a $70M luxury residential project

Developer Brian Andrus' vision of transforming a piece of underutilized land in Clearwater into a residential property that takes full advantage of the waterfront is becoming a reality.

His project, dubbed the Marina Bay 880, is a 380,000-square-foot condominium development on a five-acre lot at 880 N. Osceola Ave. The project, which broke ground in October 2019, includes two eight-story buildings with a total of 87 condominiums with floor-to-ceiling windows that boasts views of the bay.

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Poet, author Jessica Mehta reads this week at Tombolo

The recipient of the Keep St. Pete Lit Writer’s Residency for 2021 is Jessica Mehta, an Oregon-based poet and novelist who has published 10 books. Mehta has just arrived in St. Petersburg to work with KSPL writers, and she’ll also give a reading Thursday (Aug. 12) at Tombolo Books.

Although her work includes novels and short stories, and she’s also a writer-for-hire (gotta keep those bills paid somehow), Mehta is at her core a poet. Her work is both personal and universal, visceral and ethereal, and for her, the most effective way to communicate.