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Places This Week: Lyceum at Mirror Lake enters the market
It was built as the First Christian Church of St. Petersburg in 1926.
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A 24,690 square-foot, three-story building at 302 Grove Street, St. Petersburg, currently owned and occupied by Bridgepoint Church, has entered the market with an asking price of $7.5 million.
In 1924, a group purchased the 0.31 acres of land, situated across from Mirror Lake, and built the First Christian Church of St. Petersburg. It was completed in 1926.
When the Depression forced the church into foreclosure, some of the members repurchased the property at a public sale and renamed it the Mirror Lake Christian Church.
In 1992, following decreasing memberships and financial concerns, the church closed its doors. A consulting firm purchased the property in 1999 and turned it into the Lyceum at Mirror Lake, an event and wedding venue. The building returned to a house of worship when it was purchased by Bridgepoint Church Inc. in 2016 for $2.7 million.
Highlights of the property include an amphitheater with seating for up to 600, a suite of multi-purpose rooms, two kitchen spaces on separate floors, a catering door and access on the first floor, an elevator, new roofs in 2023 and 2025 and 51 deeded parking spaces in an adjacent garage.
The listing is provided by Scott Clendening and Austin Karrick with Commercial Partners Realty.
4603 Osprey Drive S., St. Petersburg. Photo: Realtor.com.
Two parcels with two elevated homes list
Two plots of land, each with a single-family home, at 4601 and 4603 Osprey Drive S., St. Petersburg, have listed for sale with a combined asking price of $2.9 million.
4601 Osprey Drive S. provides a three-story, wood-sided property built in 1988 and situated on a 0.79-acre plot of land.
The two-bedroom/two-bath home features 1,215 square feet of living space along with an 810 square-foot garage on the lower level, a 192 square-foot carport, a work area and waterfront dock access with space for two boats. The bathrooms and kitchen were updated in 2018 and a new tankless water heater was installed in 2024.
4603 Osprey Drive S. is a 3.03-acre parcel with a four-story, 4,639 gross square-foot home built in 1988. Originally a two-bedroom/two-bath property, a primary suite and bath were added in 2003. Additional updates include second-floor cedar siding in 2020, new HVAC in 2021 and a new asphalt roof and water heater in 2023.
Outdoors is a dock with a lift and 400 feet of shoreline. Neither property sustained damage from last season’s hurricanes.
The seller, represented by Sandy Hartmann with Coastal Properties Group, purchased the 4601 property in 2018 for $352,000 and the 4603 property in 2002 for $350,000.
200 66th Street N., St. Petersburg. Photo: LoopNet.com.
Residential, office or redevelopment opportunity
A 0.41-acre parcel at 200 66th Street N., St. Petersburg, currently with a single-family home on-site, has listed for $799,000.
With CRT-1 Zoning, the 3,102 gross square-foot structure can remain as a home, turned into an office or the entire plot of land can be redeveloped for multi-family or commercial purposes. Previous plans had been drawn for construction of 10 townhomes.
Permitted uses include an assisted living facility, bank, nursing home, general medical or veterinary office, bed and breakfast, health club and more.
Built in 1950, the one-story residence features a living and dining area, a separate family room, kitchen, a primary bedroom with an office and an ensuite bath, a second bedroom with a full bathroom, a laundry area and two attached garages.
Behind the home are three additional garages able to accommodate up to four vehicles. A large courtyard separates the two structures.
The property is located in Flood Zone X and 300 feet from a SunRunner bus stop. It was last purchased in 2020 for $308,000.
Kris Dumke and Dee Maret with Bridgewater Commercial Real Estate are the listing agents.
1925 Beach Drive SE, St. Petersburg. Photo: Homes.com.
1920 waterfront estate sells in Old Southeast
Listed in December 2024, a 7,247 square-foot estate at 1925 Beach Drive SE In the Old Southeast neighborhood of St. Petersburg sold Aug. 25 for $3.45 million.
The 0.36-acre parcel features two structures: a two-story home built in 1920 and offering 4,658 square feet of living space; and a two-story, 1,104 heated square-foot detached garage built in 1940 with an air-conditioned fitness room on the first level and guest quarters upstairs.
The main level of the residence features a spacious living and dining area with expansive waterfront views, a family room with a stone gas fireplace and access to outdoor dining, a chef’s kitchen with Bosch and Thermador appliances and a porcelain farm sink, and an office with a full bath and a wrap-around veranda.
Upstairs is the primary suite with a sitting area, an ensuite bath with a garden tub and walk-in shower and a wraparound balcony with full water views. Also on this floor are three additional bedrooms with private balconies facing the bay.
Above the detached garage is a 700 square-foot guest apartment with a studio bedroom, full kitchen, bonus room and full bath.
Outdoors is lush landscaping, fruit trees, a heated saltwater pool with a sun shelf and a cedar pavilion for outdoor dining.
The seller, represented by Angela Crieco and Nikki Grieco with Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, purchased the property in 2022 for $2.3 million. Carolyn Gomez with Re/Max Metro represented the buyer.
421 11th Avenue NE, St. Petersburg. Photo: Homes.com.
Two-building residential property lists in Old Northeast
A renovated single-family house built in 1940, along with a separate three-unit income producing property built in 1925, located at 421 and 425 11th Avenue NE, St. Petersburg, has listed with an asking price of $1.45 million.
421 11th Avenue NE is a one-story, 748 heated square-foot home that sits in the front of the 0.18-acre property. It provides two bedrooms and two full bathrooms.
425 11th Avenue NE is a two-story, 1,784 heated square-foot building that sits behind the main home. On the lower level is a one bedroom, one-and-a-half bath apartment and a separate studio. Upstairs is a one bedroom, one bath apartment with its own outside staircase and private entrance.
All of the units share a laundry and fully-fenced backyard, have their own off-street parking space and are being sold fully furnished. The future owner could rent out all of the units or live in the single-family home and maintain the back building as a rental property. Currently all of the spaces are tenant-occupied.
The property is situated three blocks from the North Shore waterfront and parks and a short distance to downtown St. Petersburg.
The seller, under the registered name Homebody Investments LLC, purchased the property in 2023 for $1.5 million. The listing is care of Zorka Vlasik with Charles Rutenberg Realty, Inc.
1466 Gulf to Bay Boulevard, Clearwater. Photo: R Marketplace.
Clearwater Airbnb and Vrbo investment property sells
Jambu Suites, an 11-unit hospitality property at 1466 Gulf to Bay Boulevard, Clearwater, sold Aug. 26 for $1.85 million, $45,000 below the list price of $1.99 million.
The .54-acre lot allows for diverse land uses, making it prime for expansion or mixed-use development.
Completed between 1948 and 1956, the four one-story buildings together provide 4,504 square feet of living space.
Seven units were renovated in 2023 and four remain unfinished. All were vacant at the time of the sale.
The property has frontage on three streets – Gulf to Bay Boulevard, DeLeon Street and Franklin Street – and is in close proximity to downtown Clearwater, beaches and two lake parks.
The seller, REIT4, a real estate investment firm based in Tampa, purchased the property in 2022 for $1.2 million. The purchaser, TRBA, LLC, is a limited liability company based in Tampa.
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