Brian Zucker

St. Pete's iconic Dairy Inn ice cream shop, which closed its doors in November after operating for 76 years in Crescent Lake, will be razed for a new residential development. Local real estate investor Everett Vance, owner of The Vance Group and broker at Premier Properties, plans to build six mode

A new coffee roaster that focuses on specialty coffees is up and running at 1920 ½ 1st Avenue South , behind Spitfire Comedy House, in St. Petersburg’s Grand Central District. Look Alive Coffee is owned and operated by Kelly Packard, who was born in Clearwater but then moved to Dallas, Texas with

The owners of COPA, a cocktail, wine, and tapas bar that opened in fall 2019 at 1047 Central Avenue in the EDGE District, are taking over the adjoining property at 1045 Central Avenue — formerly home to Italy Bottega, an Italian restaurant — and plan to open a daytime café in the space. “We hav

Hundreds of contractors from Suffolk Construction are pouring concrete floor by floor for 400 Central, a 46-story luxury condominium tower under construction in downtown St. Pete. The tower, which adds a floor every six days, is now more than halfway complete at 250 feet high. New York billionaire

It’s been nine months since 400 Beach abruptly closed for renovations. However, instead of reopening, the seafood restaurant and tap house will be replaced by an entirely new restaurant and cocktail lounge expected to open this summer. Juno and the Peacock is set to take the place of 400 Beach, a l

An authentic Turkish restaurant serving chargrilled chicken kebap, fresh babaganoush, and slow-braised lamb shank is coming to Central Avenue this winter. Bosphorous, which refers to the body of water that lies in the center of Istanbul and connects Europe to Asia, will take over a portion of the g

Greystar Real Estate Partners is putting the finishing touches on an apartment community at the corner of Gandy Boulevard and 28th Street in north St. Pete. Earlier this month, the first residents started moving into Marlowe Gateway located at 2790 Grand Avenue . The new apartment complex featu

One of the largest properties in St. Pete’s up-and-coming Warehouse Arts District has been sold. Factory Investors of St Pete LLC, owned by St. Pete-based real estate investors Tom and Cory Gaffney, has acquired a 6.5-acre property located southwest of downtown St. Pete at 2606 Fairfield Avenue So

South St. Pete may soon be home to one of the area’s most popular grocery stores. Earlier today, the St. Petersburg City Council approved a lease and development agreement with Sugar Hill Group to redevelop Tangerine Plaza into 115 affordable apartments and 10,000 square feet of commercial space, w

This month’s edition of Aerial St. Pete shows the construction progress on seven residential towers currently under construction throughout downtown St. Petersburg. Aerial St. Pete is a column by St. Pete Rising which features exclusive aerial photography of projects under construction in St. Peter