January 28, 2025

Cool Vibes Pub & Grub expands to St. Pete Beach with new bar and entertainment venue

January 28, 2025/ Veronica Brezina

The Cool Vibes Pub & Grub restaurant in St. Petersburg known for its divey sports bar atmosphere and elevated bar food, is expanding to the waterfront on St. Pete Beach.

The local watering hole, which will continue operating at its flagship location at 5488 58th Street North, will open a second spot dubbed Cool Vibes on the Beach at 6800 Sunset Way fronting the bright pink Gulf Winds Resort.

An exact opening date has not yet been announced.

January 08, 2025

Local hotelier buys Old Florida hotel property on St. Pete Beach

January 08, 2025/ Veronica Brezina

The 18-key Beach Haven Villas hotel, located on the picturesque shores of St. Pete Beach, now has a new owner—a prominent and well-established local hotelier.

Kevin Bowden, owner of St. Pete Beach's Miramar Resort and Cambria Hotel on Madeira Beach, purchased the Art Deco-styled hotel at 4980 Gulf Boulevard from Beach Haven LLC in a roughly $6.24 million deal. Beach Haven LLC is a local small business whose President is Carolyn Thatcher.

Bowden took out a $4.65 million mortgage loan from St. Pete-based real estate specialty finance firm Directed Capital in the transaction.

November 21, 2024

Miramar Beach Resort expansion, rooftop restaurant approved in St. Pete Beach

November 21, 2024/ Veronica Brezina

A new 30-unit hotel tower is expected to rise at the Miramar Beach Resort, transforming the property along St. Pete Beach’s shoreline.

During a Tuesday St. Pete Beach planning board meeting, the members unanimously voted to support a conditional use approval (CUP) for the redevelopment and expansion of the resort at 4200 Gulf Boulevard.

The existing two-story, two-building resort, which has been a staple since 1953, would demolish 10 of the existing hotel units in favor of a new 76-foot hotel building at the rear of the site just behind the towering sand dunes.

November 08, 2024

Done Deals: Bar Mezzo debuts in EDGE District, Coffee shop opens in north St. Pete, Steakhouse coming to St. Pete Beach

November 08, 2024/ Veronica Brezina

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November 07, 2024

Prominent developer purchases over four acres in St. Pete Beach, plans mixed-use condo project

November 07, 2024/ Veronica Brezina

Delray Beach-based real estate developer Kolter Urban has acquired 4.5 acres of waterfront property on St. Pete Beach, with the intention of developing a mixed-use residential project on the site.

Kolter has developed numerous condo towers in downtown St. Pete, including ONE St. Petersburg, which opened in 2019; Saltaire, which opened in 2023; and the upcoming Art House, which is on track to debut in 2025.

On Monday, Kolter paid $9.85 million for a vacant property at the east end of Corey Avenue that was previously slated to be developed into Corey Landing, a 243-unit apartment community with restaurants, shops, a park, and boat docks.