Oakberry Açai sets opening date for downtown St. Pete location

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Oakberry Açai sets opening date for downtown St. Pete location

A Brazilian-born brand that specializes in açai bowls and smoothies has set an opening date for its first location in Tampa Bay.

Oakberry will welcome guests to its newest shop at 205 1st Street North in downtown St. Pete on Monday, January 27th. A grand opening is scheduled for 11:00 am on Saturday February 1st, where the first 100 customers will receive a free açai bowl.

The space that Oakberry occupies was formerly home to HaleLife Bakery, which relocated to the Warehouse Arts District last year.

The St. Pete shop is owned by local St. Pete resident Sarah Schermerton Murphy, who was introduced to the Oakberry brand while playing competitive volleyball matches in Brazil and California, where the company has a major presence.

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33-story apartment tower 3rd & 3rd to begin vertical construction in downtown St. Pete

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33-story apartment tower 3rd & 3rd to begin vertical construction in downtown St. Pete

Vertical construction is imminent at downtown St. Pete’s next high-rise tower.

Next week, crews from KAST Construction will start pouring the foundation for 3rd & 3rd, a 33-story 262-unit apartment tower currently under construction in downtown St. Pete.

It’ll be one of the largest foundation pours ever completed in the city.

The main core mat foundation pour, consisting of 4,000 cubic yards of concrete, will commence on Friday January 24th at 8:00 p.m. and last between 12 to 14 hours.

The team estimates that roughly 380 to 420 concrete trucks will make their way through the project site located at 235 3rd Street South on the northwest corner of 3rd Avenue South and 3rd Street directly across from the Publix-anchored University Village shopping center.

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Red Thread, serving flavors of the Silk Road, will open this month in downtown St. Pete

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Red Thread, serving flavors of the Silk Road, will open this month in downtown St. Pete

Red Thread, the hotly anticipated restaurant from the owners of Saigon Blonde, is expected to open on Sunday January 19th in the heart of downtown St. Pete.

The finishing touches are being put on the new upscale restaurant, located at 300 1st Avenue North, that will invite diners on a culinary journey to explore the rich tapestry of the ancient Silk Road.

More specifically, Red Thread will explore the diverse flavors of China, India, Persia, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean — all of the territories along the Silk Road, a network of trade routes spanning 4,000 miles connecting the East and West from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century. 

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2,084-unit apartment community Sky Town to include affordable housing after approval of county funds

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2,084-unit apartment community Sky Town to include affordable housing after approval of county funds

One of the largest residential projects currently in development in St. Petersburg will now include affordable housing thanks to financial support from Pinellas County.

On Tuesday, the Pinellas County Commission unanimously approved $5.5 million for the construction of the first phase of Sky Town, which is expected to break ground in March and include 401 apartments, 121 of which will now be affordable.

Sky Town, which is being developed by Coral Gables-based Altis Cardinal, is a massive mixed-use development expected to bring 2,084 apartments across six five-story buildings to 3201 34th Street South in the Skyway Marina District.

The project, which sits on 34.2 acres, will also include over 80,000 square feet of retail space, 22,500 square feet of office space, 4,000 parking spaces, and 119,160 square feet of self-storage space.

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Mixed-use townhome community Strum Place nearing completion in west St. Pete

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Mixed-use townhome community Strum Place nearing completion in west St. Pete

Strum Place, an upcoming townhome community being built alongside a reimagined historic office space, is nearing completion on Central Avenue in west St. Pete.

St. Pete-based J Square Developers and Backstreets Capital are spearheading the nine-unit luxury townhome project at 6366 Central Avenue, located along the SunRunner bus rapid transit (BRT) route.

The project is named after The Strum family, one of the pioneering families of west St. Petersburg that resided in the two-story house after its completion in 1925. Alban D. “Al” Strum was a champion speedboat racer and the former Commodore of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club, and his wife Shirley was a founder of St. Petersburg’s Junior League.

The Strums lived at the home for over 30 years until it was converted into a funeral home in 1958.

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