The Central Avenue block that houses businesses such as Dirty Laundry and The Burg Bar and Grill – and the former home of the Hideaway Cafe – will be the site of a mixed-use residential project.
During a Thursday city council meeting, the councilmembers, meeting as the Community Redevelopment Agency, unanimously approved Trammell Crow Residential’s seven-story project that will occupy the entire block, finding it consistent with Intown West Redevelopment Plan.
Earlier this week, the St. Petersburg Development Review Commission also approved vacation of an alley for the project.
Trammell Crow Residential, a subsidiary of Crow Holdings, had filed an application with the city to build a 267-unit apartment building with ground-floor retail at the site for the project named Alexan 1700. The $105 million complex would include 18,000 square feet of commercial space with 75% of the retail fronting Central Avenue.
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