CLEARWATER — A Latvian real estate developer has been buying up vacant storefronts in downtown Clearwater, and he’s making plans to fill them.
Daniels Ikajevs, who lives in a penthouse in the Water’s Edge condominium tower overlooking Clearwater Harbor, recently bought the tower’s 10,000-square-foot ground-floor retail space for $875,000. That space has been empty for five years, but Ikajevs is announcing his first tenant: an Italian gelato maker.
“They’re doing a build-out right now, and they plan to open in about 10 weeks,” Ikajevs said Thursday.
