Downtown St. Petersburg is growing by leaps and bounds, with a dynamic cultural, business, and retail landscape. The area’s revitalization is bringing new shops, restaurants, craft breweries, residential developments, cultural centers, and research facilities to the center of town.
Downtown’s key areas of interest include:
The Innovation District with the University of South Florida/St. Petersburg campus and Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital and Research Center
Bayboro Harbor with a concentration of marine institutions, a museum district of seven institutions, and several major arts districts spanning from the waterfront up Central Avenue.
According to the city’s economic development site, 10 corporations have relocated their offices from outside of St. Petersburg to the downtown area since 2014. As of 2018, the downtown area is home to 1,735 businesses. Top industries by employees are led by private administration, followed by health care and social assistance, and professional, scientific, and tech services.
In addition, the organization reports that over the past five years, the number of dwelling units downtown has increased by almost 20%.
Here’s a map of the new projects under development in the downtown area alone.
Comments