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St. Petersburg has successfully blended business, sports and entertainment, the arts, education, hospitality and residences into one of the most vibrant downtowns anywhere. Some of the major projects contributing to this mix in recent years include:
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Recent St. Petersburg Developments:
 Expansion of Tropicana Field to host "Sweet 16" and Tampa Bay Devil Rays
BayWalk retail / entertainment complex and parking garage
Luxury condos: Florencia, The Cloisters, Vinoy Place
Townhouse developments: Huntington, Fareham Place, Straub Court
Renaissance Vinoy Conference Center
Multi-tenant offices: Bayview Tower, Florida Arcade, Kress Building
Single-tenant offices: Central Station, Bayboro Station
Dome District landscape / streetscape improvements
The Looper trolley
Recent developments at USF St. Petersburg:
Undergraduate studies expanded from 2-year upper division to full 4-years
University restructuring gives St. Petersburg campus greater autonomy
Graduate program in Marine Science elevated to "College" status
Center for Ocean Technology, an engineering branch of Marine Science
US Geological Survey doubled in size
Childrens Research Institute, a USF / All Childrens Hospital collaboration
Florida Center for Teachers, a USF / Florida Humanities Council collaboration
Family Village, a USF / YWCA collaboration
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Several key projects, now underway or planned, will have a profound effect on the next wave of development in downtown St. Petersburg. They include:
Several residential developments:
Vinoy Place Phase 2: completion of 120 luxury condos
The Madison: 275 upscale apartment development under
construction. Later phase includes 300+ apartments, urban super
market and retail
Historic Detroit condos: transformation of historic hotel
Loftsville: 16 loft condos
Charleston Place: 16 luxury Urban Town Homes
Hotels:
Hampton Inn: 80 room hotel on Beach Drive
Pennsylvania Hotel renovation
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Other Projects:
Transportation and Parking: consolidate parking and shuttle
services
New USF campus master plan, including plans for student
housing
USGS Phase 3 expansion
Port of St. Petersburg / Albert Whitted Airport master plan
initiatives.
Poynter Institute expansion: doubling the size of the journalism
institute
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