The urban renaissance is alive and well in downtown St. Petersburg. While several new condos and towers in the area have been getting a lot of publicity recently, it seems that the next new trend is townhouse living.
The appeal of having all the luxuries of a house with the backdrop of downtown in your backyard, and the accessibility and walkability to local destinations may make the lure of townhouses downright irresistible.
Here is a look at what is on the horizon for townhouses in downtown St. Petersburg.
Center City Townhomes
While several residential projects are underway in downtown St. Petersburg, one innovative project in particular stands out from the rest. It is small, but mighty.
Center City Townhomes will be comprised of just two units at 325 2
nd Street North. While only offering two units, do not underestimate the offerings given at the $1.2 million properties.
“Each unit will be over 2,700-square-feet,” says Brooks Matheson, President of Matheson Designs, LLC.
With three-bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and a family room overlooking a private pool, the three-story townhouses will offer plenty of space for downtown living. Among some of the other luxurious amenities found in the properties are a media room on the third floor, which can also be used as an office, two-car garage, private elevator and a 600-square-foot roof top deck with covered porch.
“I have lived in St. Petersburg for six years now and have fallen in love with the area,” says Matheson. “The downtown corridor is a great place to live and work. Coming from the Miami area, to see a downtown with so much green space and walkability, I knew I wanted to build something here.”
Construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2016.
Regent Lane
With a British mews theme, these four-story townhomes located less than two blocks from Beach Drive offer future residents the chance to enjoy all that downtown St. Petersburg has to offer.
“I believe the potential for an urban lifestyle that has been established in downtown St. Pete will be easily accessible to the homeowners of my project,” says Neil Rauenhorst, President of
NJR properties investment, LLC.
The 20-units within
Regent Lane will be located in a gated community. Each townhome will be over 2,300-square-feet, with three-bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and a private rooftop terrace -- offering plenty of room for a young family with children.
Rauenhorst together with Mark Stephenson, Architect and Principal of
WS Architecture and Matthew Foster, President of
Peregrine Homes, LLC are all working on the project set to be completed summer 2016.
The Brownstones
New Englanders now residing in the Sunshine City within the Sunshine State now have a housing option that will make them feel a little more a home with The Brownstones of St. Petersburg.
“Being from New York myself, I know there are a lot of people who live here, who are originally from New York and Boston, so I figured, why not bring brownstones to St. Pete,” says Steve Gianfilippo, Owner and Founder of the
Brownstone of St. Petersburg.”
With 4,000-square-feet of living space, and a detached garage that can be rented out as an apartment, the Brownstones offer many options to future residents.
Each unit is four-stories with its own private elevator.
Gianfilippo is working on the project with architecture firm
G2 Design and developer Channelmark Company.
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