ST. PETERSBURG - Demolition of the former adult living facility at Fourth Street N at Seventh Avenue marks the beginning of construction of a small strip shopping center to be called Round Lake Plaza I.
Developer Clark East is working on the center that will sit on the block between Seventh and Eighth avenues. He said last week that Round Lake Plaza II is planned just across the street. It will be located where several older houses have been demolished.
Round Lake Plaza I will have four stores in its 7,600 square feet of space. Signed tenants include Moe's Southwest Grill, Super Cuts hair salon and Planet Smoothie.
Round Lake Plaza II will be 3,200 square feet and have two to three tenants. East said he already has had more than a dozen inquiries from retailers who want to be there. Tenants have not been selected.
Fourth Street N between Fifth and 22nd avenues has seen substantial development in the past few years. Older buildings have been renovated and new ones built to house businesses such as Outback Steakhouse, Panera Bread, Starbucks and Tijuana Flats. Boosting chances for success of these businesses is the renovated Sunken Gardens, which now includes Great Explorations museum.
Doctors' office to open next week
ST. PETERSBURG - Doctors' offices at Pinellas Bayside Surgical Center will open next week with the surgery side of the building ready for business by the second week of May.
The new building is at 709 16th St. N, where Moock's Tavern used to sit. The tavern was torn down to make way for the medical facility.
Drs. Michael Smith, Robert Nantais and Robert Swiggett will have their orthopedics' practice in part of the building. The three doctors are limited partners in the surgery center, which will take up the rest of the building, according to Patty Urban, practice administrator for the doctors. She said the new building is owned by Commercial RE Partners XVI.
At full capacity, the surgery center will have 25 to 35 workers, not all of which will be full time, Urban said. The practice has 21 employees, excluding Urban and the three physicians.
Moock's Tavern opened in the 1940s and was a popular steak joint also known for its onion rings. The building was vacant for a number of years before it was torn down.
Center serves area's northern patients
ST. PETERSBURG - St. Anthony's Health Care opens its Carillon Outpatient Center April 29, aiming for patients from Feather Sound, Pinellas Park, Gandy and Gateway as well as the Carillon office park, where the center is located.
The four-story facility is a $37-million project and will offer care ranging from minor injuries to physical therapy to cancer treatment. It will have an imaging center.
Doctors' offices will be part of the new building at 900 Carillon Parkway. A wellness center will be located on the first floor.
The Gateway area, in north St. Petersburg, is a fast-growing part of the city with both new office buildings under construction and new residential complexes.
