A local developer can add four stories to a tower in downtown St. Petersburg that once included short-term rentals, despite one city council member calling it a “monstrosity.”
The Roche Bobois Tower is no longer a “condotel” with a rooftop Sky Bar, two previous causes for community and council concerns. Instead, Clearwater-based Valor Capital will increase the development’s size to 29 stories and offer 165 luxury condominiums rather than 152.
Councilmember Corey Givens Jr. voted against the $70 million project Thursday. He was “disappointed” and “saddened” to hear that city staff signed off on the development at the intersection of 4th Street and 4th Avenue South…