BankUnited, a regional bank headquartered in Miami Lakes, is opening a new branch at 900 Central Avenue, on the southwest corner of Central Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street North in downtown St. Pete.
The bank will occupy 2,700 square feet on the first floor of the building, most recently home to Anytime Fitness, which closed in late 2022.
Built in 1918 as the Western Hotel, and renamed the St. Petersburg Hotel two years later, the three-story brick structure is the EDGE District’s oldest building…