House flipping still paying off in Tampa Bay, though inventory shrinking


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Last fall, Tampa-based Badger Investments paid $86,100 for a bank-owned house in St. Petersburg that was showing its age. Out went the wall-to-wall carpeting and the window air conditioner. In came granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Badger put the house back on the market and sold it in May for $149,000 — a 73 percent gross profit. But those…

New York style brownstones planned for downtown St. Petersburg

Five high-end, New York-style brownstones are now planned for the downtown St. Petersburg site where a 16-story luxury condo tower once was proposed. Frank Menna, who owns the vacant lot on First Street N and Fourth Avenue, said Wednesday that the new project is a joint venture with hotel and restaurant owner Steve Gianfilippo. “I had the high-rise thing going…