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A 49-story Waldorf Astoria branded condo is set to be built in downtown St. Petersburg. It will become the city's tallest building.
The St. Petersburg Community Redevelopment Agency voted for the project to move forward
Listings for storm damaged homes are already popping up across the region.
Thousands of vulnerable residents showed up to shelters during Hurricane Milton. Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority drivers brought them there.

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  1. The Original Hooters, at 2800 Gulf-to-Bay Blvd. in Clearwater, is seen on Jan. 15, 2020. Pasco County will be getting its third Hooters location, in Wesley Chapel, next summer.
  2. Miami Beach police officers patrol along Ocean Drive on their ATVs during spring break on Miami Beach, Florida on Sunday, March 17, 2024.
  3. A 49-story Waldorf Astoria branded condo is set to be built in downtown St. Petersburg. It will become the city's tallest building.
  4. Jolley Trolley driver Connie Stein has lived in Florida for less than four years. She put off her own evacuation to help the county's most vulnerable residents reach emergency shelters during Hurricane Milton.
  5. Chefs Ricardo Castro and Rosana Rivera recently opened their highly anticipated bakery and cafe Chef & The Baker in South Tampa.
  6. An aerial drone view of manufactured homes on North Beach Road that were destroyed by Hurricane Milton on Manasota Key on Oct. 16 in Englewood.
  7. Owner Shonnika Denise poses for a portrait and holds a plate of cheesecakes that are offered at Synergy Sweets in Tampa.
  8. Waves roll in from the Gulf of Mexico toward lots where only empty foundations and debris remain after homes were swept away in Hurricane Milton, on Manasota Key in Englewood, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
  9. Looking for a place to work after hurricane Helene and Milton? Monday Morning Club is a new option in Gulfport, created by the folks behind Pete's Bagels. It opens on Monday, Nov. 4.
  10. Paul Renner, Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, speaks outside of Tampa General Hospital's Behavioral Health Hospital during a news conference on Monday, May 13, 2024, in Tampa.
  11. With companies making use of artificial intelligence to elevate their business and support their workers, the sky’s the limit.
  12. Enigma Plaza, on 56th Street just south of the Winn-Dixie Plaza, could be marching to completion after the Temple Terrace City Council approved a final site plan for the development on Oct. 15.
  13. Capt. Bob Burnett steers the boat during a sunset tiki boat tour of Madeira Beach with Levique Tours on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in Madeira Beach.
  14. Lightning owner Jeff Vinik has decided to share some of the profits from his sale of a majority stake in the team with his employees. Working from a pool of $20 million, every fulltime employee of Vinik Sports Group will get a  bonus of at least $50,000.
  15. Hospitality worker Joseph Romano, 69, took a job as a cashier at a store on Sand Key. After two hurricanes hit the region, decimating businesses, he's one of hundreds of workers unsure if he'll be able to keep his job.
  16. Steven Reis, of Tarpon Springs, checks the temperature on a batch of 192.8 pounds of stone crab claws while cooking them on Wednesday, Oct 23, 2024, at Pelican Point Seafood in Tarpon Springs. The industry is off to a slower than usual start after two back-to-back hurricanes.
  17. A sign at the entrance of the Boar's Head processing plant in Jarratt, Va. linked to a deadly food poisoning outbreak. A Brooksville woman is suing Boar's Head and Publix after her husband contracted listeria and died.
  18. New Lightning owners Doug Ostrover and Marc Lipschultz are taking over an incredibly successful NHL franchise.
  19. Jeff Vinik, in the middle with the white shirt, celebrates with Lightning players on the ice at Amalie Arena in 2021 after winning a second straight Stanley Cup.
  20. Flood-damaged debris fills the easement at the Royal North Beach motel, 657 Mandalay Ave, on Tuesday, Oct 22, 2024, at Clearwater Beach. It's one of several in the area where displaced Tampa Bay residents are offered free hotel housing through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
  21. Aerial drone view of the Waterside Mobile Home Park on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024 in Gibsonton.
  22. A crane that came off the Residences at 400 Central is seen resting on the building at 490 First Ave., which houses the newsroom and offices of the Tampa Bay Times, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024 in St. Petersburg.
  23. Rachel Thomas, 63, shows the mold in her unit, while assessing the damage done to it from the hurricane at an apartment complex owned by Time Square Properties on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in St. Petersburg.
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