What are median sale prices per square foot in Downtown St. Petersburg (ZIP 33701)?

ZIP 33701: $599 on 14 sales. A median mixes property types and ages, so compare the building to similar recorded sales.

How many bank REO transfers appear in the sales data for Downtown St. Petersburg (ZIP 33701)?

ZIP 33701: 1, with 14 arm’s-length sales. The count shows what was recorded, not what is for sale today.

Who owns commercial property in Downtown St. Petersburg (ZIP 33701)?

ZIP 33701: 71.8% held by entities, 14.9% out-of-state owners. To reach an owner, you may need an entity’s registered agent or a mailing address outside Florida.

How old are commercial buildings in Downtown St. Petersburg (ZIP 33701)?

Median year built: ZIP 33701: 1975. Age alone doesn’t set condition, so check the roof, HVAC and electrical systems and their records.

What is the average building area per parcel in Downtown St. Petersburg (ZIP 33701)?

9.4 million SF ÷ 753 parcels ≈ 12,457 SF. An average can hide a few very large buildings.

Hypothetical: a 12,500 SF building in Downtown St. Petersburg priced at the ZIP 33701 median of $599 per SF. What is the price?

12,500 × $599 = $7.49 million. That is arithmetic on a median, not an appraisal or an opinion of value.

Same hypothetical 12,500 SF building, with an assumed 7.5% cap rate. What NOI would $7.49 million need?

$7.49 million × 7.5% = $561,563 a year. The cap rate is an assumption for practice, so check the actual rent roll and expenses.

With $561,563 of NOI, what is the most annual debt service an assumed 1.25 DSCR allows?

$561,563 ÷ 1.25 = $449,250 a year. Lender terms vary, so treat 1.25 as an example.

Florida's Premier Urban Lifestyle CBD · Pinellas County

Downtown St. PetersburgCommercial Real Estate Broker & Market Guide

Downtown St. Petersburg is one of the most walkable and culturally distinct urban CBDs in Florida. Anchored by the Tampa Bay waterfront, the Dali Museum and broader arts district, the Sundial mixed-use development, and the upcoming Tropicana Field redevelopment, downtown St. Pete combines a genuinely urban environment with Gulf Coast lifestyle in a way no other Florida CBD replicates.

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By the numbers · data as of November 4, 2026

Downtown St. Petersburg commercial real estate by the numbers

The 2026 final tax roll lists 753 commercial and industrial parcels with 9.4 million square feet of buildings in Downtown St. Petersburg (ZIP 33701), with 14 arm’s-length sales on the roll. The median sale price is $599 per square foot.

Commercial and industrial parcels

753

2026 final tax roll

Building square feet

9.4M

2026 final tax roll

Arm’s-length sales

on the roll sales file, excluding hotels

Median $/SF

$599

ZIP medians, 5+ sales

ZIP	Parcels	Bldg SF	Sales	Median $/SF	Median year built	Out-of-state owners	Bank REO
33701	753	9.4M	14	$599	1975	14.9%	1

For context, Pinellas County as a whole has a median of $211 per square foot on 633 sales. Year to date through September 2026, the county median is $211, +0.0% from a year earlier.

Pinellas County Market Pulse

Asking-side listing data for every Florida county: inventory, days on market, price cuts and listing prices, from Realtor.com® Economic Research. These are listings, not closed sales.

PinellasCounty · details →
Active listings
6,523
down −9.3% YoY
Median days on market
84 days
Listings with price cuts
25.0%
Median listing $/SF
$300
Listing price, YoY
down −3.6%
Median listing price $417K
Market condition
Leaning buyer's market
vs. Florida statewide^*
Source: Realtor.com® Economic Research, September 2026.

How these figures are calculated

* Market condition. Market condition compares a county's share of active listings with a price reduction and its median days on market with the Florida statewide figures Realtor.com publishes for the same month. Both above the statewide figure: leaning buyer's market. Both below: leaning seller's market. Anything else, including a tie or one missing metric: balanced. Both metrics missing, or no statewide figure for that month: shown as —. This is a read of asking-side listing data only; it is not months of inventory or a measure of closed sales. Florida statewide, September 2026: 20.1% of listings with a price cut, 81 median days on market. Methodology · Data dictionary

Residential. Realtor.com® Economic Research, monthly. Listing counts, days on market and listing prices come from the monthly history; price-cut share and $/SF are stored for the latest month (September 2026) only. Earlier months show the snapshot for that month, not an average. YoY compares a month with the same month a year earlier; for September 2026 it uses Realtor.com's published YoY figures.

Commercial. Florida Department of Revenue tax roll (NAL/SDF) and Florida Department of State (Sunbiz), via LGData; Linton Global calculations. Commercial (DOR 010-039) and industrial (040-049) parcels. Sales and $/SF = arm's-length single-parcel sales (DOR qualification codes 01-02) on the current roll, excluding hotels/motels (DOR 039, which in resort counties includes condo-hotel and vacation-rental units). Areas with fewer than 5 parcels, and $/SF medians from fewer than 5 sales, are suppressed.

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How much commercial property is in Downtown St. Petersburg (ZIP 33701)?: The 2026 final tax roll lists 753 commercial and industrial parcels with 9.4 million square feet of buildings.
What are median sale prices per square foot in Downtown St. Petersburg (ZIP 33701)?: ZIP 33701: $599 on 14 sales. A median mixes property types and ages, so compare the building to similar recorded sales.
How many bank REO transfers appear in the sales data for Downtown St. Petersburg (ZIP 33701)?: ZIP 33701: 1, with 14 arm’s-length sales. The count shows what was recorded, not what is for sale today.
Who owns commercial property in Downtown St. Petersburg (ZIP 33701)?: ZIP 33701: 71.8% held by entities, 14.9% out-of-state owners. To reach an owner, you may need an entity’s registered agent or a mailing address outside Florida.
How old are commercial buildings in Downtown St. Petersburg (ZIP 33701)?: Median year built: ZIP 33701: 1975. Age alone doesn’t set condition, so check the roof, HVAC and electrical systems and their records.

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What is the average building area per parcel in Downtown St. Petersburg (ZIP 33701)?: 9.4 million SF ÷ 753 parcels ≈ 12,457 SF. An average can hide a few very large buildings.
Hypothetical: a 12,500 SF building in Downtown St. Petersburg priced at the ZIP 33701 median of $599 per SF. What is the price?: 12,500 × $599 = $7.49 million. That is arithmetic on a median, not an appraisal or an opinion of value.
Same hypothetical 12,500 SF building, with an assumed 7.5% cap rate. What NOI would $7.49 million need?: $7.49 million × 7.5% = $561,563 a year. The cap rate is an assumption for practice, so check the actual rent roll and expenses.
With $561,563 of NOI, what is the most annual debt service an assumed 1.25 DSCR allows?: $561,563 ÷ 1.25 = $449,250 a year. Lender terms vary, so treat 1.25 as an example.
About how many industrial parcels are in Downtown St. Petersburg (ZIP 33701)?: ZIP 33701: 3.5% of 753 ≈ 26.

Source: Florida Department of Revenue tax roll and Florida Department of State, via LGData; Linton Global calculations. Commercial and industrial parcels; sales are arm’s-length, single-parcel transfers, excluding hotels and motels. Medians from fewer than 5 sales are not shown, and a small sample can swing a ZIP median, so read each one with its sales count. * Fewer than 10 sales.

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St. Petersburg, Florida — The Numbers

U.S. Census figures for St. Petersburg, Florida, the city that Downtown St. Petersburgis part of. Census data isn't published at the submarket level.

262,732

Population

$75,192

Median HH Income

$371,100

Median Home Value

$1,663/mo

Median Gross Rent

62.8%

Homeownership

4.9×

Price-to-Income

4.1%

Unemployment

+8.5%

Income Growth (YoY)

Listing MarketPinellas County · residential · Realtor.com®

$417,450

Median List Price

6,523

Active Listings

Days on Market

25%

Price-Cut Share

List price · 3-yr trend

Inventory · 3-yr trend

Days on market · 3-yr trend

City-level figures from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 2023 5-yr). Unemployment and income growth are Pinellas County-level (BLS / BEA — not published at city grain). Unemployment September 2026. Listing-market figures © Realtor.com® Economic Research (Pinellas County, residential). Public-domain + attributed data, market context only — not an appraisal or investment advice. Snapshot updated 2026-11-01.

Live market data · refreshed as each source publishes

Downtown St. Petersburg: key facts for September 2026

In September 2026, the median listing price in Pinellas County was $417K, down 3.6% from a year earlier, with 6,523 homes for sale (Realtor.com).
FHFA’s house price index for Pinellas County fell 2.0% in 2025.
Investors took out 14.3% of home-purchase mortgages in Pinellas County in 2025 (HMDA; cash purchases not included).
Pinellas County had 441,425 jobs (2025 annual average), down 1.4% from the prior year (BLS QCEW).
The unemployment rate was 4.1% in September 2026 (BLS, not seasonally adjusted).
Permits were issued for 2,059 housing units in January–September 2026, down 12.1% from the same months a year earlier (U.S. Census Bureau).

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ZIP code snapshot for Downtown St. Petersburg

Listing data for September 2026 (Realtor.com) · HUD Fair Market Rent FY2027. *Share of home-purchase mortgages for investment property (2025, HMDA, estimated from census tracts; cash purchases not included). Open any ZIP for its full report.

ZIP	Area	Median list price	vs. last year	Homes for sale	HUD 2BR rent	Investor share*
33701	Saint Petersburg	$1.25M	+40.4%	205	$2,060/mo	14.8%	Report →

Sources: Realtor.com® Economic Research, FHFA, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau. County-level figures; informational only, not an appraisal.

Downtown St. Petersburg: Market Overview

Downtown St. Petersburg's 2014–2024 transformation has delivered significant new multifamily, hotel, office, and lifestyle retail development. Beach Drive, Central Avenue, and the broader waterfront have emerged as premier urban dining and retail destinations rivaling any Florida CBD.

The Dali Museum, Salvador Dali Museum collection, Chihuly Collection at the Morean Arts Center, Imagine Museum (contemporary glass), Museum of Fine Arts, and the broader Central Avenue arts and theater corridor produce genuine cultural depth that drives lifestyle premium across CRE asset classes.

The pending Tropicana Field redevelopment will add 86 acres of mixed-use opportunity to downtown St. Pete — one of the largest urban-core redevelopment projects in Florida. The combination of established renaissance and pending transformative redevelopment makes downtown St. Pete one of the most strategically positioned urban CRE submarkets in the Southeast.

Economic Drivers

Tampa Bay Waterfront

Downtown waterfront access; lifestyle premium

Arts District

Dali, Chihuly, Imagine museums; Central Avenue gallery corridor

Beach Drive Dining

Premier urban dining and retail concentration

USF St. Petersburg Campus

Urban university campus; student and faculty demand

Tropicana Field Redevelopment

86-acre mixed-use redevelopment in urban core

Walkable Density

Genuinely urban walkable environment unique among Florida CBDs

Asset Class Activity in Downtown St. Petersburg

Asset Class	Activity	Market Commentary
Luxury Multifamily	Hot	High-rise and mid-rise development; premium rent growth
Boutique Hotel	Hot	Beach Drive and waterfront hotels; tourism and business demand
Lifestyle Retail	Hot	Beach Drive, Central Avenue; experiential and dining focus
Class A Office	Strong	Growing institutional inventory; tech and professional services
Mixed-Use Development	Hot	Tropicana Field redevelopment; perimeter infill opportunities
Historic Adaptive Reuse	Strong	Adaptive reuse of historic inventory for restaurants, boutique retail, creative office

Why Invest in Downtown St. Petersburg?

Downtown St. Petersburg is for investors prioritizing premium urban lifestyle exposure with strong supply constraint. The waterfront premium, walkable density, cultural anchors, and pending Tropicana Field redevelopment combine to produce one of the most attractive urban CRE submarkets in Florida. Pricing reflects the conviction but rent fundamentals and exit liquidity support institutional underwriting.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Michael R. Linton a licensed commercial real estate broker in Downtown St. Petersburg?

Yes. Michael R. Linton is a Florida-licensed commercial real estate broker (FL Broker #BK703722) with 39 years of transaction experience, serving Downtown St. Petersburg and the broader Pinellas County market. He holds NCREA (National Commercial Real Estate Advisor), CREIPS (Certified Real Estate Investment Property Specialist), and REALTOR® credentials, and advises investors, owners, and tenants on multifamily, office, industrial, retail, hospitality, land, mixed-use, medical office, self storage, and special-purpose commercial real estate in Downtown St. Petersburg.

How do I contact a commercial real estate broker in Downtown St. Petersburg?

Contact Michael R. Linton at Linton Global Solutions — (312) 612-1031 or mike@lintonglobal.com — for a free Downtown St. Petersburg commercial real estate consultation. Linton Global Solutions serves Downtown St. Petersburg across all major asset classes and represents both buy-side and sell-side principals, plus 1031 exchange replacement-property sourcing.

What makes downtown St. Petersburg unique among Florida CBDs?

Downtown St. Petersburg combines genuinely walkable urban density (unusual among Florida CBDs), immediate Tampa Bay waterfront access, the established arts and museum district (Dali, Chihuly, Imagine), Central Avenue and Beach Drive premier dining and retail, and the USF St. Petersburg campus. The combination produces a genuinely urban lifestyle environment that no other Florida CBD replicates.

How does the Tropicana Field redevelopment affect downtown St. Pete CRE?

The Tropicana Field site is 86 acres in the urban core slated for major mixed-use redevelopment. When delivered, it will be one of the largest urban-core redevelopment projects in Florida — adding substantial multifamily, retail, office, and entertainment inventory. The redevelopment will materially affect adjacent property values and submarket dynamics.

How do I source downtown St. Petersburg investment opportunities?

Most downtown St. Pete institutional transactions are brokered through major investment sales teams with Tampa Bay coverage. Adaptive reuse and value-add opportunities exist in older multifamily, retail, and office inventory. Michael R. Linton at Linton Global Solutions provides downtown St. Pete coverage including off-market access.

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