* Water Street update: A 4-acre vacant lot will be morphing into a 3,500-capacity performance venue—along with retail, dining and a hotel. “This project activates the western edge of the neighborhood…strengthening (Water Street) as a preeminent destination,” noted Strategic Property Partners CEO Josh Taube. Two takeaways: Less downtown vacant-lot acreage, increasingly more like Miami.
* The population of Greenland (57,000) is approximately that of Pinellas Park.