Originally constructed in 1924, 490 First Avenue South consists of three modern and integrated buildings with additions being completed in 1968 and 1988.

ORLANDO—The Tampa Bay Times Building in Saint Petersburg, FL has traded hands. Denholtz Associates snapped up the asset in a joint venture partnership with Convergent Capital Partners for $19 million.

The eight-floor class A office property spans 240,000 square feet. It sits at 490 1st Avenue South. The Tampa Bay Times will continue to headquarter at the office building after singing a 150-year lease to occupy 110,000 square feet.

“The Saint Petersburg office market is extremely vibrant with limited availability,” Steven Denholtz, CEO of Denholtz, tells GlobeSt.com. “It has become what is called an 18-hour city. This means that Saint Pete is attractive to Millennials who can live, work and play in the same town. The downtown area and waterfront in this market has been magnificently developed where people can walk to work, then walk to bars and restaurants. Saint Pete has one of the highest walkability ratings in the country.”

Recommended For You

Want to continue reading?
Become a Free ALM Digital Reader.

Once you are an ALM Digital Member, you’ll receive:

  • Breaking commercial real estate news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical coverage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.