After more than two years of construction, the 163-room Moxy St. Pete Hotel in St. Petersburg was officially opened.
The hotel developers and the city administration cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony of the new seven-story building on Wednesday evening before the hotel welcomes its first guests on Thursday.
The grand opening party in the lobby bar of the Moxy on Wednesday evening. Photo: Ashley Morales.
Moxy St. Pete, developed by PTM Partners and DoveHill and managed by Wurzak Hotel Group, is part of the first phase of a Mixed-use project PTM is building along the 1100 and 1200 blocks of Central Avenue. The complex, called EDGE Collective, will include a 20-story apartment tower with 360 residential units and a 365-space parking garage.
A standard king guest room at the Moxy St. Pete. Photo: Ashley Morales.
Amenities at the new Moxy hotel include a rooftop pool, restaurant, coffee bar, fitness center and an indoor/outdoor lobby bar serving appetizers, salads, flatbreads and sandwiches. A small stage area in the lobby bar is available for live music and entertainment. The hotel also has 1,000 square feet of meeting space and a podcast room that the public can rent for free.
The podcast room at Moxy St. Pete. Photo: Mark Parker.
“We love this market, and that’s what we think was missing in St. Pete,” said Michael Tillman, CEO and co-founder of PTM Partners, at the grand opening event Wednesday night. “That’s both our benefit and yours. We really want everyone to enjoy all the things we offer here and discover all the details and things we’ve done. That’s both our benefit and yours.”
The rooftop pool of the new Moxy hotel in St. Petersburg’s EDGE district. Photo: Ashley Morales.
Moxy St. Pete is located at 1234 Central Ave. Opening rates start at $249 per night. Retail tenants in the building include a (soildcore) gym, Floyd’s Barbershop and Turkish restaurant Bosphorous.
A double queen room at the Moxy St. Pete. Photo: Ashley Morales.
“Two years ago, this was a parking lot on a cool street, and over the course of the year we were involved in this project, we realized something special was going to happen,” said Jake Wurzak, president of Wurzak Hotel Group and co-developer of Moxy St. Pete. “You are the ones who are going to create the magic. You have to think of this as your second home, your office, your place to have dinner and sit by the pool. This is your hotel.”
The Moxy’s 370-square-meter Sparrow rooftop bar and restaurant is not yet open to guests. It is scheduled to open this fall and will serve “Asian-inspired cuisine” and cocktails.
The bar at the Sparrow, the rooftop lounge and restaurant at the Moxy St. Pete. The Sparrow is scheduled to open this fall. Photo: Mark Parker.
“This is what progress looks like,” said St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch. During the grand opening ceremony on Wednesday, Welch thanked the hotel development team for “listening to the community and developing something that truly reflects what we intend to do in St. Pete in the future.”
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