{"id":231,"date":"2018-12-04T17:04:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T17:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstcentraltower.com\/news\/?p=231"},"modified":"2019-01-23T14:34:09","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T14:34:09","slug":"st-pete-has-everything-a-techie-wants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstcentraltower.com\/news\/2018\/12\/04\/st-pete-has-everything-a-techie-wants\/","title":{"rendered":"St Pete Has Everything a Techie Wants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>St. Pete 10 years after the recession: &#8216;Downtown real estate is going crazy&#8217;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Older buildings have been renovated to include the kinds of amenities tenants now demand, such as fitness centers, common areas with WiFi and garages that are well-lit for tenants who come in at odds hours, Feldman said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12052\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12052\" src=\"https:\/\/4feo872yrq891mrmgs21v589-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/PowerChord-development-team-300x158.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4feo872yrq891mrmgs21v589-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/PowerChord-development-team-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/4feo872yrq891mrmgs21v589-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/PowerChord-development-team-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/4feo872yrq891mrmgs21v589-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/PowerChord-development-team-1024x538.png 1024w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">PowerChord in First Central Tower<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>PowerChord, a software company in First Central Tower, features cubicles near the windows to give employees natural light, and private offices on the inner walls.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12053\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12053\" src=\"https:\/\/4feo872yrq891mrmgs21v589-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/PowerChord-lunchroom-300x158.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4feo872yrq891mrmgs21v589-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/PowerChord-lunchroom-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/4feo872yrq891mrmgs21v589-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/PowerChord-lunchroom-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/4feo872yrq891mrmgs21v589-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/PowerChord-lunchroom-1024x538.png 1024w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">PowerChord in First Central Tower<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Employees&nbsp;don\u2019t want to spend time going out to lunch, so there are big kitchens to bring food in, and a bar near the window for a view.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the full story from Margie Manning on St Pete Catalyst<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-key=\"f5c84c5f4ab84c7dbbb37d8d1a30f608\" data-card-type=\"article-full\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/stpetecatalyst.com\/st-pete-10-years-after-the-recession-downtown-real-estate-is-going-crazy\/?fbclid=IwAR2AoYRux7V-z47s-FnJtZu2pJJ9jMNFmxZtukMiuq4nH_Y4u5eOTduCIn8\">St. Pete 10 years after the recession: &#8216;Downtown real estate is going crazy&#8217;<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>A decade after the Great Recession of 2008, commercial real estate in St. Petersburg is booming. Vacancy rates are at a 20-year low and lease rates are at a 20-year high for downtown office buildings. New economy companies, especially those in the life sciences and technology sectors, make up a growing percentage of the tenants [&#8230;]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Pete 10 years after the recession: &#8216;Downtown real estate is going crazy&#8217; Older buildings have been renovated to include the kinds of amenities tenants now demand, such as fitness centers, common areas with WiFi and garages that are well-lit for tenants who come in at odds hours, Feldman said. 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