Area builder awarded contract for St. Pete Pier attraction

GATES Construction will build the new Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 9:57 a.m. November 4, 2019
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A rendering of the new Doc Ford's Rum Bar & Grille set to open at the St. Pete Pier in early 2020. Courtesy photo.
A rendering of the new Doc Ford's Rum Bar & Grille set to open at the St. Pete Pier in early 2020. Courtesy photo.
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ST. PETERSBURG — Gates Construction has been awarded the contract to build a Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille at the new St. Pete Pier, set to open in spring 2020.

Gates, headquartered in Bonita Springs with offices in Sarasota and Palm Beach Gardens, has been in business for more than 25 years, providing construction management, general contracting and design-build services throughout the Southeast United States and Latin America.

 

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