New Hyatt eyes late September opening

ST. PETERSBURG — Hyatt Place St. Petersburg Downtown is scheduled to open in late September. The 15-story, 175-room hotel will be the first upscale select service Hyatt in St. Petersburg.

The hotel — at 25 2nd St. N., in the city's Waterfront Arts District — will feature a 5,000-square-foot restaurant concept, 4,500 square feet of event space and a 5,500-square-foot rooftop pool deck and bar with views of Tampa Bay. It will also have three full-service bars and a sidewalk cafe.