Cutting-edge cop shop opens for business

St. Petersburg’s finest lifted the curtain on their new home, two years in the making, March 22, and local architecture firm Harvard Jolly Architecture added another law enforcement feather to its cap.

Located at 1301 First Ave. N., the 168,000-square foot, $78.5 million St. Petersburg Police Headquarters is the latest of more than 10 police and sheriff’s department facilities designed by Harvard Jolly, a firm that has a long history of government and public projects, such as hospitals and schools. The company also drew up the plans for the Gulfport, New Port Richey and Gainesville police headquarters, among others around the state. The builder of the St. Pete station was Ajax Building Corp.