Developer opens $30 million hotel

ST. PETERSBURG — The Karol Hotel, a $30 million project developed by the Bullard Group, opened for business Feb. 6 in a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman.

Located at 2675 Ulmerton Road, in the Feather Sound neighborhood between Clearwater and St. Petersburg, the nine-story, 123-room Karol Hotel is the first Marriott Tribute Portfolio hotel to open in Pinellas County, according to a press release. It will be operated by Mainsail Lodging & Development, a Tampa-based hospitality management firm.