Historic hotel tripling in size

A little more than a year after buying and refurbishing one of the oldest hotels in downtown St. Petersburg, the owners of The Cordova Inn are preparing to nearly triple the size of their historic property.

New Hotel Collection, the owners of The Cordova Inn on 2nd Avenue North, purchased two adjacent buildings — the Stanton Apartments and the Stanton Hotel — that will be torn down and rebuilt as an addition to the existing building. Construction is set to begin in February with the demolition of the two buildings.