Executive Diversion

Condo developer keeps the beat playing drums in a rock band

For St. Petersburg real estate developer Fred Hemmer, age is just a number as he pursues his rock ’n’ roll fantasies behind a drum kit.

  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 5:00 a.m. January 8, 2024
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Fred Hemmer was given his first drum set some 40 years ago.
Fred Hemmer was given his first drum set some 40 years ago.
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Fred Hemmer, a partner with HP Capital Group, a real estate investment firm developing Reflection, a new luxury condominium tower in downtown St. Petersburg’s Mirror Lake. The 18-story, 88-unit project, at 777 Third. Ave. N., is slated to open in 2024. Hemmer comes to real estate from a career in banking, where, among other posts, he was chief lending officer of Republic Bank. He also served on the board of Flagship Community Bank in Clearwater before it was acquired. 


 

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