Famed Tampa waterfront restaurant to be replaced by apartment tower

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 2:35 p.m. August 28, 2025
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Plans call for a 21-story residential tower to be built on the site of the Rusty Pelican restaurant in Tampa.
Plans call for a 21-story residential tower to be built on the site of the Rusty Pelican restaurant in Tampa.
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A nearly 50-year-old Tampa waterfront restaurant is going be replaced with a new apartment tower.

Costis-Lifey Development and American Land Ventures have announced plans to build a 21-story multifamily community on the site of the Rusty Pelican restaurant in the city’s Rocky Point neighborhood.

 

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