Publix to seek approval from St. Pete Beach to replace fire-damaged store

Publix Super Markets is looking to rebuild a St. Pete Beach store after the shopping center and its existing location were damaged by a May fire.

The Lakeland grocer says it will soon submit development plans to the city of St. Pete Beach asking for permission to build the store in the Dolphin Village shopping center on Gulf Boulevard.

The plan, if approved, is for the existing 33,000-square-foot store to be replaced with an approximately 51,000-square-foot prototype market with covered parking below an elevated store level. The design will provide enhanced shopper convenience and environmental resilience, says the shopping center’s owner Brixmoor Property Group in a statement.