115-location coffee chain to add spot in $800M south St. Pete project

The $800 million mixed-use development underway in St. Petersburg’s Skyway Marina District has announced another tenant: Foxtail Coffee Co. 

The Florida-born independent coffee roasting and retail chain has signed a long-term lease agreement at Sky Town, the retail and residential development at 3201 34th Street off U.S. Highway 19. 

Foxtail will open a 1,517-square-foot cafe in Suite 100, which is part of the first phase of the six-phase development project. Terms of the lease were not disclosed.

“Sky Town is exactly the type of high-growth, mixed-use environment Foxtail Coffee looks for when expanding into new markets,” Flavia Kanyago, vice president of sales for CrossMarc Services, says in an announcement for the new lease.

Foxtail Coffee Co. got its start in Winter Park in 2016 and has expanded since then, with a mix of corporate and franchise partnered locations, Kanyago says in the release. The coffee chain currently operates more than 110 locations across Florida, Georgia, Nevada, Michigan, Arizona, Virginia and North Carolina. 

It’s among the first few tenants announced for Sky Town, which will have 2,084 apartment units and 92,000 square feet of retail space inside its 34-acresouth St. Petersburg footprint. The development is anchored by a 23,000-square-foot Sprouts Farmers Market that opened to the public in November. Other announced tenants for Sky Town include Solis Mammography and 3Natives Cafe, a health-focused, fast-casual restaurant chain. 

An opening date has not been announced for the new Foxtail. The first phase of Sky Town is scheduled to begin welcoming residents in the second quarter of 2027. 

Sky Town is being developed by Coral Gables-based Altis Cardinal.