Waterfront restaurant gets new life as condos

TAMPA — The Colonnade Restaurant, a waterfront restaurant in Tampa, has closed its kitchen for good.

Ascentia Development Group and Batson-Cook Development Co. purchased the restaurant in a joint venture, according to a statement. The restaurant sold in two separate parcels for a combined $6.2 million, according to Hillsborough County records.

The parcel, on the southwest corner of West Julia Street and Bayshore Boulevard, is one of the last on Bayshore “specifically entitled for a high-rise tower,” the statement says. The new owners are planning luxury waterfront condos with views of downtown Tampa and Hillsborough Bay.