Kast Construction forging a new path

In the aftermath of its late January management buyout of its corporate parent, Kast Construction, the general contractor behind some of the region’s most ambitious new buildings in recent years – including the 41-story One St. Petersburg mixed-use tower – is working to forge a new and independent path.

The buyout came 15 years after The Kolter Group, the developer of The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Vue Sarasota Bay and Westin Hotel and The Mark in Sarasota and One St. Petersburg and the forthcoming Saltaire in St. Petersburg, formed Kast as a subsidiary.