Swedish firm finishes St. Petersburg apartment construction

Skanska, the Swedish construction company with a significant local presence, has completed work on a 400-unit apartment community in St. Petersburg.

The complex is the Marina Club Apartments at 4341 34th St. S. in the city’s Skyway Marina District.

The developer is Allied Group Holdings.

Skanska says it was able to deliver the community “in a faster and more efficient and resilient manner” because of its use of precast methods. (Precast construction is where building components are manufactured off-site and then transported to the site.)

Marina Club has studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging from 500 square feet to 1,200 square feet. The property has views of have Boca Ciega Bay and the downtown St. Pete skyline.

Among its amenities are a fitness center and yoga room, clubhouse with indoor games, workspaces and conference rooms, bocce ball court, and dog park.

There is also a 290,000-square-foot, two-story podium parking garage and first-floor retail space designed for restaurants, shops and other service-oriented retailers.

Skanska USA was founded in 1971 and employs more than 7,300 people. It has more than 30 offices in the U.S., including Tampa, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale.

Among its local projects are the St. Petersburg Pier; Coachman Park in downtown Clearwater; the University of South Florida Health’s Morsani College of Medicine & Heart Institute at Water Street Tampa; and the renovation and expansion of the Tampa Convention Center.