An exciting start to a multi-use building in the heart of St. Pete, Florida. I was tasked to design two parallel towers with the first floor as a neighborhood-scale cafe, restaurant, or retail, 5 floors of parking, two middle floors of office space, and 5-7 floors of market rate and low income residential apartments and amenities. It was apparent and shocking how much local zoning codes can completely shape a building. With plentiful space, but still down to the 1/4”. This project was submitted to the city for site plan review, followed by a meeting with the city to address our questions and concerns, and hear their feedback.