Removing fallen crane in downtown St. Pete will take days, city says
By Ashley Gurbal Kritzer
Tampa Bay Business Journal
Published: Oct 10, 2024

A construction crane that crashed into an office building in downtown St. Petersburg on Wednesday night will likely remain there for a few days, a city building official said Thursday.

One of the cranes on the site of the Residences at 400 Central, a condo tower under construction, fell onto the office building at 490 First Ave S. during Hurricane Milton. The building houses the Tampa Bay Times' St. Pete offices and was known for years as the Times building, but it bears the signage of law firm Johnson and Pope, which expanded there in 2020. The building is owned by Dallas-based Lincoln Property Group, which opened a Tampa Bay office in 2020.

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