{"id":189121,"date":"2026-03-12T19:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189121\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T19:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:54:07","slug":"young-woman-shapes-st-pete-skyline-at-400-central-no-two-days-are-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189121\/","title":{"rendered":"Young woman shapes St. Pete skyline at 400 Central: ‘No two days are the same’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Rising high above downtown St. Petersburg<\/a>, the Residences at 400 Central is the tallest residential tower on Florida\u2019s Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n

The 46-story skyscraper stands 515 feet tall and is nearing completion. Much of that progress comes with help from Daniela Farias, an assistant superintendent with Suffolk Construction.<\/p>\n

What we know:<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old has worked on this massive project since its early stages. Her rapid rise reflects change in the construction industry.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Who\u2019s the owner behind Residences at 400 Central, the tallest residential building on Florida\u2019s Gulf Coast?<\/a><\/p>\n

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Farias oversees daily operations, monitors progress and coordinates trade partners working across the tower. That includes crews handling concrete, steel, mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems.<\/p>\n

“A job with a scale like this requires a lot of communication,” she said. “Because every decision has ripple effects.”<\/p>\n

The backstory:<\/p>\n

Farias began her career after graduating from the University of South Florida with a civil engineering degree.<\/p>\n

She joined Suffolk through the company\u2019s career start program, a two-year rotational track designed to immerse recent graduates in project management and field operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Farias started as a project engineer before being promoted to assistant superintendent in 2025.<\/p>\n

RELATED: 3 women helping build tallest residential building on Florida’s West Coast: ‘I want my name on that’<\/a><\/p>\n

“It\u2019s very hands-on, and I get to learn a lot every day,” she said. “No two days are the same on the job site.”<\/p>\n

By the numbers:<\/p>\n

Farias is part of a small yet growing group of women<\/a> working in construction.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, women only make up for 11% of construction jobs nationwide.<\/p>\n

What they’re saying:<\/p>\n

“This is definitely a male-dominated industry,” she said. “Although, I\u2019ve always loved construction.”<\/p>\n

Programs such as Suffolk\u2019s Career Start aim to introduce more women to careers in the industry.<\/p>\n

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“I realized I really like being outside and in the field,” Farias said. “I love growing relationships and interacting with people every day.”<\/p>\n

As the tall tower nears completion, Farias says seeing the finished product has been especially meaningful after years spent helping bring the project together.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve been here since we were laying foundations,” she concluded. “It\u2019s been a really rewarding experience seeing all the trades come together towards the finish line.”<\/p>\n

The Source: Information for this story came from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, interviews with Suffolk Construction employees and reporting from previous coverage on FOX 13 News.<\/p>\n

St. Petersburg<\/a>House and Home<\/a>Women’s History Month<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Rising high above downtown St. Petersburg, the Residences at 400 Central is the tallest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[47,62901,555,115,1157,202,204,203,199,201,200,628,82580],"class_list":["post-189121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-fl","tag-house-home","tag-lifestyle","tag-news","tag-pinellas","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-us","tag-womens-history-month"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}