{"id":351173,"date":"2026-07-24T15:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/351173\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:26:10","slug":"st-pete-considers-upgrading-pier-marketplace-replacing-tents-with-permanent-kiosks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/351173\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete considers upgrading Pier Marketplace, replacing tents with permanent kiosks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">By comparison, three 10-by-10-foot containers, which would include air conditioning, electrical installation and conduit work, and exterior artwork, would cost the city $483,754.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The monthly shipping container lease would cost tenants $1,500.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">&#8220;We did look at more options. We could get something less costly, but not as durable,&#8221; Herendeen said, adding that the kiosks are the most financially feasible and aesthetically aligned option for the Pier. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">During the meeting, committee members ultimately decided to keep the item on the referral list and try to identify a funding source. Once a funding source is identified, it may take a year for the first new kiosks to be installed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Members also said they would like to see more vendor diversity. They suggested the one-year leases could offer more flexibility for struggling tenants, such as joint or shared leases, as well as more opportunities for the city to promote Marketplace businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By comparison, three 10-by-10-foot containers, which would include air conditioning, electrical installation and conduit work, and exterior artwork,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-351173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351173","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=351173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}