Amara Bay Residences: What We Know So Far.

Overview: What Is Announced

Mattamy Homes is the builder. On January 8, 2026, the company closed on 53 fully entitled townhome homesites within Amara Bay Residences and Marina at 12000 Gandy Boulevard in St. Petersburg, acquired for a reported 12.64 million dollars from a Miami-based developer. Mattamy announced the deal January 15, 2026 as part of a three-site Tampa Bay expansion.

Per the announcement and local coverage, Mattamy’s townhome plans include two coastal-style designs with two stories of living space, ranging from about 2,371 to 2,470 square feet with three to four bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths. Pricing is expected to start in the 700s, with construction beginning in the weeks after closing and sales launching in summer 2026.

Amara Bay is a larger mixed-use waterfront redevelopment with plans that include apartments, a marina, and a waterfront restaurant; Mattamy’s purchase covers the townhome component within that wider project.

Quick Facts (All Sourced)

Every row above comes from the builder announcement and press coverage cited on this page. Plans for unbuilt communities change. Treat all of it as announced intent, not a contract.

Location & Context

Amara Bay sits at 12000 Gandy Boulevard in north St. Petersburg, on the Tampa Bay waterfront near the Gandy corridor that connects Pinellas County across the bay to South Tampa. The Mattamy townhomes are one component of a wider redevelopment that is planned to add apartments, a marina, and a waterfront restaurant over time.

The practical geography: the Gandy area puts downtown St. Petersburg, the Gandy Bridge to Tampa, and I-275 within short drives, which is the core of the location thesis. It is also low-lying coastal Pinellas, so flood zone and insurance diligence matter more here than inland; pull the FEMA designation for the exact address and get a bindable insurance quote during any contract period.

For the wider Tampa Bay context, start here:

What Is Planned

What the builder has announced for its component: 53 coastal-style townhomes in two designs, two stories, three to four bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, ranging from about 2,371 to 2,470 square feet.

Pricing is expected from the 700s. That is the builder’s announced starting point, not a published price sheet; final pricing lands when sales open, targeted for summer 2026, with construction beginning in the weeks after the January closing.

The wider Amara Bay redevelopment plans include apartments, a marina, and a waterfront restaurant; those are part of the broader project, not the Mattamy townhome scope, and their timing is separate.

Taxes & Costs Context

You cannot compute a real tax bill for a home that does not exist yet, but you can frame the city and county math now.

Amara Bay sits inside the City of St. Petersburg in Pinellas County, so a buyer should expect city plus county plus school millage on the bill. For context, the Pinellas County figure in our FY2025-26 millage file is a typical total of about 19.39 mills, and actual parcel totals vary by municipality and taxing district, so treat it as a planning number, not a quote.

A townhome community within a mixed-use waterfront project will carry an HOA for shared exteriors, common-element insurance, and grounds, and in coastal Florida the master insurance line is sensitive to wind and flood exposure. Nothing has been published for Amara Bay’s townhomes yet, so we are not quoting a number. When the builder publishes dues, they will appear here with a source.

The structural note that applies to every new build: the first-year tax bill is often assessed on land value only, then resets to the full improved value the following year. In a city waterfront location at 700s pricing, that second-year jump is real money. Budget the second-year number.

Schools

The site is inside the Pinellas County Schools district. School assignment for a brand-new address is set by the district and can change as boundaries are redrawn, so confirm the assignment for a specific address with the Pinellas County Schools locator rather than relying on third-party estimates this early.

The Timeline

This is the dated record of how Amara Bay Residences has moved from announcement toward opening. It grows as facts land.

• January 8, 2026Mattamy Homes closes on 53 fully entitled townhome homesites within Amara Bay Residences and Marina at 12000 Gandy Boulevard for a reported 12.64 million dollars. Source: Mattamy Homes press release (PR Newswire), 2026-01-15.
• January 15, 2026Mattamy announces the project publicly as part of a three-site Tampa Bay expansion: two coastal townhome designs of about 2,371 to 2,470 square feet, pricing expected from the 700s, construction beginning in the coming weeks, sales launching summer 2026. Source: Tampa Bay Business and Wealth, 2026-01-15.

As of June 5, 2026 the builder is targeting a summer 2026 sales launch. New-community timelines move; treat dates as targets until the sales office opens.

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