Community Details at a Glance
The Homes
Type
Pre-construction 29-story, 165-unit for-sale luxury condominium tower by Valor Capital, branded with Paris furniture house Roche Bobois
Status
Pre-construction; city-approved August 2025, site demolition began early 2026, construction expected to begin 2026, completion targeted around 2028
Size
Studios to 3-bedrooms plus penthouses, roughly 431 to about 1,500 sq ft per sales materials, penthouses larger
Scale
29 stories at 4th Street South and 4th Avenue South, with 4,103 sq ft of ground-floor restaurant and retail and a roughly 5,000 sq ft public arts plaza
Costs & Fees
Condo fee
Monthly condominium fee not yet published; the association will carry the 20,000-plus sq ft amenity level, concierge, and building insurance, so confirm the estimated operating budget with the developer
CDD
None; this is an urban downtown condominium, not a CDD community
Taxes
Pinellas County and City of St. Petersburg millage on the purchase price after sale
Amenities
Pool deck
Marketed glass-edge heated saltwater pool with sun shelf, swim lane, cantilevered spa, and poolside cabanas with summer kitchens
Wellness
Planned spa with sauna and aquatic therapy, plus a fitness studio with a yoga room
Services
Planned 24/7 concierge, owner's lounge, fireside lounge, on-site restaurant and cafe, pet park and pet salon, EV charging, and cold storage
Design
Architecture by Gomez Vazquez International, interiors by Niz + Chauvet, with Roche Bobois furnishings curated for the residences
Location
Area
Downtown St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, at the northeast corner of 4th Street South and 4th Avenue South, ZIP 33701
Access
Two blocks from the Publix-anchored University Village plaza, with I-175 and I-275 minutes away
Culture
The Dali Museum is about 0.4 miles away and the St. Pete Pier about 0.9 miles, per the project's own distance list
Corridor
Blocks from the USF St. Petersburg campus and the Bayboro Harbor waterfront, and about 0.8 miles from the Tropicana Field / Historic Gas Plant District redevelopment site
The Homes & Style
Roche Bobois Residences is a pre-construction 29-story, 165-unit for-sale luxury condominium tower planned for 344 4th Street South at the northeast corner of 4th Street South and 4th Avenue South in downtown St. Petersburg. The developer is Clearwater-based Valor Capital, working with the Paris furniture house Roche Bobois, and coverage describes it as the first Roche Bobois-branded residential building in the United States. Gomez Vazquez International is the architect, with interiors by Niz + Chauvet and Roche Bobois furnishings curated for the residences. The plan runs from roughly 431 sq ft studios through one-, two-, and three-bedroom residences to two-story penthouses, per early-2026 sales materials.
Because this is pre-construction, there is no resale history and no finished building to tour; the decision is the line, the floor, the view direction, and the contract terms. Broker-published pre-construction pricing from February 2026 started around $544,500 for studios, with one-bedrooms from about $844,500, two-bedrooms from about $1,108,500, and three-bedrooms from about $1,545,500; all of it is subject to change, so confirm current pricing directly with the developer's sales team. A reported 4,840 sq ft two-story penthouse went under contract in February 2026 at $13.2 million, which St. Pete Rising reported would set a Tampa Bay condominium pre-sale record if it closes.
Living Here
The building is planned around a 20,000-plus sq ft amenity program: a glass-edge heated saltwater pool with a swim lane and cantilevered spa, poolside cabanas with summer kitchens, a spa with sauna and aquatic therapy, a fitness studio, an owner's lounge and fireside lounge, a pet park and pet salon, 24/7 concierge, EV charging, cold storage, and an on-site restaurant and cafe at the base, alongside 4,103 sq ft of ground-floor retail and a roughly 5,000 sq ft public arts plaza.
The location is the working south edge of downtown rather than the Beach Drive waterfront: two blocks from the Publix-anchored University Village plaza, blocks from the USF St. Petersburg campus, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, and the Bayboro Harbor marine district, about 0.4 miles from the Dali Museum, and about 0.8 miles from the 86-acre Tropicana Field / Historic Gas Plant District site, where the city selected an approximately $8.1 billion redevelopment proposal in July 2026.
Before You Offer
Verify the status first. The tower was approved by the city in August 2025, demolition of the prior 1920s-era apartment buildings on the site began in early 2026, and construction is expected to begin in 2026 with completion targeted around 2028 in sales materials, though some coverage cites 2029 occupancy. Nothing is vertical yet, so get the current construction and delivery timeline in writing.
Read the contract mechanics. Sales materials published a deposit schedule of 10 percent at contract, 10 percent at 120 days, 10 percent at groundbreaking, 10 percent at one year, 10 percent at top-off, and 50 percent at closing; confirm the current schedule, how deposits are escrowed, and whether the contract permits deposits above 10 percent to be used for construction, which Florida law allows when disclosed. Florida's condominium statute also gives buyers of a new unit from a developer a 15-day cancellation window after signing and receiving the condominium documents, and a reservation deposit is generally refundable until it converts to a purchase contract; review the specifics with your own agent and attorney.
Confirm the carrying cost and the parking. The monthly condominium fee has not been published, and it will carry a full-service amenity level, concierge staffing, and building insurance, so get the estimated operating budget from the condominium documents before you budget. The 2025 revised site plan listed 103 parking spaces for 165 units, and the developer later bought an adjacent parcel in part to expand parking, so confirm exactly what parking conveys with your residence.
Finally, pull the FEMA flood zone for the parcel, given the site sits several blocks from Bayboro Harbor, and weigh buying early against waiting: early contracts get line and floor choice and launch pricing, while waiting buys certainty on the timeline and the finished product.
Roche Bobois Residences vs. Comparable Downtown St. Pete Condo Towers
The peer set is downtown St. Pete's recent condo wave. Against The Nolen, the 23-story boutique tower that opened to residents and previously held Tampa Bay's new-construction pre-sale record at $1,494 per square foot, Roche Bobois trades a delivered building you can tour today for a designer brand, a larger amenity program, and pre-construction pricing on a building that will not deliver for years. Against 400 Central, Saltaire, Art House, and Reflection, all delivered or delivering with actual closings on record, Roche Bobois is the pre-construction entry: no resale history, but the earliest position in the building.
The honest shorthand: pick Roche Bobois Residences for the designer-branded product, the studio-to-penthouse price ladder that starts below most delivered downtown luxury towers, and early line-and-floor choice near the USF campus and the Gas Plant redevelopment; pick The Nolen, Saltaire, 400 Central, Art House, or Reflection if you want a finished downtown condo with a recorded closing history you can price against today.
Who It Fits Best
Roche Bobois Residences fits buyers who want a new designer-branded downtown St. Pete condo, are comfortable with a multi-year pre-construction timeline and a staged deposit schedule, and want to choose their line and floor before the building goes vertical, whether as a primary residence, a second home, or a long-hold on the south downtown corridor.
It is a weaker fit for buyers who need to move in within the next two to three years, anyone uncomfortable committing large staged deposits before completion, buyers who want a recorded resale history and a confirmed monthly fee before signing, or anyone who wants a direct Beach Drive waterfront address rather than the south downtown blocks.







