St. Pete Beach’s Miramar Beach Resort has closed for renovations and is planning on reopening before the end of 2025.
That much you could know just from visiting the resort’s website. But additional details have now become available, as St. Pete Rising reports that plans for an expansion at the resort have been unanimously approved by the St. Pete Beach planning board.
“The existing two-story, two-building resort, which was constructed in 1953, would demolish 10 existing hotel units and both ground-level pools in favor of a new 76-foot-tall building at the rear of the resort just behind the towering sand dunes,” the coverage says. “The owner also requested permission to have outdoor seating for a fine dining restaurant on the eighth-floor rooftop. The 90-seat restaurant and bar will have 1,555 square feet of indoor space and a 500-square-foot outdoor balcony.”
What Now reached out on Thursday to Kevin Bowden, the veteran hotelier who owns the resort, to ask specifically about the rooftop restaurant. Bowden says that it will include largely enclosed seating, along with a patio.
The restaurant area will often serve as wedding venue, Bowden said. “There will be time where you have a wedding booking fifty rooms and using the space. Other days it will be more like a beach bar and restaurant, overlooking the ocean.”
Stay tuned for more details on the resort’s renovation as they begin to take shape.
