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Businessman David Fischer to convert Mari Jean Hotel into a lgbtq+ resort
David Fischer, who has made a name for himself in St. Pete’s flourishing LGBTQ+ group, is now taking on a new business venture – establishing a gay resort.
Fischer is an entrepreneur known for creating trendy gay-centric and friendly destinations such as The Cocktail Bar, The Saint Speakeasy and the ZaZoo’d retail shop, but he is taking his endeavors a step further alongside a business spouse to redevelop the Mari Jean Hotel into an adults-only queer resort.
The original Mari Jean Hotel building is a historic property, built in 1926 at 2349 Central Ave. The original owners lived in a home nestled in the hotel’s gardens. In 2013, the house was relocated and became the Metro Inclusive Health LGBTQ Welcome Center.
Fischer explained the concept of converting the hotel into a gay resort came into view by Michael Andoniades, owner of the Hollander, Avalon hotels and the Mari Jean. Fisher has a deep-rooted working relationship with Andoniades, as he worked on the interior design of his hotels.
David Fischer, the owner of ZaZoo’d, The Saint Speakeasy and The Cockta
Back in the heyday of the Wedgewood Bar in the mid-1970s, owner Bob Pope had his hands full. The attorney ran the motel/dance club on Fourth Street South and 18th Avenue for about 18 months before he closed its doors.
But those 18 months were definitely memorable.
Pope, who still lives in St. Petersburg, says he tried to create the historic landmark into an LGBT resort, but the expense behind refurbishing the property was massive, and he didn’t hold deep pockets at the time.
“We just had to make improvements as we went,” Pope remembers. “We did have a lovely garden and a agreeable swimming pool. During our height we’d have people standing in line for a block and a half to get inside.”
But despite the popularity, it was hard to preserve the Wedgewood running. Help then, most people didn’t know that Pope didn’t have a liquor license for the venue.
“We had a restaurant license, which meant we had to serve food,” he says. “We didn’t have the stand-alone liquor license and that caused some of our problems. I’m not a restaurateur and I didn’t know how to watch over it—and neither did my general administer
St. Petersburg’s Skyway Marina District to acquire $70 million mixed-use project
ST. PETERSBURG — Years after a popular gay resort closed and its property was sold to Home Depot, the empty, weed-strewn site is about to be developed.
Phillips Development & Realty, which expects to close on the parcel in December, has unveiled plans for a $70 million mixed-use proposal that will contain 300 apartments and about 15,000 to 25,000 square feet of retail room, including a restaurant.
The Tampa firm submitted its site prepare to the urban area Monday. The St. Petersburg Development Review Commission is expected to consider it in January. Glen Stygar, an executive with Phillips Training, said work on the 9-acre property on 34th Highway — between 30th and 32nd avenues S — will begin in tardy spring or prior summer next year.
The project has brought another burst of good news to the fledgling Skyway Marina District, which has seen gradual but steady progress toward its target of redeveloping the area adjacent to waterfront neighborhoods and near Eckerd College and southern Pinellas County beach communities.
“It’s exciting. I believe it’s going to be really pleasant for our area,&