- May 17, 2024
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The Residences at St. Regis Longboat Key celebrated its topping-off Friday afternoon.
Construction workers and stakeholders attended and were served lunch before companies raffled off prizes including 13 televisions, Yeti coolers and tool sets.
Project Executive Josh Mutchler, Moss founder Bob Moss and Unicorp CEO Chuck Whittall spoke at the ceremony to thank their employees and partners and tout the success of the project.
“You all are creating a place where there will be great memories for years to come,” Whittall said. “The previous resort was a very special place for this town. What we are building here today is going to be beyond our lifetime of creating memories for kids, parents and families to come.”
Mutchler took the time to address all of their subcontractors and individuals that have been particularly crucial to the project.
“I want to thank everyone here from the bottom of my heart,” Mutchler said. “I appreciate all the hard work that everyone has put in.”
When raising the beam to the highest point of the project, the point of the topping-off ceremony, an evergreen tree was placed on one end. The tree symbolizes construction reaching the sky without the loss of life or injury. It is said to bode well for future inhabitants of the building.
“There is nothing more pleasant for me to do than participate in a topping-off ceremony,” Moss said. “(The ceremony) is to celebrate all of you that helped create this wonderful structure of these buildings. We’ve done it safely. We’ve done it extremely fast. We’ve done it at high quality.”
The other end of the beam had an American flag hanging from it.
Later in the afternoon, following the ceremony, condo buyers arrived to take tours of the property and see the progress on their soon-to-be homes. All 69 condos have been sold. Buyers celebrated the construction progress with glasses of champagne.
Five buildings are working their way through construction, a five-story hotel on the north end of the property, three five-story condo buildings on the south side of the property and a single-floor amenities building in between.
The project remains on track for completion in 2024. The entire project is expected to take about another 16 months to complete.
The last slab of concrete for the whole project was poured Feb. 16.
Upon completion, workers will have constructed over 1 million square feet of indoor space. The project is in construction on a 17.6-acre lot of the previous home of the Colony Beach and Tennis Resort.
The hotel is set to have 166 rooms.
About 3,000 people are expected to have worked on the project from time to time once it is finished.
