St. Petersburg-based firm sees opportunity in S. Florida shopping centers

St. Petersburg-based firm sees opportunity in S. Florida shopping centers

There’s not much room to build shopping centers in South Florida.

But one newcomer is squeezing its way into the crowded retail market with four new projects that aim to give local consumers convenient places to shop and do their dry cleaning and banking.

The Sembler Co., a St. Petersburg.-based retail and management firm, recently opened Legacy Place, a 469,000-square-foot shopping and entertainment center at PGA Boulevard and A1A in Palm Beach Gardens. And the company is developing three other venues in Palm Beach and Broward counties: Boynton Town Center, North Springs Plaza in Coral Springs, and Commercial Boulevard Shoppes in Lauderhill.