The owners of Biff-Burger, a popular burger and shake restaurant that opened in the 1950s in St. Meanwhile, another car wash is expected to be built at the site of the former Biff-Burger at 3939 49 th St. Woodie’s is also the official car wash of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg serves as the prototype for the company’s Southeast expansion. The Woodie’s Wash Shack at 5601 66 th St. Petersburg is anchoring the company’s strategic growth. The company’s website lists over a dozen new locations that will open in Tampa Bay. However, financial woes in the 1970s sent the chain on a decline and most of its restaurants out of. Early success in the late 1950s and early 1960s led the franchise to spread to many parts of the Southeastern United States. The plan to reinvent the sites into Woodie’s Wash Shack is part of the brand’s bigger plans to integrate into the Tampa Bay car wash business scene. Biff Burger ( B est I n F ast F ood) 1 was a burger fast food franchise that originated in Clearwater, Florida. Mandalay Point house sells for $ 10.5 million, making it the most expensive sale in the countyĪ house in Mandalay Point, a closed subdivision of Clearwater Beach, sold for $ 10.5 million, making it the most expensive sale in Pinellas County this year.The Woodie’s Wash Shack that will rise at the site is an express car wash inspired by the woodie car and surf culture of the 1950s, which is reflected in Woodie’s surf wagon logo. The mall consists of eight buildings totaling 166,188 square feet and has over 30 tenants, including Anytime Fitness and Ace Hardware. /rebates/&.com252fRestaurantReview-g34607-d827182-Reviews-BiffBurgerof49thStreet-StPetersburgFlorida. RPT has dozens of shopping centers across the country. South Pasadena RG2 is linked to RPT Realty, which is the same company that recently purchased plots in and around the Walmart Neighborhood Market anchored plaza in the East Lake Woodlands neighborhood. It was sold from Branch South Pasadena Associates LLC to South Pasadena RG2 in a $ 32.65 million deal. In New York acquired a shopping center anchored in the Walmart Neighborhood Market at 6818 Gulfport Blvd. Pasadena Mall Sells To Big Shopping Buyer The largest purchases included: five packages within the ICOT Center for $ 8.22 million the Turtle Creek Office complex in Clearwater for approximately $ 11.26 million and three plots in the Starkey Business Center for about $ 18.1 million, according to Pinellas County public records. The procuring entity is related to Birtcher Anderson Realty Management Inc., a property management services company that acquires and sells office, industrial and commercial buildings. Next to Biff-Burger is Buffy’s Southern Pit BBQ, recognizable by the pink Chevrolet 57 on the roof. This location also has many elements of the “classic” Punch-Architecture and characteristics of the burger, with an existing original road sign, as described by the company. Photo by Bill DeYoung.Today, only two known locations of the former Punch-The burger chain still exists – one in Greensboro, NC, renamed Beef Burger, and the other in St. Pete first opened in the 1950s and has had several different owners over the years, but has remained mostly the same.īiff-Burger. Pete Catalyst that restaurant operations will continue. Basil’s wife Lauren Basil operates the Mosh Posh consignment store in Tampa, which has closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.īasil told the St. He was interested in the property because of its frontage on 49th Street. Justin Basil, director of Tampa-based Rockwell Investments, purchased the two plots at 3939 49th St. The nostalgic Biff-Burger and Buffy’s BBQ adjoining St. However, no effort has been reported to move the conversation forward on the Rays potentially occupying the stadium, and although greyhound racing has ended inside the stadium, the popular Derby Lane poker room remains open.īiff-Burger and Buffy’s BBQ have a new owner Since the Derby Lane track closed in 2020, due to the passage of an amendment banning greyhound racing, local officials have said they could potentially see the Tampa Bay Rays build a new stadium on the site. The area surrounding the Derby Lane track is one place the developers are keeping a close eye on. The acquired lots are directly across from the Tortuga Point apartments and are described as an ideal location to build a multi-family development. in a $ 2.3 million agreement with MD Gandy LLC, which is related to Clearwater-based HC JV LLC, managed by Loci Capital Management Co. LLC has sold two lots at 10491 Gandy Blvd.