Dutch Bros, the cult‑favorite drive‑thru coffee chain, may finally land at the busy corner of Park Boulevard and Seminole Boulevard, with the city now greenlighting formal talks. The long‑empty Seminole parcel has sat dormant for years, and council authorization to start negotiations cracks open the door to a redevelopment pairing a coffee kiosk with a bank.
City Council members last month signed off on negotiations to bring in the coffee chain alongside a bank on the long‑vacant lot, according to the Tampa Bay Times. The proposal, the paper reports, would place a drive‑thru Dutch Bros near a signalized intersection that already sees heavy morning and evening traffic.
Where It Would Go
The site in play is the former SunTrust branch at 7405 Seminole Blvd, a roughly 1.2‑acre corner property, according to a commercial listing on LoopNet. The listing shows the property is being offered for sale or ground lease and is teed up for redevelopment at a high‑traffic crossroads. Any actual deal would still have to clear city approvals on site access, stormwater and design before anyone starts pouring concrete.
Nearby Dutch Bros and Local Appetite
Dutch Bros is not a total unknown in the neighborhood. Its Keene Plaza shop in Largo has pulled steady lines since opening late in 2025, the Times notes. Earlier coverage pointed out that the Keene Plaza location at 2250 East Bay Drive was built as a compact double drive‑thru, a format the brand has been rolling out across the region. That development was reported by St. Pete Catalyst.
Drive‑Thru Debate
Drive‑thru coffee operations tend to kick up questions about traffic and design, and Dutch Bros has already run into those conversations in other Florida cities. In Lakeland, for example, planning commissioners pressed on whether one corridor could handle another drive‑thru even as they advanced a Dutch Bros proposal, as detailed in coverage of how a Dutch Bros drive‑thru inched closer to brewing in Lakeland. If negotiations move forward in Seminole, city officials and nearby residents are likely to push for traffic studies and design tweaks to keep queuing under control and protect circulation around the intersection.
What Happens Next
The council vote only starts the formal talks. Any redevelopment agreement would have to come back to the council for approval and then survive the usual permitting and engineering reviews before work could begin. City staff will negotiate with the property owner and potential tenant, and for now there is no set timeline for when a Dutch Bros could open on the corner. This story will be updated if the city or the developer releases more details.
