A four-story building with 65 luxury apartments and a ground-floor organic grocer now stands in downtown Dunedin. The Artisan is a mixed-use residential and retail project associated with redevelopment along Douglas Avenue.
The property at the heart of the story is The Artisan Apartments. Keller-Angelillis itself traces back to 1955, when it was founded in Dunedin as Keller Sales & Engineering, building citrus processing equipment before expanding into industrial metal fabrication, according to Keller-Angelillis Design & Manufacturing. The firm built the first stainless steel storage tank for orange concentrate for Ben Hill Griffin in 1971 and relocated to a new 8,000-square-foot facility in 2008.
A Mixed-Use Complex Rises From the Brownfield
What replaced the fabrication plant is a four-story complex with 11,700 square feet of retail space and 65 apartments, designed to draw from the area's industrial past while incorporating public art installations that anchor Dunedin's growing arts district, per the city's post. The development created a 361-space parking structure, dedicating 234 spaces to free public parking in downtown Dunedin, according to a report from MultifamilyBiz. That garage sits directly beneath the residential building at Monroe Street and Douglas Avenue.
The building's ground-floor retail anchor is organic grocer Nature's Food Patch, which established its second Tampa Bay location inside the space in August 2018, as reported by the Tampa Bay Times.
Green Building Honors and a Statewide Return on Investment
The Artisan earned Platinum Florida Green Building Coalition certification for sustainability in 2018, city officials said, and the project went on to take first place in the FGBC Certified Green High-Rise Residential category the following year, recording the highest green scoring total for any residential high-rise project in the state, per the Florida Redevelopment Association. The certification reflected hurricane-impact-resistant openings and measures involving water, landscaping and recycling. The project also places residential units above a structured parking facility.
Beyond the architectural accolades, The Artisan is part of the city's broader downtown redevelopment story.
Trail Access and a Template for Future Growth
The Artisan property directly borders the 38-plus-mile Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail on Douglas Avenue, incorporating direct trail access along with on-site bicycle and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, according to the Best in American Living Awards. That location provides access to downtown Dunedin's trail network.
Gateway Dunedin is another mixed-use redevelopment connected to developer Joe Kokolakis, featuring a $30 million Main Street project with 80 to 90 apartments and a boutique hotel, according to the St. Pete Catalyst. The project is planned on 3.5 acres, and Dunedin commissioners approved its design concept in 2021, the outlet reported. Hoodline previously reported on commission approvals.
The Artisan's redevelopment story reflects broader Florida redevelopment efforts. For Dunedin, the Douglas Avenue corridor's shift toward trail-side apartments and free public parking stands as one example of that broader change.
