St. Pete Beach resident sues over city approval of new TradeWinds Sugar Sands Resort
The TradeWinds Resort may have hit another snag in its proposed 116-foot tall, 12-story complex on the former Coral Reef Hotel site in St. Pete Beach. A former candidate for the St. Pete Beach City Commissioner is suing the city to block the development, claiming the building is too tall for the neighborhood, and the OK violates an earlier agreement that limits the height of any new construction. In 2014, TradeWinds — which owns three beachfront hotels — paid $9.5-million…