Grand Central At Kennedy

Where is the trash chute on level 5? Great location, very clean but concierge desk doesn’t know where the trash chute is located

I have been living here for about eight months and I love it! The view is great from any part of the building, I face Ybor and I especially love my view. Each unit has a balcony and has nice appliances (viking). There is a pool in both buildings and a gym in one of them (for use by both buildings).
The elevators are quick — which is a must. The neighbors are quiet and friendly. Mostly its younger singles and some young families. Also, it is SUPER dog friendly. I def love the culture of this building :)
There are two bars, two restaurants, a Powerhouse gym, a dry cleaners and a nail salon downstairs and a gas station across the street — which is really great.
There are two issues with this place. First, there are no grocery stores or convenient stores nearby. The nearest publix is on Bayshore. I have heard that there are plans in the making for a Publix literally across the street but that is unconfirmed. The second issue exists by virtue of one of the ‘pluses’ of this place. Because of the trendy location and bars, there is sometimes traffic to get into the parking lot due to visitors. This is only especially frustrating to me because you tend to experience it when you are coming home after work and just want to be on your couch relaxing!

Cons: corrupt home owners association with the highest $ 800-​$ 900 per month fees for a ²⁄₂ in all of channelside make this place unaffordable to buy in. Theres plenty of foreclosed ²⁄₂ condos here for 200k-​250k but with the ridiculous hoa fees i can’t recommend investment in a place here. Even renting it out, you wouldn’t break even after mortgage and the hoa. Residents have to loop around the garage to Park all the way on the 8^th floor under the rooftop pool when visitors get more convenient parking on 3^rd 4^th 5^th floor. St Leo college idiots race through the garage and cut corners. Channelside area is far from the rest of Ashley and downtown and is kind of dead now. Viking appliances look nice but I’ve never had so many problems with appliances in my life. Fridge would beep at 2am and the stove wouldn’t light often. Most ²⁄₂ units do not come with 2 walk in closets and they really should. If you work outside of Downtown, the commute to the interstate through downtown is a nightmare. You need to add another 20 minutes onto your commute as Kennedy gets slammed with cars on the weekend and with the never ending interstate construction for the last 2 – 3 years, there is only a 1 lane On-​ramp to i275 instead of 2 lanes and it takes 10minutes just to get onto the ramp because it’s all backed up.
Pros: Picturesque views of Downtown and Channelside, stainless steel Viking appliances, granite counters, dark wood cabinets, large living rooms, large bedrooms, large balcony, rooftop pool, rooftop jacuzzi, rooftop small gym, ²⁴⁄₇ security, close proximity to several shops downstairs: powerhouse gym downstairs, dry cleaners, cena (overpriced Italian restaurant), City Dog Cantina for Mexicant, Hideaway for sushi, and Omalleys for Irish, food trucks every 3^rd Thurs

great condo complex in an awesome location. One concern is the management association company, needs some work. All they know how to do is raise rates. We need to shop our service providers around and they refuse.