The Goldton at St. Petersburg

License snapshot: The Goldton at St. Petersburg — Florida ALF — AHCA #12498 — 105 beds — LNS — St. Petersburg, FL — first licensed 2021. Last verified: October 2026.

Is The Goldton at St. Petersburg in St. Petersburg licensed by the State of Florida?

Yes. The Goldton at St. Petersburg holds an active Florida Assisted Living Facility license, AHCA license #12498, for 105 residents at 6775 40th Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33709. It also holds a Limited Nursing Services license on top of the standard license. The license was first issued on July 17, 2021, and the current license runs through July 20, 2027.

Below is the public record for The Goldton at St. Petersburg as AHCA publishes it, followed by the questions it raises for a tour and how it sits among other licensed Pinellas County communities.

The Goldton at St. Petersburg license and contact information

What level of care can The Goldton at St. Petersburg provide under its Florida license?

The Goldton at St. Petersburg can provide standard assisted living plus the services its LNS license allows. The Limited Nursing Services (LNS) license allows licensed nurses to deliver a defined list of nursing tasks in the building, such as certain assessments and treatments, beyond what a standard license permits.

In its AHCA profile the community reports a memory-care program. Florida has no separate memory-care license, so ask how the secured area is laid out and which of the dementia rules in s. 429.178, F.S. it follows. AHCA's profile lists nurse availability as: Direct Part-Time. Medicaid services listed on the profile: Assistive Care Services. In Tampa Bay, Medicaid help with assisted living runs through the SMMC Long-Term Care plans, so confirm which plans the community currently contracts with. Languages reported to AHCA: Creole, English, Spanish.

What did AHCA find when it inspected The Goldton at St. Petersburg?

AHCA has posted 6 inspections for The Goldton at St. Petersburg: 1 standard (routine) survey, 5 complaint investigations and 0 other visits. In the three years to October 2026, inspectors recorded 6 deficiencies, none of them Class I or II. The most recent visit was a complaint visit on January 22, 2026 with no deficiencies cited.

Complaint visits are triggered by a call to AHCA, so their number reflects how often someone raised a concern, not only what was found. Look at whether those visits produced citations.

Source: AHCA inspection details, retrieved October 24, 2026. Florida grades ALF deficiencies from Class I (an immediate threat or death) to Class IV (paperwork-level); most citations at large communities are Class III.

Has AHCA taken enforcement action against The Goldton at St. Petersburg?

Yes. AHCA's record lists 9 final orders imposing fines on The Goldton at St. Petersburg between 2018 and 2022, totaling $4,375.

Most ALF fines in Florida follow a survey that found an uncorrected or repeat deficiency. Ask the administrator what each order was for and what changed afterward; a straight answer is a good sign.

Who owns and operates The Goldton at St. Petersburg?

The AHCA licensee for The Goldton at St. Petersburg is 1818 Spete Opco LLC, and the facility is managed by Atlas Senior Living, LLC. AHCA lists the administrator as Dolores Salazar. AHCA records a change of ownership on July 21, 2021, November 1, 2017.

Ask who you would call above the administrator if a problem is not resolved, and whether the operator runs other Tampa Bay communities you could visit for comparison.

Does The Goldton at St. Petersburg have backup power for hurricanes and outages?

The Goldton at St. Petersburg reports to AHCA that its on-site backup power is fixed generator, supporting entire facility, and that the areas kept cool during an outage are: dining room, entire facility, living room, resident rooms.

Florida requires every ALF to have an emergency power source able to keep the building at 81°F or cooler for at least 96 hours after an outage. In Pinellas County, ask which evacuation zone the building sits in, where residents go if an order is issued, and how families are told.

Where is The Goldton at St. Petersburg, and what is nearby in St. Petersburg?

The Goldton at St. Petersburg is at 6775 40th Ave N in St. Petersburg (33709), Pinellas County. St. Petersburg is Pinellas County's largest city and a long-established retirement destination, with a high share of residents over 65 and dense senior housing along the waterfront and Central Avenue corridor. The closest major hospitals for the area include Bayfront Health St. Petersburg, St. Anthony's Hospital (BayCare), Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital.

Within about six miles there are 40 other AHCA-licensed assisted living facilities, so families comparing The Goldton at St. Petersburg have real alternatives close by.

Largest licensed ALFs within six miles (AHCA data):

• Wentworth Central Avenue · St. Petersburg · 240 beds · AHCA #11812 · 2.7 mi
• The Inn at Freedom Square · Seminole · 200 beds · AHCA #4759 · 4.2 mi
• Colliers at St. Pete · St. Petersburg · 162 beds · AHCA #8057 · 2.7 mi
• Bayside Terrace Senior Living · Pinellas Park · 162 beds · AHCA #6139 · 4.1 mi
• Arbor Oaks Assisted Living Facility · St. Petersburg · 158 beds · AHCA #9299 · 1.4 mi

How much does memory care and assisted living cost near The Goldton at St. Petersburg?

In the St. Petersburg area, assisted living typically runs $3,700–$5,800/month in 2026, and memory care $5,050–$7,350/month. These are area ranges, not The Goldton at St. Petersburg's prices; the community sets its own rates by apartment size and care level.

It reports to AHCA that it accepts VA payment, so veterans and surviving spouses should ask about Aid and Attendance. Because Medicaid services appear on its profile, ask whether it has an open SMMC Long-Term Care bed for your parent's plan. Ask for the full fee schedule, any community fee, and the 30-day notice terms before you compare.

What should you ask when you tour The Goldton at St. Petersburg?

Start with the issues AHCA has actually raised at The Goldton at St. Petersburg, then cover the questions every St. Petersburg family should ask.

• AHCA cited “Admissions - continued residency” on the June 19, 2025 standard survey. Ask for the admission and continued-residency criteria in writing, and ask who completes the AHCA Form 1823 health assessment and how often it is updated.
• AHCA cited “Staffing standards - staff” on the June 19, 2025 standard survey. Ask how many caregivers are awake overnight, how agency staff are screened, and how long the administrator has been in the role.
• AHCA cited “Training - first aid and CPR” on the June 19, 2025 standard survey. Ask to see how new caregivers are trained in their first 30 days and who signs off that the training happened.
• How are care plans reviewed, and how often are families included?
• How is the memory-care neighborhood staffed at night, and is it a separate secured area?
• What is the caregiver-to-resident ratio on the overnight shift, not just during the day?

How does The Goldton at St. Petersburg compare with other Pinellas County assisted living?

By licensed capacity, The Goldton at St. Petersburg ranks #30 of 134 AHCA-licensed assisted living facilities in Pinellas County, and it is one of 44 there that report a memory-care program. Size is not quality; it tells you the community runs at scale, with more staff to manage and usually more amenities.

Tampa Senior Advisor is a free service for families. We can set The Goldton at St. Petersburg beside other licensed St. Petersburg options on care level, current openings and price, and we will point out good options that do not pay us. Communities pay a referral fee only if your family chooses them.