{"id":14269,"date":"2025-10-21T17:47:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/14269\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T17:47:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:47:06","slug":"st-pete-to-invite-new-proposals-for-redevelopment-of-historic-gas-plant-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/14269\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete to invite new proposals for redevelopment of Historic Gas Plant District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Additionally, the city received another unsolicited proposal from the <a href=\"https:\/\/pinellashousing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pinellas County Housing Authority (PCHA)<\/a>, in partnership with developer John Barkett of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ascensionrep.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ascension Real Estate Partners<\/a>, to redevelop and purchase the city-owned parking lot at 1659 3rd Avenue South, which is used for Tampa Bay Rays games. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Their plan calls for a seven-story, 80-unit apartment building designed to provide housing for low-income seniors with preference given to those who previously resided in the Historic Gas Plant District.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Under Florida law, if a local government receives an unsolicited proposal and wishes to explore it further, it must first open the process to competition by publishing a public notice and allowing other parties the opportunity to submit proposals for the lease, purchase, or development of all or part of the property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cHonoring the promises made to our community, including the residents of the Historic Gas Plant District, has been a top priority of my administration,\u201d said Mayor Ken Welch in a statement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cWe continue to explore ways to pursue impactful outcomes that reflect the needs and aspirations of our residents. I intend to ensure that any redevelopment reflects the values and priorities of our entire community \u2014 honoring our history while creating pathways for inclusive progress and a thriving future for all in our city.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Additionally, the city received another unsolicited proposal from the Pinellas County Housing Authority (PCHA), in partnership with developer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-14269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}