{"id":213593,"date":"2026-03-31T21:17:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213593\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T21:17:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:17:59","slug":"st-petersburg-releases-timeline-for-historic-gas-plant-redevelopment-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/213593\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Petersburg releases timeline for Historic Gas Plant redevelopment proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 The City of St. Petersburg has released a tentative 2026 timeline for reviewing and selecting a proposal to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay28.com\/news\/region-pinellas\/national-and-local-partners-line-up-behind-6-8-billion-gas-plant-district-redevelopment-in-st-petersburg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">redevelop the Historic Gas Plant District<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>City staff have completed initial evaluations of developer submissions, which are now available on the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stpete.org\/residents\/current_projects\/historic_gas_plant.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">city\u2019s website<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The 2026 proposal submissions are the following:<\/p>\n<p>Those reviews will be sent to Mayor Ken Welch for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>In April, the first phase of an Urban Land Institute study will begin, reviewing past studies, community feedback and other research.<\/p>\n<p>The city will also host a public meeting at the Coliseum in April for residents to meet shortlisted developers, followed by a 30-day public input period.<\/p>\n<p>In May, city administrators will complete a strengths and weaknesses analysis of the proposals.<\/p>\n<p>Applications will also open for the Community Benefits Advisory Council Project Committee (CBAC), with member selections expected later that month, pending city council approval.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Welch is expected to make a final proposal selection in June after public meetings and review. The chosen proposal will then be vetted by the CBAC and the city council.<\/p>\n<p>In July, the CBAC plans two meetings, one with public comment and one for members only, prior to contract negotiations with city staff.<\/p>\n<p>Additional updates and public engagement opportunities are expected later this year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/REBECCA.PETIT.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Suspect arrested for murder of Bartow man found in &#8216;pool of blood&#8217;: PCSO<\/p>\n<p>Polk County Sheriff&#8217;s Office (PCSO) announced it arrested the suspect involved in the murder of a 56-year-old Bartow man found in a &#8220;pool of blood.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Arrest in &#8216;violent death&#8217; of Florida man found in &#8216;pool of blood&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 The City of St. Petersburg has released a tentative 2026 timeline for reviewing and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[205,97526,8122,26619,596,202,204,203,199,201,200,5910,3670,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-213593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-abc-action-news","9":"tag-cbac","10":"tag-historic-gas-plant","11":"tag-mayor-ken-welch","12":"tag-pinellas-county","13":"tag-st-pete","14":"tag-st-pete-headlines","15":"tag-st-pete-news","16":"tag-st-petersburg","17":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","18":"tag-st-petersburg-news","19":"tag-tampa-bay-28","20":"tag-tampa-bay-local-news","21":"tag-wfts"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213593","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=213593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}