{"id":43025,"date":"2025-11-11T23:06:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T23:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/43025\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T23:06:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T23:06:06","slug":"st-pete-councilmember-wants-more-time-for-tropicana-field-redevelopment-proposals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/43025\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete councilmember wants more time for Tropicana Field redevelopment proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>City Councilmember Richie Floyd is proposing to extend the 30-day window for Tropicana Field redevelopment bids to 90 days.<\/p>\n<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. \u2014 A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/video\/news\/local\/pinellascounty\/st-pete-city-council-hires-outside-consultant-to-review-water-billing-system-after-months-of-sky-high-complaints\/67-3d03ab4c-710e-4a89-9934-3c6b94fc009a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">St. Petersburg<\/a> City Councilmember is asking the city to give developers more time to submit plans for redeveloping the Gas Plant and Tropicana Field site, a project expected to reshape about 86 acres in the heart of the city.<\/p>\n<p>Council member Richie Floyd has filed a resolution requesting that the city issue a formal request for proposals, or RFP, with detailed criteria and a 90-day window for submissions. The mayor\u2019s office currently plans to open a 30-day period later this month after receiving an unsolicited proposal to redevelop the site.<\/p>\n<p>Floyd said the short timeline could limit competition and reduce the quality of bids submitted for what\u2019s expected to be a multi-billion-dollar project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a huge piece of property. The last deal was about $6 billion. You need more time than 30 days to get together a big bid for that project, especially a quality bid that can compete,\u201d Floyd said.<\/p>\n<p>He said issuing a formal RFP would not only give developers more time but also let the city define its priorities, such as affordable and senior housing, public amenities, and jobs for residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the time period is what\u2019s most important, but an RFP also gives us the opportunity to say what we want to see at the site in a way that an unsolicited bid doesn\u2019t,\u201d Floyd said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaking our time and doing it right will be really important. Because we could really create a wonderful space for everyone that enriches people\u2019s lives in the city, that provides recreation and great services,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>But not everyone wants to wait. Mark Ferguson, the owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/article\/news\/local\/pinellascounty\/fergs-sports-bar-grill-st-pete-best-in-country\/67-d7504a0e-a8ca-43b5-88f4-3efcb1fb5704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Ferg\u2019s Sports Bar and Grill<\/a> near Tropicana Field, said he wants to see the city move forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sooner the better to get started,\u201d Ferguson said. \u201cI know there\u2019s a timeline for everything, but we\u2019ve been waiting so long. Let\u2019s pick someone and get moving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson said keeping space available for the baseball team is important as the Rays decide where they\u2019ll play in the future.<\/p>\n<p>10 Tampa Bay reached out to Mayor Ken Welch\u2019s office for comment but did not hear back. City Council is expected to discuss Floyd\u2019s resolution during a meeting on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"City Councilmember Richie Floyd is proposing to extend the 30-day window for Tropicana Field redevelopment bids to 90&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-43025","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\/43025","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=43025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}