{"id":6825,"date":"2025-10-16T16:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/6825\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T16:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:44:10","slug":"city-county-leaders-break-ground-on-new-affordable-housing-in-st-pete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/6825\/","title":{"rendered":"City, county leaders break ground on new affordable housing in St. Pete"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leaders from the city of St. Petersburg and Pinellas County joined development partners this week to break ground<\/a> on a massive new development in the Skyway Marina District that will include 121 new affordable housing units.<\/p>\n

The Sky Town development, to be located at 3201 34th St. S. in the area surrounding the old Ceridian building, is a 34.3-acre site. When completed, it will be home to more than 2,000 apartments and a retail area anchored by Sprouts Farmers Market. It will also include self-storage space.<\/p>\n

A six-phase project, the first phase will include 401 housing units, including 121 designated as affordable. Of those, 61 will be reserved for those earning up to 120% of the area median income, which is about $103,000 for a family of three. The other 60 units will be for those earning up to 80% of the area median income, or about $69,000 for a family of three.<\/p>\n

Originally planned as all-market rate housing, the city and county provided $10 million to include affordable units \u2014 $4.5 million from the city and $5.5 million from the county.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sky Town development marks a new era for the Skyway Marina District. This public-private project is an example of how forward-thinking investments can strengthen neighborhoods, attract workforce talent, and expand opportunities for residents,\u201d Mayor Ken Welch said.<\/p>\n

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He added his thanks to the county and to developers Altis Cardinal, along with \u201cthe many partners for their collaboration and shared commitment to create affordable and workforce housing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe continue to build on one of our key pillars of progress, Housing Opportunities For All, by ensuring St. Pete residents have a safe and stable environment to call home,\u201d Welch said.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s contribution to the project came via a forgivable loan from the Housing Capital Improvement Fund. The county\u2019s contribution came from Penny for Pinellas funds.<\/p>\n

Housing units will range in size\u00a0from 562 to 1,370 square feet and will be available in studio and with one to three bedrooms. Amenities will include a rooftop lounge, swimming pool and ground-level retail.<\/p>\n

The iconic Ceridian building will remain, though it\u2019s no longer used as Ceridian\u2019s headquarters. It will serve as an office building.<\/p>\n

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A perhaps little known fact: The building, when it was occupied by what was then Florida Power in the early 1990s, was used briefly as a backdrop in the sci-fi series SeaQuest<\/a>, a Star Trek-like show that sought a new frontier below the ocean.<\/p>\n

Also worth noting, Welch received a $25,000 contribution<\/a> from Altis Cardinal to his affiliated political committee, The Pelican Political Action Committee, on Sept. 30. The City Council approved the $4.5 million for the project in April<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leaders from the city of St. Petersburg and Pinellas County joined development partners this week to break ground…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1571,7336,2346,596,7337,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-6825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-affordable-housing","tag-altis-cardinal","tag-ken-welch","tag-pinellas-county","tag-sky-town","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\/6825","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=6825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}