{"id":82297,"date":"2025-12-13T17:19:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T17:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/82297\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T17:19:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T17:19:40","slug":"st-pete-council-to-decide-today-whether-to-keep-tangerine-plaza-redevelopment-alive-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/82297\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete Council to decide today whether to keep Tangerine Plaza redevelopment alive"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brief<\/p>\n

St. Petersburg City Council will vote Thursday on whether to give a developer a one-year extension to keep its Tangerine Plaza redevelopment plan alive.<\/p>\n

The mostly vacant, city-owned retail center sits in South St. Petersburg\u2019s historic Deuces Live district, an area long without a full-service grocery store.<\/p>\n

Many neighbors argue the community has waited too long for progress.<\/p>\n

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – St. Pete City Council is set to decide Thursday afternoon whether to give the Sugar Hill Group another year\u00a0to meet the conditions needed to redevelop Tangerine Plaza.<\/p>\n

The vote could reshape the future of one of South St. Petersburg\u2019s most significant neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

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The backstory<\/p>\n

Tangerine Plaza, located at 1794 22nd Street South, is a city-owned\u00a0retail center that has sat largely vacant since the last grocery store closed in 2017. The Sugar Hill Group was selected to redevelop the site into a mixed-use project featuring affordable housing, retail, and a grocery store.<\/p>\n

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City documents show the developer still has not met key requirements, including:<\/p>\n

Securing full financing for construction<\/p>\n

Providing a commitment letter from a grocery store<\/p>\n

Addressing remaining site-plan comments<\/p>\n

The group is requesting a one-year extension, citing delays in the site-plan approval process. City staff recommends approving the extension.<\/p>\n

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The backstory<\/p>\n

Tangerine Plaza sits in the heart of the Deuces district, an area with deep cultural history but longstanding economic challenges. With the plaza mostly empty, residents in nearby neighborhoods have been left without convenient access to fresh food for years and often rely on corner stores or long bus rides to shop.<\/p>\n

The plaza has become a symbol of stalled redevelopment and broken promises.<\/p>\n

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The other side<\/p>\n

Some council members, including Corey Givens Jr., who represents the district, say the community has already waited long enough and that the city should consider proposals from other developers.<\/p>\n

What’s next<\/p>\n

City Council will vote at 1:30 p.m. If the extension is denied, the city says it will evaluate “the next best path” for the property, potentially reopening the development process. Organizers are planning a large rally to demonstrate their frustration with the stalled plans.<\/p>\n

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The Source<\/p>\n

Information in this story comes from St. Petersburg\u2019s City Council agenda packet\u00a0for Dec. 11, 2025, which outlines the Sugar Hill Group\u2019s extension request, the city administration\u2019s recommendations, and the status of the required development conditions. Additional background comes from\u00a0previous FOX 13 News reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief St. Petersburg City Council will vote Thursday on whether to give a developer a one-year extension…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[832,3751,45723,202,3351,204,203,199,201,200,41132,45722],"class_list":["post-82297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-city-council","tag-grocery-store","tag-retail-center","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-city-council","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-sugar-hill-group","tag-tangerine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82297","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=82297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}