Voters approve massive downtown development

Clearwater will move forward with the sale of two properties to developers looking to transform the city’s downtown.


  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 8:06 a.m. November 9, 2022
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Clearwater will move forward with sale of two properties to developers looking to transform the city’s downtown. (Courtesy photo)
Clearwater will move forward with sale of two properties to developers looking to transform the city’s downtown. (Courtesy photo)
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Clearwater residents approved a referendum Tuesday, Nov. 8, that allows the city to sell two properties to developers with plans to bring hundreds of apartments, hotel rooms and retail development to the long-beleaguered downtown.

Voters supported the referendum, which changed the city’s charter to allow for the sale of the city-owned property, by a wide margin, with 66% of voters voting yes.

 

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