Developer opens $25M low-income senior community in St. Pete

By Louis Llovio
| 4:10 p.m. December 10, 2024
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Blue Sky Communities has opened a senior living community on 64th Street South with the help of about $6.6 million from the city of St. Petersburg.

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A new $25 million affordable housing community for seniors is officially opening in St. Petersburg.

The 85-unit community is Bear Creek Commons, and while residents have already moved in, the developer, Blue Sky Communities, is hosting a ceremonial ribbon-cutting Wednesday.

The four-story building at 635 64th St. S. has 47 one-bedroom, one-bath units and 38 two-bedroom, two-bath units. Apartments are reserved for those who meet area median income requirements. Five units are for those with 22% of the AMI, 13 units are for those with 30% of the AMI, 48 units are for those with 60% of the AMI, and 19 units are for those with 80% of the AMI.