Notorious Clearwater motel site to become affordable housing development

Construction will officially kick off this week on a four-story apartment building near downtown where the Economy Inn once stood.

A groundbreaking for the 81-unit affordable housing community Clearwater Gardens is scheduled for June 20.
A groundbreaking for the 81-unit affordable housing community Clearwater Gardens is scheduled for June 20.
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The city of Clearwater is set to break ground on an 81-unit affordable housing development Thursday on the site of a former motel once dubbed “a thorn in the sides of residents and police.”

 

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