Affordable housing community for seniors boosts St. Pete neighborhood

The site of the former Edward White Hospital, which has been vacant for 10 years, is being transformed into an affordable housing community.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 5:00 a.m. September 5, 2024
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The former Edward White Hospital in St. Petersburg is being turned in an affordable housing community.
The former Edward White Hospital in St. Petersburg is being turned in an affordable housing community.
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Nearly 10 years after the Edward White Hospital in St. Petersburg’s Kenwood neighborhood shut down, local dignitaries gathered Aug. 27 at the site to see it start coming back to life.

The gathering was for the ceremonial groundbreaking at the community hospital, which is about to undergo a $29 million transformation into an affordable housing facility for seniors.

 

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