St. Pete to open bid process for Gas Plant redevelopment after second proposal

The Pinellas County Housing Authority made an unsolicited offer earlier this month to buy — for $1 — a Tropicana Field parking lot to build an affordable housing project.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 2:20 p.m. October 21, 2025
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The Tampa Bay Rays' lease at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg expires at the end of the 2028 season
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The Pinellas County Housing Authority submitted an offer to the city of St. Petersburg earlier this month asking to buy a parking lot at Tropicana Field to build an affordable housing community for seniors.

The unsolicited offer is for a city-owned lot at 1659 3rd Ave. S., which is part of the 86-acre Historic Gas Plant District.

 

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