‘A complex decision’: Hines & Tampa Bay Rays chosen as Historic Gas Plant District redeveloper

St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch revealed Hines as well as the Tampa Florida Bay Rays as the long-awaited master developer for reenvisioning the city’s Historic Gas Plant District and also Tropicana Area site.

During his state of the city speech Monday, Welch said the group will certainly help spearhead the leisure of the approximate 86-acre plot of land in the heart of midtown St. Pete– that includes the residence of the Tampa Bay Rays.

Officials emphasized propositions for the website required to honor the Historic Gas Plant District, a vibrant African-American community that was taken down 40 years earlier when Tropicana Field was constructed. The city previously stated it was seeking proposals stressing “economical and labor force housing; workplace and conference space; arts and also culture; research, advancement, and also education and learning; leisure; open space, healthy and balanced and sustainable development; as well as deliberate equity.”

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