St. Petersburg Lands $7.4M For Affordable Housing

Architectural rendering of The Hartford Apartments, a planned four-story affordable housing development in St. Petersburg.

Seventy-five new affordable apartments are planned for a 1.35-acre property near 34th Street North in St. Petersburg, where a $7.4 million funding award will also help renovate a neighboring 34-unit apartment complex. The St. Petersburg Housing Authority owns the land at Hartford Street North and 32nd Avenue North, where it is working with Blue Sky … Read more

Downtown Tampa Road Closure to Last Two Years Starting Oct. 20

Aerial view of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway curving past downtown Tampa high-rise buildings, where a $362 million expansion is underway.

Drivers heading south on Tampa Street toward the Tampa Convention Center will have to take a different route starting Oct. 20, when the intersection at East Brorein Street closes for roughly two years to make room for the $362 million Lee Roy Selmon Expressway expansion. Beginning at 8 p.m., construction crews will close South Tampa … Read more