74-unit apartment community with affordable housing planned for former mobile home park in Largo
/a rendering of the Park Vista Apartments | city of largo
A new apartment community is being proposed in Largo where a small, 23-unit mobile home park once operated.
Developer Gary Tave of Square Peg Development LLC has submitted plans to the City of Largo to redevelop a 1.85-acre site at 621 Stremma Road into The Park Vista Apartments, a 74-unit apartment building featuring a mix of studio, one-, and two-bedroom residences, each with private balconies.
The site was formerly home to the Louis Palms Mobile Home Park, where the vacant structures are getting ready to be cleared to make way for new construction.
The new community will include a mix of market-rate and affordable units.
the Louis Palms Mobile Home Park on Stremma Road contained 23 homes | Google Maps
Of the 74 apartments, 15 will be designated as income-restricted affordable housing. Five units will be reserved for households earning up to 80% of the Area Median Income (AMI), while the remaining 10 units will serve households at 120% of AMI.
The other 59 units will be leased at market rate.
The property is located in the Mixed-Use Corridor Character District of the Clearwater-Largo Road Community Redevelopment District (CLR-CRD).
Under Section 4.5 of the CLR-CRD Plan, new developments in the Mixed Use Corridor may build up to a density of 40 units per acre if the developer participates in the Mobile Home Park Relocation Assistance Program, which helps displaced mobile home park residents relocate, and sets aside 20% of the new units as income-restricted affordable housing, with 30% of those reserved for households earning up to 80% of the Area Median Income (AMI).
A 74-unit apartment community has been proposed for 621 Stremma Road, formerly home to the Louis Palms Mobile Home Park | Google Maps
According to Largo city planners, The Park Vista Apartments remain under review.
While a demolition permit was issued to remove the remaining vacant mobile homes, site work has not yet been approved.
The project will need final site plan approval before the developer can submit building permits.
In addition to Square Peg Development, the development team includes Palm Harbor–based Michael Roth Design Group and Oldsmar-based Mobius Architecture.
During a neighborhood meeting in April, Community Development Planner Alec Bryant presented the plans, which raised concerns among residents.
Some expressed worry that the narrow roadway along Stremma Road cannot support the increased traffic from 74 new apartments, and others voiced fears that higher density could alter the character of the surrounding single-family neighborhood.
Bryant and the developer noted that the project would include two entrances to the complex, though no roadway improvements for Stremma Road are currently planned.
This is not Tave’s first attempt at residential redevelopment in Largo. He previously partnered with Property Markets Group (PMG) on plans for a 276-unit mixed-use community on West Bay Drive, though that agreement was terminated earlier this year after the project failed to secure financing.
