Entrance of the twice city mobile home park | pinellas county documents

A flood-prone mobile home park next to Derby Lane that was devastated by last year’s hurricanes could soon be redeveloped into a new apartment community.

Illinois-based Lakeshore Management, the property owner, is seeking a land use map amendment and rezoning for the 8.94-acre Twin City Mobile Home Park at 10636 Gandy Boulevard North to permit multifamily residential development.

Located near the Gandy Bridge and sitting at zero elevation within the Coastal High Hazard Area, many of the hurricane-damaged homes were deemed uninhabitable following last year’s hurricanes. The Pinellas County Housing Authority and other agencies have since helped residents relocate.

Under the proposal, a 133-unit apartment complex and stormwater pond would replace the aging mobile home park, which dates back to the 1950s and currently contains 103 mobile home spaces and three apartment units.

“The proposed development intends to address both housing demand and the requirements of the latest Florida Building Code. It will result in a safer, more resilient structure and provide ample stormwater capture, mitigating flooding both on and off-site,” the application states.

Citing deteriorating conditions and unpaid rent, the property owner intends to pursue evictions and, if necessary, condemnation proceedings to remove any remaining residents, according to a letter from Todd Pressman, principal of St. Petersburg–based Pressman & Associates Inc., which represents the owner.

The site plan shows two 45,000-square-foot buildings replacing the mobile homes, each with two stories of apartments above ground-level parking and a new stormwater pond to the south.

A site plan showing a pair of three-story apartment buildings and a stormwater pond | pinellas county documents

The development would create an elevated, code-compliant structure compared to the existing nonconforming mobile home park, which predates modern building standards.

Currently, the site’s Residential Urban future land use designation would allow the construction of up to 64 residential units at 7.5 units per acre. The proposed amendment change would increase the allowable density to 134 units at 15 units per acre.

In September, the Pinellas County’s Local Planning Agency (LPA) recommended denial of the land use amendment, citing county regulations that prohibit increasing density above five units per acre within the Coastal Storm Area (CSA).

However, the LPA supported the request to rezone the property from Residential Mobile/Manufactured Home (RHM) to Multifamily Residential (RM).

Both the land use and zoning requests are scheduled to go before the Pinellas County Commission on Tuesday, October 21st.

A timeline for construction has not been provided.