96-unit affordable housing project proposed for 18th Avenue in South St. Pete
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The City of St. Petersburg has received an unsolicited offer to redevelop a city-owned lot in south St. Petersburg.
Green Mills Group, an affordable housing developer, and Advantage Village Academy, Inc., a not-for-profit organization founded and based in St. Petersburg, have partnered up to submit an offer to purchase a 2.1-acre site fronting 18th Avenue South at 21st Street. The team is proposing a 96-unit affordable housing project across from Tangerine Plaza.
Green Mills Group has previously developed two affordable housing developments in St. Pete’s Historic Kenwood neighborhood, Burlington Place, a 53-unit building at 3155 Burlington Avenue North which opened in 2017, and Burlington Post, an 86-unit building at 3201 Burlington Avenue North which opened in 2018.
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The City of St. Petersburg has closed a $6.4 million land sale for The Central, a planned $200 million mixed-use development in the EDGE District, completing a property transfer that had held up construction for months.
The deal was signed on Election Day, November 3rd, the same day Charlie Crist defeated Mayor Ken Welch, transferring portions of the former police headquarters property at 1300 1st Avenue North to entities affiliated with Ellison Development.
The closing clears the way for continued work on the 2.1-acre development, which will include Class A offices, a Marriott Autograph Collection hotel, retail space, 42 workforce apartments, and public gathering spaces.
“This is a big day for The Central and for the EDGE District,” Casey Ellison, president and CEO of Ellison Development, said in a press release. “The excitement surrounding this project has continued to grow, and this milestone brings us one step closer to delivering a destination that will create new opportunities and fresh energy to the neighborhood.”
For nearby businesses and residents, the most visible progress so far has been the 531-space public parking garage, which opened in June 2025 across from Ferg’s Sports Bar.
The sale excludes 400 parking spaces spread across five floors of the garage, matching the number of public spaces promised when the redevelopment proposal was selected in 2019.