Developer seeks approval for 168-unit apartment community on 8th Avenue Southeast in Largo
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A 168-unit affordable apartment community is planned for a portion of a 15.5-acre property in Largo, adjacent to another affordable housing project already underway on the site.
Tampa-based Southport Financial Services, working with Moore Bass Consulting, is seeking site plan approval from the City of Largo to build the complex at 800 8th Avenue Southeast, on the corner of 8th Avenue SE and Donegan Road.
The project, called Largo Station, would be built on 5.7 acres on the western portion of the property next to Allora, a 240-unit apartment community being developed by global real estate firm Trammell Crow Residential (TCR). The remainder of the property is occupied by Allora’s first phase. When both phases are complete, the site will have 408 apartments.
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The St. Petersburg Housing Authority (SPHA) plans to expand Clearview Park Apartments with a four-story, 47-unit building that would give leasing preference to seniors, while renovating the community’s existing affordable family housing.
The project at 3200 37th Avenue North would bring new apartments to an undeveloped portion of the property and update homes that have served residents for more than four decades.
For SPHA President and CEO Michael Lundy, the decision to pursue senior housing started with the agency’s waiting list.
“We look at the waiting list, and we see a lot of need for elderly housing,” Lundy said in a conversation with St. Pete Rising.
Clearview Park currently has 22 garden-style apartments that were built in 1982 on a 3.12-acre site owned by the housing authority.
Under the proposal, 18 existing apartments would be renovated, while four would be demolished to create road access to the new building. Once complete, the property would have 65 apartments, a net increase of 43.