New 50-unit affordable apartment complex opens in south St. Pete
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A 50-unit affordable housing complex in south St. Pete has completed construction and is now open. Leaders from the City of St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, and the developers were on hand at a ribbon cutting ceremony to christen the new property.
The Shores Apartments is located at 2605 31st Street South and was developed by The Richman Group with funding from the City of St. Petersburg and Pinellas County.
Pinellas County contributed $750,000 in Penny for Pinellas housing funds to acquire the land for the project while the City of St. Petersburg contributed $567,000 in funding from the South St. Petersburg Community Redevelopment Area (CRA).
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A long-delayed project that will deliver 24 affordable homes for working families is nearing completion and preparing to welcome its first residents.
The bright white-and-blue, two-story townhomes line 6th and 7th avenues South near 22nd Street South, directly across from the Manhattan Casino.
The City of St. Petersburg purchased the land in 2007 for $2.2 million using a federal grant. However, the project was not announced until 2019 under former Mayor Rick Kriseman as part of the broader Deuces Rising initiative, which aims to revitalize the Deuces, the historic African American entertainment and business district along the 22nd Street South corridor.
Built by Tampa-based Horus Construction Services, the development includes twelve 1,780-square-foot townhomes with three bedrooms and twelve 1,525-square-foot townhomes with two bedrooms.