Plans for the former Home Shopping Network campus in north St. Pete are starting to take shape.

The 65-acre campus, located at 2501 118th Avenue North, served as the HSN’s headquarters for nearly five decades before its parent company announced plans in early 2025 to move operations out of state.

HSN listed the property for sale last April.

Then in March, St. Pete Rising reported that the property was under contract with Greystar, the nation’s largest multifamily housing owner, manager, and developer.

Shortly thereafter, plans were filed with the City of St. Pete for the eastern 41 acres, where a 400,000-square-foot industrial park is proposed.

At the time, there were no details on what would be built on the remaining 24 acres.

Now, a newly submitted application to the Southwest Florida Water Management District reveals what’s planned for that portion of the site: a garden-style apartment community with a unit count in the high 300s, with at least 40% of the units set aside as affordable housing.

The City of St. Pete is taking another run at redeveloping a stretch of land along 22nd Street South.

On April 6th, the city issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Commerce Park site, a roughly 3.03-acre collection of 19 city-owned parcels just north of Interstate 275 in the Deuces corridor.

The land, directly across from the Manhattan Casino, is appraised for around $4.5 million and has been the subject of multiple redevelopment plans over the past two decades, none of which have fully panned out.

City officials are now looking for a mixed-use project that activates 22nd Street South through commercial and retail uses, provides mixed-income housing with both rental and homeownership opportunities, and maximizes allowable density.

When the land was first assembled starting in 2007 under the administration of Rick Baker, the goal was to create a manufacturing and industrial hub that would generate jobs in South St. Pete.

The city spent years buying up parcels along the corridor with the idea of attracting employers and building out an employment center.

Then the Great Recession hit, and things stalled.

Eleven aging bungalow-style apartments dating back to 1925 will be demolished and replaced with a new apartment community in the Bartlett Park neighborhood of south St. Pete.

On Wednesday, the St. Petersburg Development Review Commission approved a redevelopment plan and setback variances for the property at 421 15th Avenue South.

Designed by Storyn Studio for Architecture, the project will consist of two buildings arranged around a shared courtyard with a central water feature. Units will range from studios to two-bedroom apartments, starting at 308 square feet and going up to 734 square feet, with balconies facing the street.

The eastern portion of the site will include a three-story building with a parking garage and eight units on the upper floors. The western portion will feature a two-story building with three units, garage parking, a bicycle storage room, private storage spaces, and a maintenance area.

The approximately $2 million project is being developed by Shaun Burroughs of Coral Development.

A new residential tower in downtown St. Petersburg has reached a major milestone.

KAST Construction has topped out 3rd & 3rd, a 33-story, 262-unit luxury apartment tower rising at 235 3rd Street South.

The project, located on the northwest corner of 3rd Avenue South and 3rd Street South, sits directly across from the Publix-anchored University Village shopping center.

Developed by St. Pete-based Echelon in partnership with Third Lake Partners, the tower was first announced by St. Pete Rising in 2022.

The project received City Council approval later that year, with construction beginning in early 2024.

The City of St. Pete has begun reviewing proposals submitted to redevelop the 86-acre Historic Gas Plant District, a process that will determine the future of one of downtown’s most significant redevelopment sites.

The city received nine proposals in February from development teams seeking to transform the site, which is currently home to Tropicana Field and a swath of surface parking lots.

The land was historically home to the Gas Plant neighborhood before its displacement in the 1980s and is now being reconsidered for a large-scale mixed-use district that could include housing, jobs, cultural spaces, and public amenities.

After an unsolicited proposal to redevelop the property was submitted by Ark Ellison Horus, other groups were invited to submit alternative proposals through a competitive process aimed at identifying a team capable of delivering a project aligned with the city’s goals.

In addition to physical development, proposals were expected to address community benefits, economic opportunity, and long-term public value.

A controversial 21-story apartment tower planned for downtown St. Pete will move forward after the City Council voted Thursday to deny an appeal challenging its approval.

The $134 million project, known as The Pelican, has been proposed by St. Pete-based Stadler Development and would replace seven existing apartment buildings on a 1.3-acre site near the Hollander Hotel and Trinity Lutheran Church along 5th Avenue North between 4th and 5th Streets.

Plans call for a 370-unit residential tower with 3,819 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and a 485-space parking garage.

The appeal was filed by local historic preservation advocacy group Preserve the ‘Burg following a January approval by the city’s Development Review Commission.

Under city procedures, the burden was on the group to demonstrate that the project failed to comply with the city’s Land Development Regulations.

During Thursday’s hearing, Preserve the ‘Burg argued that the project’s height of 212 feet, scale, and overall intensity are incompatible with the surrounding neighborhood.