Decades before the Tampa Bay Rays came into the picture, the City of St. Petersburg razed the historically Black Gas Plant District, promising to eliminate blight and bring new homes and light ...

Those development rights are the City’s now; they’re not the Rays’ after 30 years,' Welch said. 'That gives us a very, very strong negotiating position now.' ...

Sugar Hill competed again for the Historic Gas Plant District project but lost the bid to the Tampa Bay Rays and Hines in January 2023.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — Community activists in St. Petersburg said they want the city to do better to build affordable housing and workforce housing in the Historic Gas Plant District, now ...

This puts us in the strongest position to assure that the future development of the Historic Gas Plant District meets the needs of St. Petersburg and honors the promises of equitable development.

Pinellas County Schools face federal freeze WMNF’s Leah Burdick reports on what Pinellas County says will happen if they don’t receive the money. St. Petersburg City Council terminates Rays stadium ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — St. Pete Mayor Ken Welch says he plans to move forward with redeveloping the Historic Gas Plant District with or without Major League Baseball. “We want to move forward ...

The Rays signed on with developer Hines to revamp all 86 acres of the historic Gas Plant District into a vibrant new neighborhood with shopping, housing, offices, entertainment and green space.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — Community activists in St. Petersburg said they want the city to do better to build affordable housing and workforce housing in the Historic Gas Plant District, now ...