Forty new affordable South St. Petersburg townhomes got the green light Thursday, as City Council unanimously agreed with a request from Habitat for Humanity Tampa Bay Gulfside.
Councilmembers enthusiastically approved funding not to exceed $2,182,534 in Tax Increment Financing money from the South St. Petersburg Redevelopment District Fund.
The 2.2-acre site at 2100 18th Avenue S., in one of the city’s designated Community Development Areas, will be home to Pelican Place Townhomes, consisting of eight buildings with five units in each. It’s across 18th from the mostly-dormant Tangerine Plaza retail site…