In June 2024, multiple city council members opposed offering the Sugar Hill Group 18 additional months to prove they could meet an already long-negotiated development agreement’s requirements. The deal passed.
Discussions regarding the embattled transformation of Tangerine Plaza began in 2020 under former Mayor Rick Kriseman’s administration. The underserved area of South St. Petersburg has been without a grocery store since 2017.
Sugar Hill continued amending its plans for the mostly vacant, city-owned site and has until Dec. 31 to secure a formal commitment from a grocer – and the funding necessary to build what was then 115 affordable housing units. The project at 1794 22nd Street S. was previously estimated at $37 million…