When the Tampa Bay Times began printing newspapers in Lakeland in 2021, the company shuttered and sold its 60-year-old St. Petersburg printing and distribution facility at 1301 34th Street N.
This week, Texas-based real estate investment firm Crow Holdings submitted preliminary plans for a multi-family apartment and townhome complex on 21 acres of the 27-acre site.
According to documents received by the Southwest Water Management District, the development is to be called Alexan 34th North. Demolition of the former newspaper plant will be the first step in the redevelopment…