A new proposal has entered the mix for the 86-acre Historic Gas Plant District in downtown St. Pete, with a locally led team asking the City to consider a fundamentally different approach to redevelopment.
The current review process was triggered by a January 4th public notice issued after an unsolicited submission from ARK Ellison Horus. In response, the City invited alternative redevelopment concepts for the site, with submissions due this morning.
Among those submissions is a plan from Foundation Vision Partners, led by Will Conroy of Backstreets Capital, Alex Schapira (a former Hines Development Parter), and Anddrikk Frazier of Best Source Consulting, in partnership with global master planning firm Gensler and civil engineering firm Stantec…