The City of St. Petersburg is moving forward with a plan to create new affordable housing on a collection of vacant, city-owned lots near the Jamestown Apartments and Townhomes, just west of Unity Park near downtown.
The proposal centers on nine infill parcels totaling about 1.7 acres, located between 12th Lane North and 15th Street North, and between 4th Avenue North and Burlington Avenue.
The lots have sat unused for more than 40 years, originally acquired as part of a 1982 redevelopment plan that required a buffer around the Jamestown complex…