17-05-2025
St. Pete City Council votes for twin apartment towers to be built instead of Moffitt Cancer Center
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., (WFLA) – The City of St. Pete approved a plan to build two apartment towers on 800 Second Avenue S.
The land was originally planned to be a new Moffitt Cancer Center, but city council approved the plan to build the towers instead after the mayor said Moffitt's plan did not include enough affordable housing.
In a unanimous vote, St. Pete City Council approved the new project for two apartment towers, both of them 31-stories high to be built.
There will be 824 dwelling units, 35,800 square feet of commercial space, and around 1,550 parking spaces.
The project is estimated to cost $225 million.
The original plan with Moffitt included on 35 affordable housing units. This is why St. Pete's mayor vetoed the plan. He said any project slated for the property needed to include over 100 housing units.
While the now-approved towers far exceeds that number, none of the units will be designated as affordable housing.
Despite approving the project, some city leaders still believe Moffitt having a location in St. Pete would have been a major benefit.
'Staff has reviewed it, I feel comfortable with it, but goodness, it's just very different from where we started here and it does feel like a little bit of a missed opportunity, that's nothing to say anything about this development,' said Richie Floyd, city council member.
The planned apartment towers exceed the Airport Height Limit, so before the project can move forward, developers will need to get additional approval from the F.A.A.
The three-story building that currently sits on the property will be demolished to make way for the towers.
There is no word on when construction could begin.
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