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A St. Petersburg affordable housing project that broke ground this week is the first in the state to utilize a Florida law that allows cities to convert industrially zoned land into residential development.
Mayor Ken Welch, city staff and county leaders joined housing partners to break ground on Fairfield Avenue Apartments, a 264-unit affordable and workforce housing development near the Warehouse Arts District.
The project is the first in the state to move forward under 2020 legislation authorizing residential development on industrial land. That law aimed to open a new pathway for large-scale workforce housing construction in built-out urban areas.
– Jesse Mendoza, Florida Politics