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Kriseman picks two finalists for Trop redevelopment
Midtown Development and Sugar Hill Community Partners are the two finalists.
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St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman selected Midtown Development and Sugar Hill Community Partners as the two finalists for the Tropicana Field redevelopment. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]
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ST. PETERSBURG â Mayor Rick Kriseman on Friday announced he narrowed the proposals to redevelop Tropicana Field from four finalists down to two.
Midtown Development and Sugar Hill Community Partners, led by San Francisco developer JMA Ventures, are the two remaining bidders.
That means Atlantaâs Portman Holdings, which partnered with local investment firm Third Lake Partners, was eliminated, as was a proposal by Orlandoâs Unicorp National Development.
Following Kriseman move, St. Petersburg City Council advances lower threshold for oversight
The new measure would lower the threshold to $75,000, down from $100,000. Last month, the mayor initiated a contract at $99,000.
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ST. PETERSBURG â City Council members advanced a measure on Thursday that would lower the contract threshold for Council approval to $75,000, down from $100,000.
The measure, which moved through the Budget, Finance and Taxation committee, was pushed by Council Chair Ed Montanari in reaction to Mayor Rick Kriseman hiring a consultant, without Council approval, to help with the Tropicana Field redevelopment.
Since January, Kriseman had been interested in hiring real estate and economic development consultants HR&A Advisors to help the city evaluate the Trop proposals it received from developers. At the time, the contract was valued at $180,000, and therefore required City Council approval.