CLEARWATER â Years of talks and planning regarding the redevelopment of the downtown Clearwater waterfront are coming to a head.
The City Council and staff have engaged in several hours of discussion the past couple of months on both the big picture of the roughly $64 million-plus Imagine Clearwater project, such as the mission statement of the new Coachman Park, and the finer details, such as whether the new playground should have a slide.
Proposals have also come back from five organizations that hope to redevelop three-city owned properties on the bluff near the park.
Hereâs a look at where the Imagine Clearwater project stands.
Meet the 5 bidders who want to develop Clearwaterâs downtown bluff
Details of the plans are not public. The backgrounds of the firms give some clues.
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Five developers responded to the city s request for proposals to build residential, retail and hotel projects on three city-owned sites on the downtown waterfront. [ City of Clearwater ] [ City of Clearwater ]
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CLEARWATER â When the three-month window closed Monday for proposals to build on the downtown waterfront, city officials released only the five biddersâ names.
Details of what they proposed, and how much they are offering for the land, are confidential until a staff committee makes recommendations to the City Council or on May 12, 30 days after bidding closed â whichever comes first.
Five developers want to build around Clearwaterâs downtown waterfront. Scientology is one.
The city called for residential, hotel and retail projects to surround the cityâs 22-acre waterfront park, which is about to undergo a $64 million makeover.
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Seven developers responded to the city s request for proposals to build residential, retail and hotel projects on three city-owned sites on the downtown waterfront. [ City of Clearwater ] [ City of Clearwater ]
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CLEARWATER â Five developers submitted proposals for the chance to build mixed use projects on up to three city-owned parcels surrounding the soon-to-be transformed downtown waterfront park, according to a bidding document released on Tuesday.