Five Engineering Firms Selected for Historic Gas Plant District Development

City of St. Petersburg officials have selected five firms to serve as civil engineers for the Historic Gas Plant Development in St. Petersburg. The five firms, Stantec, Kimley-Horn, Wade Trim, Langan and Clearview Land Design, were on the committee’s list of finalists. The committee determined that, due to the scope and length of the project, having the responsibilities shared would be most beneficial in that all five firms possess much-needed skillsets. In addition, the selection of five firms provides opportunities for minority-led subcontractors, small businesses and disadvantaged workers. The Historic Gas Plant District redevelopment, in addition to the new state-of-the-art ballpark for the Tampa Bay Rays major league baseball team, will include a transformational development by the Hines Historic Gas Plant Partnership on the 86-acre site where the team’s current stadium sits. The project for St. Petersburg, Pinellas County and the Tampa Bay region will include nearly 8 million square feet of mixed-use development 4,800 residential units, 1,200 affordable/workforce residential units (on and off-site), 600 senior living units, 1,400,000 square feet of office, medical and commercial space, 750,000 square feet of retail, 750 hotel rooms, 100,000 square feet of entertainment space, including a concert venue to seat up to 4,000, 50,000 square feet of civic space, namely a new home for the Carter G. Woodson African American Museum, 90,000 - 100,000 square feet of conference, ballroom and meeting space, 14 acres of public open space, 14,000 parking spaces.

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