Skanska USA Selected as Owner’s Representative for Historic Gas Plant District Development

City of St. Petersburg officials have chosen New York-based Skanska USA as the owner’s representative for the Historic Gas Plant Development in St. Petersburg. Skanska USA was one of four companies vying to represent the Tampa Bay Rays/Hines development team.  As the owner’s representative, Skanska USA will serve as the central point of contact and provide professional and technical oversight.  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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