City to demolish public housing complex and replace it with double the number of units, townhomes and Zion Cemetery memorial

The Tampa Housing Authority is preparing to redevelop a nearly 60-year-old public housing complex in the Tampa Heights neighborhood near Ybor City — a portion of which was built on top of the Zion Cemetery.

The development will transform the Robles Park Village public housing complex, which has fallen into disrepair over decades, into a community with a focus on improved housing conditions as well as wellness, job training and education programs, planners say.