Developer addresses Pinellas housing demand by buying two hotels — and a lake

A Miami developer purchased two Pinellas Park hotels and is turning them into nearly 200 apartments with the city's help.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 5:00 a.m. August 12, 2022
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The TownePlace Suites by Marriott has been turned into apartments by the new owner. (Photo by Mark Wemple)
The TownePlace Suites by Marriott has been turned into apartments by the new owner. (Photo by Mark Wemple)
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Months after buying two Pinellas Park hotels and announcing the properties would be transformed into apartments, a Miami developer has opened the first phase of the project, bringing new units to an area in need of affordable and attainable housing.

The complex that’s evolved out of two hotels in a high traffic area of Pinellas County, between St. Petersburg and Clearwater, is called the Pelican Lake Apartment Homes.

 

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