St. Pete development community sours on Mayor Ken Welch
By Emma Behrmann
Tampa Bay Business Journal
Published: Oct 21, 2026

One by one, the deals fell apart.

Midtown's proposal to redevelop Tropicana Field was thrown out in June 2022. Two months later, a deal to Moffitt Cancer Center on the former UPC Insurance headquarters was dead. That same year, a plan to redevelop the Municipal Services Center that was finalized by Mayor Rick Kriseman was canceled. A development proposal led by Dynasty Financial to build an innovation hub, office space and workforce on Second Avenue met a similar demise.

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