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Dunedin touts 78‑unit affordable housing approval, mixed‑use OceanOptics site and parking plans
Summary
City officials said a conceptually approved 78‑unit development off State Road 580 will target households at 30–80% of area median income; officials also previewed a mixed‑use plan for the Ocean Optics site and upcoming public review of a proposed 192‑space parking garage.
City Manager Jennifer Bramley said Dunedin has conceptually approved a 78‑unit affordable housing development behind Lukens Liquor off State Road 580 that will include 42 one‑bedroom and 36 two‑bedroom units intended for households earning between 30% and 80% of area median income.
Construction for the project is expected to begin at the end of 2025 and take about 15 months to complete, Bramley said (remarks beginning at 1987.015). The presentation did not include the development’s financing sources, developer name or the final approval documents.
Bramley also said the OceanOptics site has been purchased and that the new owner is expected to present a mixed‑use redevelopment concept this spring; she added that Gateway has no new updates and that any future plan will likely await completion of the Skinner Boulevard project.
On parking, Bramley said plans have been in development for a proposed 192‑space parking garage at the corner of Douglas and Scotland (the current gravel lot behind Skips). Design concepts recently went before the Architectural Review Committee and will be before the City Commission on March 6 for review and public input.
The city manager framed these items as part of a larger effort to balance growth, parking demand and the need for more affordable housing in a largely built‑out community.
