Older properties often require greater maintenance and can bring added rehabilitation costs.
The company is aiming for a December opening but is giving itself some room.
Council unanimously advanced the increases Thursday, setting a public hearing and final vote for Oct. 15.
Jacques accused the City of taxpayer-funded electioneering.
The expansion is expected to be completed this year, an RTX spokesperson said.
Myrtle Development LLC is a Church of Scientology-affiliated development company.
Little has changed since City Council and the Community Planning and Preservation Commission discussed restarting the program in 2025.
The concern centers on how companies were scored when Pinellas first sought the work in 2024.
Metropolis wants to turn about 100 surplus spaces at Dolphin Village into public commercial parking.
The county award is only a small piece of a much larger project.
