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Massive mixed-use development planned for Dunedin
A massive $30 million-plus proposed project in Dunedin that would bring new apartments, a hotel, restaurants and retail is moving forward.
Plans filed in the Southwest Florida Water Management District show the development, dubbed the Gateway Dunedin mixed-use project, is progressing after Dunedin city commissioners unanimously approved the design concept last year for the mixed-use project that would be built on 3.5 acres at Main Street.
The project entails building 90 new apartment units, a 79-room hotel, 17,000 square feet of retail, restaurants and a food hall concept.
The ground floor would house the restaurant, retail uses, food hall and parking space while the other floors will have apartments, a swimming pool and other amenities.
The Gateway Dunedin development project received much praise when it first emerged, as it’s estimated to generate about $228,000 annually in tax increment financing revenue over a 10-year period, at a vacant property that currently does not rake in any benefits for the city.
The project is being developed by Joe Kokolakis, who has worked on projects such as the Artisan Apartment Homes and Nature’s Food Patch on Douglas Avenue.
The Gateway site has been long-eyed for redevelopment since city officials bought the property in 2004 with hopes of it becoming a mixed-use redevelopment, or serving a purpose for local government.
Todd Smith
August 20, 2024at8:21 pm
Who is directly profiting from this project? How many Dunedenites will be involved with this development? How many jobs, contracts, work, employment, subcontractors, local business, and long-term residents of Dunedin will this include? Does anybody know these numbers?
Mitch Garrison
April 29, 2022at12:10 pm
Marilyn, don’t worry. They do not do any landscape engineering on the earliest phases of the basic drawings like this. On the other hand, how many trees are on that 3.5 acres presently?
MARILYN Y BECK
March 31, 2022at2:26 pm
What environmental impact is there? How many trees, animals, and birds will be destroyed for this concrete development? I see only 2 trees in this entire development. The town of Dunedin is already overly crowded with terrible traffic.
Nerdina Frufmyer
March 25, 2022at10:38 pm
Lol, I’ll believe this when I see it. God forbid a vacant piece of land in the middle of town in a county that is completely packed is slated for multifamily development. Dunedin is already a nightmare for developers, I’m sure this plan will never come to fruition. I hope you nimbies are lending your whining power to the efforts of developers who try to develop on environmentally sensitive land. Now that’s where we could use some resistance
Simon Royer
March 25, 2022at3:49 pm
We already have major traffic issues on Main Street. It will really be a nightmare if this comes to fruition.
Tim Coomer
March 25, 2022at1:27 pm
Say NO no
The infrastructure of our town cannot handle this building
Where is the preservation committee for dunedin
We need to preserve our small Florida town help sos
Holly Woods
March 25, 2022at6:55 am
Seems very sterile. Institutional feel. Not much greenery. No architectural interest. Not the Dunedin vibe at all. Architects are designing for themselves, not the areas they service. There is nothing special about this building. Dunedin is a special place. They should honor that.
Robert Moore
March 24, 2022at6:45 pm
As long as there is adequate parking for the hotel condos and businesses. If not the developer should pay into the parking bank. Let’s be sure to make money for everyone.
Eileen Breslin
March 24, 2022at6:23 pm
I moved here from Orange County California and then Palm Beach CountyFl., because I wanted a small town feel. Driving down Michigan Avenue and taking my son to a little league game there really sold me on staying in this town. That was over 15 years ago and I no longer see or feel what I moved here for. It’s still a nice town but it’s crowded now and darn near impossible to go for a quiet sunset on the causeway or for heaven sakes go to Honeymoon Island on a weekend. We lost a lot.
Len Carr
March 24, 2022at4:54 pm
Makes me wonder how this could possibly benefit us as residents. Or who is is benefitting. How sad that this is going to ruin. The city’s charm so someone can make a few bucks. This smells
Eileen Anderson
March 24, 2022at4:38 pm
The apartments need to be affordable. There is a serious lack of affordable places to live in Dunedin. This small town is not Miami Beach. The young working class and retired persons need fairly priced housing opportunities.
Chrys
March 24, 2022at4:30 pm
Does Dunedin REALLY need another hotel? There is enough to keep busy as is. Goodness enough. 2 on the causeway, 2 downtown, 2 more on alt 19. Come on…enough
Mark Bober
March 23, 2022at9:42 pm
They have already destroyed Dunedin with their helter skelter development. We have been residents and homeowners and have a financial interest property since 1988. In looking back we should have settled on waterfront property in the Sarasota area.
Dunedin has lost its appeal.
Deee Wilcox
March 23, 2022at6:21 pm
Would Mazzaro’s Italian grocery store located in St Pete be interested in coming to Dunedin and being a part of this project if anyone has not been to STP to Mazzaro’s look it up on YouTube it’s like Disney World for Italian grocery stores restaurant