ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Residents who have been hoping for a grocery store in south St. Pete will have to wait a bit longer.

The development group chosen last year to remake Tangerine Plaza plans to ask city council Thursday for a one-year extension and over $22 million in city and county funds to get the project off the ground.

Last June, St. Pete City Council members narrowly voted in favor of the Sugar Hill Group’s plan to put more than 180 units of affordable housing and a small grocery store at the site of the current Tangerine Plaza. At the time, the group was told they had 18 months to secure funding and finalize those plans.

Documents submitted from Sugar Hill Group to the city show they have not successfully located funding for the entirety of the project. The group plans to ask

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