Port Tampa Bay approves lease agreement with Ardent Mills

Port Tampa Bay has agreed to enter into a lease agreement with Ardent Mills.

The board voted 6-0 on Dec. 18 to move forward with the lease during a port authority board meeting after there were no objections from a Dec. 7 hearing.

The ConAgra flour mill, an industrial plant owned by Ardent Mills, was seen as a potential site for a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium. In the early days of Water Street Tampa, the mill was thought of as a potential roadblock to development.

Strategic Property Partners,…