While building starts have virtually ground to a halt due to the Covid-19 pandemic and country shutdown, builders are busy buying land and pursuing approvals for new projects and developments. Richmond American gained approvals for communities in Florida. Lennar buys nearly 30 acres in Northern California. Kolter Land has begun ground work on its' 435-acre West Port project in the The Sunshine State. M/I Homes is seeking approvals on several new Ohio projects.
In Northeast Florida, the Flagler County Commission unanimously approved the final plans for two subdivisions by Richmond American Homes in Matanzas Shores off State Road A1A. The first plan is for a 64-lot subdivision on 15 acres called Los Lagos at Matanzas Shores I. The second is for a 23-lot subdivision on 8.3 acres called Los Lagos at Matanzas Shores II. Reported by Daytona Beach News Journal (April 7, 2020) Lennar Corp. has purchased at least 29 acres in the Sacramento, Calif., market for $25.5 million. The property is located in the Fiddyment Ranch area in the city of Roseville. The land encompasses at least three non-contiguous parcels, both east and west of land recently purchased by Richmond American Homes. The seller was ATC Realty Corp., a division of Wells Fargo & Co. Reported by Sacramento Business Journal (April 14, 2020) Kolter Land Partners is moving ahead with land clearing in the Murdock Village portion of in its West Port community in Port Charlotte, Fla. West Port also is seeking approval to build more model homes and less parking for clubhouses in the community. The developers seeks to build 10 model homes, while two are now approved. I wants to decrease parking to increase green space, with the idea that residents will walk and bike to the community amenities. Charlotte County commissioners approved street plans for more homes in the northwest corner of the development. The Planning and Zoning Advisory Board also voted to recommend zoning changes on the 435-acre site. Those changes must still go before commissioners for final approval. The full site is authorized for up to 2,400 home lots and 300,000 square feet of commercial space. Meanwhile, construction and land use approvals continue on other major residential communities in Charlotte County, notably in Babcock Ranch and in Heritage Landing. Lennar Homes LLC received approval for projects in both Heritage Landing on Burnt Store Road and miles away in Babcock Ranch. The Heritage Landing project received approval for a layout of seven tracts for multi-family housing on 513 acres adjacent to conservation land bordering the Gulf of Mexico. This was a long-dormant project formerly called Tern Bay before it was bought by Lennar. In Babcock, Lennar received commission approval for a 15 single-family home street layout on 43 acres in a subdivision it has named Babcock National, phase 2. Babcock Property Holdings, LLC, the original developer for Babcock, received approval for a preliminary layout for 195 single-family homes on 59 acres. In Washington Township, Ohio, M/I Homes has proposed a development off Yankee Street that, if approved, would lead to the construction of 225 houses in the new neighborhood. Washington Glen would sit west of Yankee Street at the intersection of Yankee and Waterbury Woods Drive. The homes would be built over nine phases on approximately 84 acres of land. The lot sizes of the new homes would be .32 acres and the floor plans would average around 2,450 square feet per house. M/I Homes submitted the plan to the township on March 19. Reported by WHIO TV online (April 16, 2020) Elsewhere in the state, in Reynoldsburg, M/I Homes is planning 350 to 400 homes in the Spring Hill Farms development. The community is planned on land the city is annexing. The city council at the end of March approved extending city services for water, sewer, police and parks to the property. The city also is in discussions with National Church Residences for a potential senior-living facility in the area. Although under the city’s new zoning code the land is zoned residential medium, allowing multifamily developments, no apartments have been proposed. Reported by This Week Community News (April 6, 2020) Frontier Communities gained approval this month for a 65-home community in the city of Upland in California’s Inland Empire. The approval by the Upland City Council is the second major development allowed in North Upland in less than a month. Approval of the Villa Serena housing project on 9.2 acres of flood control property on North 15th Street between Campus and Grove avenues, comes less than two weeks after the City Council OK’d a logistics warehouse/transportaiton hub for Bridge Development on 50 acres northeast of Central Avenue and Foothill Boulevard. The project is rumored to be for Amazon. Ontario, Calif.-based Frontier will take a portion of the flood control basin and build detached homes 100 feet apart from each other. The homes will range from 2,159 square feet to about 2,591 square feet, with plans offer three to five bedrooms. Reported by Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (April 14, 2020)
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