Town Center Developments Go Back to the Drawing Board
Date Posted: December 3, 2024
Posted In: News, Projects,
From West Newsmagazine: It’s been nine years since a development proposal for the property located southwest of the Hwy. 100/109 intersection in Wildwood’s Town Center was first proposed.
Now, a bump in the approval process has delayed it once again.
The project, which initially began in 2015 as Ackerley Place proposed by Payne Family Homes, has had many postponements over the years. Payne withdrew from the project in 2018, and then the Town Center Update was underway. It was finally adopted in 2021.
When McKelvey Homes took over, the project was proposed for up to 132 single-family homes with one commercial lot to be known as The Reserve at Wildwood. McKelvey has since reduced the density to 115 single-family dwellings and one commercial lot on the 50.6-acre property.
The design of the project represents a hybrid of New Urbanism with a mix of requirements to create walkable streets and other amenities while allowing more traditional orientations and architecture for buildings, said Joe Vujnich, director of planning and parks.
All roadways will terminate in cul-de-sacs.