HOLIDAY – Lennar Homes has received approval from Pasco County commissioners to develop 190 townhomes by Anclote High School and Paul R. Smith Middle School.
The company had to get the county to rezone the 46-acre site from agricultural uses to a master planned unit development district to move forward.
The future land use plan calls for residential uses to the tune of six units per acre. The site is just north of the Dominion Anclote affordable housing project approved last year for 220 multifamily units.
“We’ve got a great plan here,” said Clarke Hobby, of Hobby & Hobby P.A., speaking on behalf of the applicant. “We’ve got really attractive townhouses that Lennar is building with a newer product style that they have just reworked their architecture on. I think it’s going to be a great credit to the community but this is ideally situated next to the Dominium site and right in the middle of all the schools. It should be really great for the area.”
Commissioner Lisa Yeager said the townhomes will be available at a great price point that will be affordable to teachers.
Hobby described the Lennar Homes project as the first chance of homeownership for people in the area.
“I have to credit Lennar for stepping up its game,” he said. “About five, 10 years ago, not all the townhouses were great. The newer ones are showing six or seven different architectural finishes on the front and they look completely different and a big step up from the old ones. I think it’ll be good for the community.”
To the north and east of the site is a Duke Energy easement.
The project will connect to the Coastal Anclote Trail via a multi-use path, according to Pasco County senior planner Willaim Vermillion. He said this will allow pedestrians to access both school sites.
