Meritage Homes is pursuing a rezoning of a 30-acre site it has under contract in Wellington, with preliminary plans for a 206-townhome complex.
The Scottsdale, Arizona-based homebuilder proposes the project for the six-lot site at 16300, 16350 and 16426 Velazquez Road, and at 16275, 16301 and 16421 Rembrandt Road, near Lion Country Safari, the South Florida Business Journal reported. Meritage, led by Phillippe Lord, filed the rezoning and master plan application in November.
Each townhome lot would range from 1,800 square feet to 2,100 square feet.
The Wellington Planning and Zoning Board and Village Council are to each vote on the project. The proposal hasn’t been scheduled for a meeting yet.
Meritage’s filing comes as more rural areas of Palm Beach County are experiencing redevelopment, primarily with housing complexes. The area is one of the few sections of South Florida with enough land supply for more sprawled communities.
Westlake, the county’s youngest municipality that incorporated in 2016, is in a western part of the county. Master developer Minto Communities has approvals for thousands of homes, commercial space, a school and police and fire stations. Minto bought the 4,000-acre site for Westlake in 2013.
In Palm Beach Gardens, the 4,800-acre master-planned Avenir is taking shape on the northwest corner of Northlake and Coconut boulevards. It has approvals for 3,900 residential units, mostly single-family homes, plus a 300-key hotel, 200,000 square feet for medical offices, 400,000 square feet for retail and a 2,400-acre nature preserve. Coral Gables-based Landstar is the master developer, selling off pieces of the Avenir assemblage to homebuilders in recent years.
Another master-planned Palm Beach County community is the 1,200-acre Arden, near Wellington. It is approved for 2,300 homes and is billed as an “agrihood” complex due to a 5-acre farm that allows residents to grow and harvest produce.
Lennar has invested over $226 million for homesites in Arden.
–– Lidia Dinkova
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