Lennar Homes Under Contract On More Land For Next Phase At ChampionsGate

Lennar Homes has a purchase contract for 30 acres in the Four Corners area that would give its next phase of its ChampionsGate Resort direct access to the future Westside Boulevard extension.

The contract, signed in early May, was filed with the South Florida Water Management District this week along with a formal request for a wetlands determination for the property. The purchase price and deposit amount were redacted from the public document.

The "Baxter parcel" is contiguous to Lennar's Phase 2 expansion of the country club community on the north side of Bella Citta Boulevard.

Lennar Homes, which is in permitting for more than 800 homes in the second phase of ChampionsGate Country Club, has a purchase contract on a 30-acre parcel that would provide direct access to the future Westside Boulevard extension.

The homebuilder filed conceptual plans back in March for 290 single family homes, 234 townhomes and 11 condo buildings with a total of 297 units.

The expansion coincides with two other major projects in the ChampionsGate submarket that are in pre-development. 

Altamonte Springs-based ContraVest is planning one of its "Addison" branded apartment communities on a 39-acre tract just east of the ChampionsGate Country Club.

Polk County developer Jean Marsan controls 156.4 acres west of the Lennar project and just south of the Baxter parcel. In March he met with Osceola County planners to discuss a proposed 671-unit retirement community with a mix of commercial uses and an assisted living home. The project would include a segment of Westside Boulevard -- Marsan would be responsible for extending the road north of Bella Citta in exchange for mobility fee credits. 

Polk developer Jean Marsan filed a conceptual site plan mixing single family homes, apartments, commercial uses and assisted living on this 156.4-acre site next to ChampionsGate.

Marsan has not sought any permits since that pre-application meeting. At the time, County Principal Engineer Jose Gomez suggested the developers coordinate plans for an east-west road connecting the two projects and giving Lennar an access point to Westside. But Gomez said the county wants the road to be public.

Lennar may choose to build its own east-west road on the Baxter parcel because it currently has a PD that allows for gated roads. 

Source: GrowthSpotter