Eastland Partners, developer of the planned 830-acre Wells Creek development in southern Duval County, is asking the city to rezone 19.9 acres to include 124 townhomes.
The site is across from the northern portion of the Bartram Springs development on the east side of Philips Highway, about 1.5 miles south of Florida 9B.
The rezoning would modify an existing planned unit development originally approved in 2015.
Eastland Partners also is seeking to include 10 acres of retail/office use fronting Philips Highway.
The principals are Thomas Dodson and Arthur Lancaster. Dodson is president of Bartram Park Partners. They developed Bartram Park in Duval and are developing Bannon Lakes off International Golf Parkway just east of Interstate 95 in St. Johns.
Wells Creek is approved for up to 2,282 single-family homes, but with a gross density of 5.2 units per acre, the maximum allowable number of dwellings is 1,269. The developers had previously stated the project would likely include about half that number.
Amenities would encompass 7.5 acres with 492 acres set aside for preservation and wetlands.
Eastland Partners declined to comment on the project.
A site plan indicates a primary access off Philips Highway near the southern edge of the development with a potential secondary access point at a retail parcel to the north and another into a potential development bordering the east side of the project.
Public hearings on the rezoning are scheduled Oct. 10 and 24.
There is more residential development activity on that section of Philips Highway. Another neighborhood across from Bartram Springs and just north of the St. Johns County line is scheduled for a public hearing at tonight’s City Council meeting.
Williams Sweetwater Partners, LLC and the Annie F. Williams QTIP Trust are seeking a PUD rezoning to develop Williamstown, which would include 151 homes on 20.65 acres. The total acreage of the site is 44.14 acres.
The property is designated low-density residential in the Future Land Use Map in the city’s Comprehensive Plan. The gross density of 3.42 units per acre is about half of the 7 units per acre permitted by zoning regulations. The project’s only entrance would be located on the southern end of the site on Philips Highway.