76.3 F
The Villages
Sunday, May 19, 2024

Another apartment complex coming to County Road 462 in Wildwood

The Casablanca is the latest apartment project in Wildwood.

Special Magistrate Lindsay C.T. Holt recommended approval of a site plan for the 55-unit development at a meeting Tuesday of the Wildwood Planning and Zoning Board. Her recommendation is contingent on resolution of a utility easement. The Wildwood City Commission likely will consider the project soon.

This map shows the location of the Casablanca apartment complex off County Road 462 in Wildwood
This map shows the location of the Casablanca apartment complex off County Road 462 in Wildwood.

The Casablanca will be located on County Road 462 at County Road 134 near St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church.

Apartments will be constructed in a pair of two-story buildings on about six acres.

This image shows the proposed layout of the Casablanca apartment complex
This image shows the proposed layout of the Casablanca apartment complex.

The project includes space for a pool and pool deck “to be designed by others,” according to the site plan, which also shows 53 parking spaces in three lots. The property also will have a dry storm water management area and a nearby retention pond.

A four-foot black aluminum retaining wall bolted to the top of a fence will provide buffering.

CR 462 north of County Road 466A has been a focal point for apartment construction in Wildwood. Other projects include Turkey Run (325 units), Beaumont Apartments (336 units) and Solamar (243 units).

Must elderly return to work to afford to stay in The Villages?

A Village of Rio Grande resident asks if residents are supposed to go back to work at age 80 to afford to live in The Villages.

Cap the amenity rate and make the golfers pay more

A Village of DeSoto resident, in a Letter to the Editor, says it’s time to cap the amenity rate and make the golfers pay more for upkeep of the courses.

Delivery of The Villages Daily Sun newspaper

A Village of Summerhill resident went out on a rainy morning to get his copy of The Villages Daily Sun and found a “single-bagged sponge.”

Growth is out of control thanks to The Villages

A woman who bought property in Oxford in 1997 believes growth is out of control thanks to the The Villages. Read her Letter to the Editor.

VIP club in The Villages provides link for audio books

A leader in the Visually Impaired Persons Club of The Villages responds to a previous Letter to the Editor from a Middleton reader concerned about a perceived lack of E-Books.