Dozens of townhomes might quickly come to the fast-growing World Golf Village space of St. Johns County.
The Enclave at WGV is deliberate alongside Pacetti Street, close to Pacetti Bay Center Faculty, simply south of State Street 16.
The county nonetheless must approve the undertaking, which might be up for dialogue at a gathering at 6 p.m. Monday at Pacetti Bay Center Faculty.
The Enclave might embrace as much as 64 townhomes and 30% of these can be for low to reasonable revenue households. At the moment, the proprietor is proposing 52 townhomes with 16 workforce housing models.
Reasonably priced housing has been a sizzling matter in St Johns County.
A report from the St. Johns Reasonably priced Housing Advisory Committee final yr discovered almost 60% of Millennials are trying to find housing that’s briefly provide within the fast-growing county.
It additionally discovered the median sale value of a single-family house within the county was $600,000 and that it’s unattainable for a majority of the workforce.
Regardless of the necessity, some within the WGV space have pushed again in opposition to latest workforce housing initiatives that present inexpensive housing.
Final yr, the county rejected a 300-unit inexpensive housing undertaking known as the Protect at Wards Creek alongside State Street 16 close to the Silverleaf group.
Visitors is a frequent concern, particularly at I-95 following the opening of Bass Professional Outlets, Costco and Buc-ee’s. A Walmart can be deliberate for the realm.
To handle congestion, the county plans to construct a brand new ramp that will join the interstate to Commerce Heart Loop. It will value $40 million.
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