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The Pipeline, Southeast

Recent Site Plan Approvals, Special Exceptions, Rezonings, and More Across the Southeast. All data is pulled directly from the Epum platform. Sign up for free today to explore more parcel-level CRE planning application data across the US: https://www.epum.com/

Table of Contents

• The Pipeline, Southeast

  • Florida

  • Georgia

  • Tennessee

  • South Carolina

  • North Carolina

Florida

• 0 Commonwealth Ave, Jacksonville, Florida

  • Decision Date & Type

    • March 4th, 2025

    • Approved Rezoning

    • Single-family Housing

  • Project Description

    • Approved rezoning of 124.43 acres at 0 & 8691 Commonwealth Ave, 0 & 8600 Stocks Rd in Jacksonville, FL. The land was rezoned from AGR & RR-Acre to PUD to generally permit single family dwellings.

  • Estimated True Owner

    • Georgia Lynn Hodges, Alan Barry Grosse & Douglas Brian Grosse, as Tenants in Common & as Trustees of the George R. Grosse Family Trust & Georgia Lynn Hodges.

  • Developer’s Representative

    • Cyndy Trimmer

      • https://www.drivermcafee.com/professional/cynthia-k-trimmer/

• No address (American Gardens), Hillsborough County, Florida

  • Decision Date & Type

    • March 11th, 2025

    • Approved Rezoning

    • Single-family Housing

  • Project Description

    • The applicant is requesting to rezone 17.96+/- acres from AR (Agricultural Rural) to PD (Planned Development) to allow for a 63-unit single-family residential development. The proposal has two areas; Area A has an existing single

      family dwelling unit that will utilize ASC-1 development standards while Area B will have the remaining 62 single family

      dwelling units with a minimum lot size of 5,500 Sq Ft.

  • Estimated True Owner

    • KB Home (acquired from “Warren E Hand / Trustee'“)

      • https://www.kbhome.com/

      • Paul Thomas

        • https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-thomas-38a1b59/

        • [email protected]

  • Developer’s Representative

    • N/A

• No Address, Seminole County, Florida

  • Decision Date & Type

    • January 8th, 2025

    • Approved Subdivision

    • Mixed-Use

  • Project Description

    • Preliminary Subdivision Plan for the Reagan Center Subdivision containing six commercial lots on approximately 110 acres, allowing for a maximum of 1,003 units.

  • Estimated True Owner

    • Integra Land Company

    • https://integralandcompany.com/

    • Robert McDaniel

      • [email protected]

  • Developer’s Representative

    • N/A

Georgia

• 1455 Rogers Lake Road, Stonecrest, Georgia

  • Decision Date & Type

    • April 1st, 2025

    • Approved Rezoning

    • Multi-Family Housing

  • Project Description

    • Rezoning and map amendment from R-100 to RSM for a proposed townhome development. Approved for 75 townhomes, each 1800 square feet with two parking spaces and a two-car garage.

  • Estimated True Owner

    • Boris Besay

      • 2474 Kings Arms Dr., Atlanta, GA 30345 [email protected]

  • Developer’s Representative

    • Bobby Bullard of Bullard Land Planning

      • [email protected]

• No address, Douglasville, Georgia (33.26 acres, Approved Single-family Housing Project)

  • Decision Date & Type

    • March 4th, 2025

    • Approved Rezoning

    • Single-family Housing

  • Project Description

    • Request for a change in zoning from R-2 to R-3 for +/- 33.26 acres for single-family housing use.

  • Estimated True Owner

    • Traton Homes, LLC

    • Chris Poston

      • https://www.linkedin.com/in/tratonchrisposton

  • Developer’s Representative

    • N/A

• No Address, Gainesville, Georgia (48.86 acres, Conditional Approval for Mixed-use Development with 732 units)

  • Decision Date & Type

    • January 14th, 2025

    • Conditional Approval for a Rezoning

    • Mixed-use Project (732 residential units)

  • Project Description

    • Request to rezone a 48.86 ± acres tract from Regional Business (R-B) to Planned Unit Development (P-U-D) for a mixed-use development.

      • A motion to recommend conditional approval to rezone the subject property for a mixed-use development from Regional Business (R-B) to Planned Unit Development (P-U-D) with specific conditions.

      • The total number of residential units shall not exceed 732 units. The maximum number of single-family attached townhomes shall not exceed 80 units. The maximum number of multi-family apartments shall not exceed 652 units.

  • Estimated True Owner

    • Branch Properties

      • https://www.branchprop.com/

  • Developer’s Representative

    • Robert “Bo” Weber

      • https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-weber-70855415

Tennessee

• 3187 Franklin Limestone Road, Nashville, Tennessee (23.48 acre industrial development)

  • Decision Date & Type

    • April 10th, 2025

    • Conditional Approval

    • Industrial

  • Project Description

    • A request to rezone 23.48 acres from AR2a to SP zoning for a portion of property located at 3187 Franklin Limestone Road to permit industrial uses.

  • Estimated True Owner

    • Jeffrey C. Tweedy

      • https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-tweedy-30ba29165/

    • Tweedy, Jeffrey C. & Saussy, Haun, Trustees ET AL.

  • Developer’s Representative

    • Kimley-Horn & Associates

      • https://www.kimley-horn.com/location/nashville-tn

      • 615-564-2701

• 1413 Tipton Station Road, Knoxville, Tn (137 unit assisted living development on 27.40 acres)

  • Decision Date & Type

    • January 9th, 2025

    • Approved Subdivision

    • Multi-family Housing (Assisted Living)

  • Project Description

    • Motion to approve the variance, alternative design standards, and concept plan per staff recommendation. Concept subdivision plan and development plan for a residential subdivision.

  • Estimated True Owner

    • Grant and Nancy Hensley of Freedom Assisted Living

      • https://freedomassistedliving.com/about-us/

      • [email protected]

      • FSL South, LLC

  • Developer’s Representative

    • N/A

• 1000 Rivergate Parkway, Nashville, Tennessee (450 unit mixed-use development with 100,000 sf of non-residential uses)

  • Decision Date & Type

    • March 13th, 2025

    • Rezoning, Conditional Approval

  • Project Description

    • A request to rezone from SCR to SP zoning for portions of properties to permit a mixed-use development. A maximum of 100,000 square feet of nonresidential uses and a total of 450 multifamily residential units.

  • Estimated True Owner

    • Merus (developer)

      • https://www.merus1894.com/

    • JC Penney Co. Inc.

      • https://www.jcpenney.com/

    • Ownership entities

      • KDI Rivergate Mall, LLC, Dillard TN. Operating LTD. Partnership, and J. C. Penny Co., Inc.

  • Developer’s Representative

    • Smith Gee Studio (land-planning) and Fulmer Lucas (civil engineering)

South Carolina

• No Address - Conway, South Carolina (134 units on 187.88 acres)

  • Decision Date & Type

    • April 3th, 2025

    • Subdivision, Conditional Approval

    • Single-family Housing

  • Project Description

    • 182 single-family lots in Phase 1; total of 407 single-family lots in 3 phases; 45.07 acres of Open Space and 44.08 acres of Conservation Area.

  • Estimated True Owner

    • Stillwater Development

      • https://stillwater-development.com/portfolio-item/pelican-point/

  • Developer’s Representative

    • Robert “Shep” Guyton and G3 Engineers

• No Address - North Augusta, South Carolina (298 residential units on 201.8 acres)

  • Decision Date & Type

    • February 19th, 2025

  • Project Description

    • A request to modify The Hive Planned Development to include additional parcels and rezone them from General Commercial to Planned Development.

    • 298 residential units (Planned Unit Development formerly known as Hamrick Farms)

  • Estimated True Owner

    • https://mcknightengler.com/

    • https://www.stanleymartin.com/

      • McKnight Properties, Inc., Panther Residential Management, LLC, and Stanley Martin Homes, LLC

  • Developer’s Representative

    • Bobby Bagwell

      • https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobby-bagwell-598bb01a/

• No address, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (140,000 sf of commercial uses on 72.58 acres)

  • Decision Date & Type

    • February 19th, 2025

    • Conditional Approval, Planned Unit Development

    • Mixed-Use

  • Project Description

    • Proposed Amendment to the Pepper Tract PD-CD, Planned Development - Conservation Design District, modification of development standards and permitted commercial uses. Approximately 140,000 Square Feet of commercial development

  • Estimated True Owner

    • Tim J. Cook

      • [email protected]

    • TDS of Charleston LLC

  • Developer’s Representative

    • N/A

North Carolina

• 968 North First Street, Mebane, North Carolina (228 residential units and 15,000 sf of commercial space)

  • Decision Date & Type

    • February 17th, 2025

    • Approved, Rezoning

    • Mixed-use Development with 228 residential units and 15,000 sf of commercial space.

  • Project Description

    • Request to rezone approximately 60.1 acres from R-8, O&I, and R-8 (CD) to R-8 (CD) for a Planned Unit Development (PUD). The PUD will include 92 townhomes, 36 single-family homes, and approximately 15,000 square feet of commercial/retail space.

  • Estimated True Owner

    • Matt Kirkpatrick – Reliant Partners

      • https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-kirkpatrick-14878228/

  • Developer’s Representative

    • Tony Tate, TMTLA Associates

• 2500 Barwell Road, Raleigh, North Carolina (125 residential units on 43.67 acres)

  • Decision Date & Type

    • March 25th, 2025

  • Project Description

    • Rezoning request for 2500 Barwell Road to limit residential development to no more than 125 dwelling units and prohibit residential development north of Walnut Creek. The motion was not unanimous. The vote was 5-1. Omokaiye was opposed.

  • Estimated True Owner

    • Lewis Woodard (Leamon Woodard Heirs)

      • https://www.linkedin.com/in/lewis-woodard-17699826/

      • 5133 Grasshopper Road, Raleigh, NC 27610

      • https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR22/Z-047-24.pdf

  • Developer’s Representative

    • Worth Mills of Longleaf Law Partners

      • https://longleaflp.com/attorneys/worth-mills/

• 272 Hurst Drive, Salisbury, North Carolina (231,415 sf of industrial facility on 27.2 acres)

  • Decision Date & Type

    • March 25th, 2025

    • Approved, Rezoning

    • Industrial

  • Project Description

    • Motion to recommend approval of the request and designate the Future Land Use Map place type as Production & Processing. The applicant is requesting to rezone approximately 27.2 acres for an industrial facility.

      • Motion passed with all members present voting AYE.

  • Estimated True Owner

    • MWI Property Group

      • Michael Weber, of MWI Property Group

  • Developer’s Representative

    • Victoria Bailiff gave the staff presentation from the municipality.

      • [email protected]