Close to 500 new homes and apartments are in the works for Lancaster. See the latest.
Lancaster is set to add a significant number of new homes and apartments.
Lancaster City Council met Tuesday night. There, council members faced decisions that could bring close to 500 new residences.
Homebuilder D.R. Horton applied last fall to annex property for a 273-home subdivision on the east side of U.S. 521, or Charlotte Highway, near the main entrance to the Arrowood subdivision. The property is more than 100 acres. It’s now up for several rezonings needed to make the plan happen.
Decisions related to the project on Tuesday involve rezoning almost 72 acres owned by Central Monroe at 2080 Charlotte Hwy., 29 acres owned by 521 Property at 2250 Charlotte Hwy., almost 14 acres owned by the Chisom family at 2081 Charlotte Hwy. (the Crow’s Nest driving range) and almost 13 acres owned by the Thompson family at 2120 Charlotte Hwy.
All those decisions will need a second vote, after ones scheduled for Tuesday. Those second votes are tentatively scheduled for Feb. 14.
Plans are to market the homes in the $300,000 to $390,000 range.
Close to that site, there’s a separate plan that city council finalized Tuesday.
Riverside Investment Options applied to annex a nearly 22-acre property on the south side of University Drive, across from the Arrowood subdivision. It’s immediately across from University Drive intersections with Havenwood Drive and Charles Avenue. The 192-apartment plan includes eight garden style buildings at three stories each.
The apartments will have outdoor patios that overlook shaded areas. Less than half the acreage would be developed, since much of it sits in flood plain. A nature trail would be built along the creek there. A submitted plan shows the entrance would come in line with the Havenwood and University intersection.
The city estimates the new apartment complex would be valued at $30 million.
Combined with the 72-acre Red Rose Village project council saw last month, the two projects up for consideration Tuesday would add to more than 700 new residences planned for the city.
As of the 2020 Census, the entire city had about 3,900 total housing units.
This story was originally published January 27, 2023 at 8:16 AM with the headline "Close to 500 new homes and apartments are in the works for Lancaster. See the latest.."
