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May 13, 2005
New northeast Davidson development
Below is a story I wrote for today's News & Record about a new subdivision Grover Shugart is planning for what we here in the newsroom call "the northeast Davidson growth corridor."
Some of you may be familiar with Shugart. He's the developer behind Laurel Oak Ranch. And he's the developer behind a subdivision planned for Sandy Ridge Road, adjacent to Bame Road.
While nowhere near the size of Laurel Oak Ranch, the new subdivision is pretty large. And it's a little south of what we think about when we think about the northeast Davidson growth corridor.
The developments just keep uh-comin'.
HIGH POINT -- A developer familiar to northeast Davidson County is planning a new subdivision for that growing community.
Shugart Management is proposing a single-family development with 204 lots spread across 97 acres. If approved by the City Council, the neighborhood would be near Burton Avenue and Paul Pope Road.
The site is about one mile outside the city limits and would have to be annexed. The city typically considers annexation and plan-approval simultaneously.
Shugart also is the developer of Davidson County's Laurel Oak Ranch, situated just below the Forsyth County line. Laurel Oak has nearly 1,200 homes on 359 acres.
The proposed subdivision is in an area planned for the city's future growth.
The city doesn't normally consider requests for developments in the future growth area, said Mark Schroeder, coordinator of the Technical Review Committee.
In part, that's because such developments don't usually have access to city services such as water and sewer. But city sewer lines already extend to the site of Shugart's proposed subdivision, and water is available from Davidson Water.
The proposed subdivision is called a "cluster" because it groups homes closely together in order to leave more total open space within the development.
Thirty of the neighborhood's 97 acres would be devoted to open space, and preliminary plans show two playing fields within the development.
The city's Technical Review Committee will consider plans for the unnamed subdivision Wednesday.
Posted by at May 13, 2005 8:42 AM
