Developer CBD Land Investors LLC has been busy with a slew of projects in Polk County lately, but now they’re planning one in Lake County instead. It would be in the town of Mascotte in southern Lake County west of Orlando.
“This is really only my second venture in 20 years in Lake County. I’m mostly more of a Central Florida to Southwest Florida developer,” said David Waronker, CBD’s president and founder. But he added: “We’re excited to be in that area. We only wish we could get more land.”
The new development, to be called Scotland Yard, would have 87 single-family homes on relatively large lots with a minimum of 75 feet of frontage. Because of the proposed development’s proximity to the Green Swamp Wilderness area, its density will be limited to two residential units per acre, he said. The subdivision would include a dog park and playground.
The development’s address would be 15011 Bay Lake Road on the southwestern edge of Mascotte. The developer’s next step will be to seek site plan approvals from Mascotte’s City Council. A public hearing on the matter has yet to be scheduled.
“We applied for a preliminary site plan around December,” Waronker said. “We’re waiting for a review from the city to be completed before we respond.”
Once permits are secured, CBD would most likely sell the project to a builder or partner with a builder, he said.
The development’s civil engineer is Chad Moorhead of the Orlando firm Madden, Moorhead & Stokes. Its land-use attorney is Daniel O’Keefe of the Orlando office of Shutts & Bowen LLP. Its environmental consultant is Stillwater Environmental of Port Orange. Its surveyor is Michael Lewis of LandTech Engineering & Surveying. Its traffic consultant is Elizabeth Rodriguez & Associates.
Recently, most of CBD’s developments have been located in Lake Wales in neighboring Polk County.
In December, the Lake Wales City Commission voted to approve Steeplechase and Iron Mountain, two CBD projects. They had previously voted down Steeplechase because they found that it didn’t do enough to meet the city’s recently adopted development aspirations. The developer made adjustments, replacing 50 of the single-family homes in the plan in favor of 68 townhomes with rear alley and rear garage access.
Steeplechase, located south of Highway 60 off of Belleview Drive, will include 318 units, including 68 townhomes and 250 single-family homes, on approximately 98 acres. Iron Mountain, spanning 77 acres, will include 520 units, including 250 townhomes, 42 single-family homes and 228 apartments. Iron Mountain will be north of Burns Avenue, and west of Buck Moore Road and Mammoth Grove Road, near Bok Tower Gardens.
In June, Lake Wales city commissioners voted to approve a preliminary site plan for the Groves at Orchard Hills, a 930-lot subdivision on 223 acres located south of Belleview Drive, east of Scenic Highway South, north of Passion Play Road, and west of 11th Street South.
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