Builders pulled permits for 64 new Wake Forest homes in September, 53 single-family houses and 11 townhouses.
All those people who have been asking about Planet Fitness will be pleased to know Wake Forest Investments in Raleigh has approved plans to build a shopping center shell on 4.5 acres it owns at the end of Wrigley Drive. To reach it, when it is complete, you will turn into the Harris Crossing shopping center off Harris Road onto Wallridge Drive, keep to the right and Wrigley Drive will be your first left. They are planning a 20,256-square-foot building backing up to Capital Boulevard. The engineers are Bartlett Engineering & Surveying. A second lot of 2.6 acres, a triangle with a curved hypotenuse, will be for future development.
The only other commercial building is an amenity center for the Kitchin Farms subdivision on Tubberson Trail although the McDonald’s on Durham Road does have a permit for $12,500 worth of building or renovation.
There was one demolition of an old wood house at 537 Forestville Road where Forestville Partners will build 95 townhouses. The partners purchased the land from descendants of Reuben Mills. Barbara Branson, who grew up on the west side of what is now South Main Street in a house kitty-corner across from Hoy Auction remembered Reuben Mills fondly. “When I saw the name Reuben Mills in the Gazette I immediately saw Reuben coming up the hill from the Rolesville Road in his wagon and head north towards town. I must have seen him in that wagon a few hundred times. I hadn’t thought of Reuben in a long time and had no idea his descendants were still there.”
Of the 11 townhouses, D.R. Horton will build five along Treetop Meadow Lane in Traditions, and Stanley Martin Companies will build six along Rally Point Place in downtown Wake Forest. The companies paid $2,221 in fees and the homes will add an estimated $1,493,036 to the tax base.
For people concerned about affordable housing, one local company, Unity Three Brothers from Rolesville, has been doing what they can to fill the need by buying up vacant lots or razing dilapidated housing and building small but affordable homes. In September they pulled permits for three houses on Seventh Street.
Each dwelling unit in Wake Forest must pay two impact fees: the Fire Protection Facility Fee and the Recreation Facility Fee. The fire impact fee is $337 for each single-family detached unit and $253 for each single-family attached unit. The recreation fee is $2,871 for each single-family detached and mobile home, and $1,713 for each single-family attached and multi-family units.
Jennifer Currin, the town’s development services manager, said some subdivisions get credit for recreation fees “depending on the improvements they propose (land dedication to the town, construction of public greenway, submit payment in lieu). Those active projects that either have pro-rated recreation fees or were credited with recreation fees are Austin Creek, Bennett Part, Bishops Grant, Holding Village North Lake but not phases 1-3 in South Lake, Kitchin Farms, Richland Hills, Twin Creeks, The Reserve, The Retreat at Renaissance, Creek View Townhomes, Willows at Traditions, Orchards at Traditions (formerly called Woodlands), Traditions phases 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D, Del Webb at Traditions and Traditions Southwest.
The single-family houses are listed below by applicant, address, subdivision, stream basin, fees paid, square footage and improvement value estimated by the applicant.
*Murdock & Gannon Construction, 1604 Forest Road, Home Gardens, Smith Creek, $5,114.50, 2,906, $250,000.
*Dan Ryan Builders, 3521 Fairstone Road, Stonegate at St. Andrews, Neuse River, $4,702.50, 2,355, $118,250.
*Pulte Home Corp., 1509 Highpoint Street, Holding Village, Smith Creek, $4,899.75, 2,966, $235,755.
*Pulte Home Corp., 1408 Monterey Bay, Del Webb at Traditions, Smith Creek, $1,337.00, 1,711, $162,500.
*Unity Three Builders, 219 Seventh Street, Smith Creek, $4,459.50, 1,536, $150,000.
*Unity Three Builders, 215 Seventh Street, Smith Creek, $4,451.25, 1,536, $150,000.
*Unity Three Builders, 211 Seventh Street, Smith Creek, $4,425.50, 1,643, $150,000.
*Taylor Morrison, 705 Pitchback Mill Court, Reynolds Mill, Richland Creek, $5,417.25, 3,495, $2,625,125.
*Jordan’s Construction, 801 Park Vista Drive, The Bluffs at Joyner Park, Richland Creek, $4,727.75, 2,452, $157,000.
*Beazer Homes, 6628 Vestal Street, Bridgeport, Smith Creek, $4,899.75, 3,507, $181,350.
*Clayton Properties Group/Mungo Homes, 8917 Mother Nancy Drive, Kitchen Farms, Smith Creek, $5,186.50, 4,045, $222,679.
*Pulte Home Corp., 1106 Salinas Valley Drive, Del Webb at Traditions, Smith Creek, $1,933.00, 3,611, $317,460.
*Jordan’s Construction, 308 Everly Mist Way, Everly, Richland Creek, $4,862.75, 2,793, $176,000.
*Beazer Homes, 301 Woodstaff Avenue, Bridgeport, Smith Creek, $4,94450, 3,806, $190,300.
*Drees Homes, 1532 Highpoint Street, Holding Village, Smith Creek, $5,068.50, 3,027, $229,000.
*Epcon Communities, 1352 Prevenient Drive, The Courtyards at Heritage Grove, Smith Creek, $4,846.75, 2,501, $180,070.
*Epcon Communities, 1517 Lifespring Lane, The Courtyards at Heritage Grove, Smith Creek, $4,557.75,
*Epcon Communities, 1509 Lifespring Lane, The Courtyards at Heritage Grove, Smith Creek, $4,587.50, 1,643, $165,020.
*Epcon Communities, 1345 Privision Place, The Courtyards at Heritage Grove, Smith Creek, $4,781.75, 2,501, $180,070.
*Epcon Communities, 1420 Vann Dowda Place, The Courtyards at Heritage Grove, Smith Creek, $4,653.25, 1,775, $154,110.
*Epcon Communities, 1332 Provision Place, The Courtyards at Heritage Grove, Smith Creek, $4,638.50, 2,027, $162,925.
*Epcon Communities, 1344 Provision Place, The Courtyards at Heritage Grove, Smith Creek, $4,557.75, 1,518, $140,110.
*Epcon Communities, 1341 Provision Place, The Courtyards at Heritage Grove, Smith Creek, $4,706.00, 1,995, $165,205.
*Pulte Home Corp., 1115 Santa Cruz Street, Del Webb at Traditions, Smith Creek, $1,764.50, 3,305, $2733,650.
*M/I Homes, 721 Hydrangea Field Court, Traditions, Smith Creek, $1,649.75, 2,874, $232,000.
*Pulte Home Corp., 1517 Highpoint Street, Holding Village, Smith Creek, $4,876.25, 2,986, $229,645.
*M/I Homes, 740 Sparrowhawk Lane, Traditions, Smith Creek, $1,649.75, 2,874, $233,500.
*Pulte Home Corp., 1412 Monterey Bay Drive, Del Webb at Traditions, Smith Creek, $1,310.75, 1,775, $155,675.
*AV Homes, 1929 Hay House Avenue, Tryon, Smith Creek, $4,768.75, 2,322, $174,150.
*Jordan’s Construction, 308 Whispering Wind Way, Everly, Richland Creek, $4,575.00, 1,853, $130,000.
*Jordan’s Construction, 312 Whispering Wind Way, Everly, Richland Creek, $4,922.75, 2,793, $176,000.
*M/I Homes, 704 Sparrowhawk Lane, Traditions, Smith Creek, $1,538.00, 2,685, $235,900.
*Pulte Home Corp., 409 Bridgeton Avenue, Holding Village, Smith Creek, $4,955.75, 2,980, $250,315.
*Pulte Home Corp., 1118 Salinas Valley Drive, Del Webb at Traditions, Smith Creek, $1,518.75, 2,401, $209,755.
*Dan Ryan Builders, 3517 Fairstone Road, Stonegate at St. Andrews, Neuse River, $4,685.25, 2,3328, $109,483.
*AV Homes, 1917 Hay House Avenue, Tryon, Smith Creek, $4,742.25, 2,322, $174,150.
*Jordan’s Construction, 328 Everly Mist Way, Everly, Richland Creek, $4,679.75, 2,061, $151,000.
*Epcon Communities, 1324 Provision Place, The Courtyards at Heritage Grove, Smith Creek, $4,850.00, 2,832, $200,580.
*Epcon Communities, 1328 Provision Place, The Courtyards at Heritage Grove, Smith Creek, $4,650.00, 1,888, $175,490.
*AV Homes, 628 Dixon House Court, Tryon, Smith Creek, $5,059.00, 3,490, $261,750.
*Pulte Home Corp., 1460 Santa Lucia Street, Del Webb at Traditions, Smith Creek, $1,507.25, 2,360,, $206,765.
*Pulte Home Corp., 1111 Santa Cruz Street, Del Webb at Traditions, Smith Creek, $1,527.00, 2,463, $211,900.
*Epcon Communities, 1340 Provision Place, The Courtyards at Heritage Grove, Smith Creek, $4,557.75, 1,648, $140,110.
*Beazer Homes, 345 Simwood Avenue, Bridgeport, Smith Creek, $5,118.25, 3,492, $205,050.
*AV Homes, 601 Dixon House Court, Tryon, Smith Creek, $4,974.50, 3,267, $250,275.
*Clayton Properties Group/Mungo Homes, 8920 Mother Nancy Drive, Kitchin Farms, Smith Creek, $1,895.25, 3,842, $216,236.
*Clayton Properties Group/Mungo Homes, 2921 Thurman Dairy Loop, Kitchin Farms, Smith Creek, $1,895.25, 4,179, $219,261.
*Pulte Home Corp., 405 Bridgeton Avenue, Holding Village, Smith Creek, $4,869.50, 2,742, $227,890.
*Pulte Home Corp., 1427 Monterey Bay Drive, Del Webb at Traditions, Smith Creek, $1,627.75, 2,908, $238,095.
*Pulte Home Corp., 1704 Highpoint Street, Holding Village, Smith Creek, $4,949.00, 2,947, $248,560.
*AV Homes, 1920 Trent River Avenue, Tryon, Smith Creek, $4,752.75, 2,322, $174,150.
*Beazer Homes, 341 Simwood Avenue, Bridgeport, Smith Creek, $4,871.75, 2,648, $175,750.
*Pulte Home Corp., 1141 Coast Grade Street, Del Webb at Traditions, Smith Creek, $1, 543.25, 2,417, $216,125.
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