A six-building retail and restaurant plaza is headed to the southwest corner of State Road 56 and Mansfield Boulevard in Wesley Chapel, after developers submitted a site plan to Pasco County last week. The project lands directly across the intersection area from the newly opened Orlando Health Wiregrass Ranch Hospital — placing new shopping and dining within easy reach of one of the area’s fastest-growing healthcare and residential corridors.
According to the filing, the plan calls for six buildings totaling 54,985 square feet of retail space and 17,390 square feet of restaurant space — roughly 72,000 square feet of commercial space in all. The development would sit on a 58-acre parcel within the Wiregrass Ranch Master Planned Unit Development (MPUD).
What’s confirmed — and what isn’t
At this early stage, the only individual business publicly tied to the project is The Fresh Market, a specialty grocery chain. The remaining tenants for the retail and restaurant buildings have not been announced, which is typical for a development that has only just reached the site-plan stage. It’s far too early to say which restaurants or shops will fill out the rest of the center.
Note: A submitted site plan is an early procedural step, not a finished project. Details such as the full tenant list, construction timeline, and opening dates are still unconfirmed and can change as the plan moves through county review.
A long-planned corner
While the site plan itself is new, the land has been pointed toward this kind of commercial growth for years. The parcel was zoned for commercial use back in 2007 — the same year the nearby Shops at Wiregrass opened as the area’s first major retail destination — meaning this development reflects a vision for the corner that’s nearly two decades in the making…