A proposed 105-acre mixed-use development featuring hundreds of residences, a 500-room hotel, and more than half a million square feet of commercial space near the future Buc-ee’s in Ocala will head before county commissioners next week for a critical rezoning request.
The Marion County Board of County Commissioners will review the request during its regular meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
Filed by attorney W. James Gooding III on behalf of NW 49th Street Gateway LLC, the application seeks to rezone approximately 105 acres across two parcels located at 5110 and 5500 NW 44th Avenue from General Agriculture (A-1) and an expired Planned Unit Development designation to a new Planned Unit Development (PUD).
The property occupies the northwest corner of NW 44th Avenue and NW 49th Street, placing it in the northwest quadrant of the planned Interstate 75 diverging diamond interchange and just west of where Ocala’s first Buc-ee’s travel center is currently under construction…