Developers of the Lotis Wellington project went before the Wellington Village Council on Tuesday, March 10 after months of postponements to share their latest plan changes. The council, while disappointed with the current state of the project, approved a master plan amendment in the hopes of still giving residents something they would want.
In 2020, the council granted a series of approvals for a mixed-use development off State Road 7, just north of Wellington Regional Medical Center. For the second phase of the project, developers initially planned to build an assisted living facility, apartments, office space and a daycare center on the site. Since then, many of those plans were scrapped in favor of more commercial and entertainment uses.
Miniature-golf company Popstroke, co-owned by pro golfer Tiger Woods, entered into a multi-million-dollar agreement to lease part of the site. That agreement fell apart in 2024, when Popstroke terminated its lease, which left developers scrambling to find replacements. Last year, Wellington’s Planning, Zoning & Adjustment Board recommended approval of allowing a free-standing restaurant and increasing the daycare capacity, but not the removal of an entertainment use on the three acres where Popstroke was planned…