BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (NBC 15) — Developers are building a golf course community north of Spanish Fort in Baldwin County. The Longleaf planned residential development master plan calls for a mix of single family homes and town homes, with a total of 1,015 units to built in phases. It’s located off Alabama 225 in the Whitehouse Fork community.
“They’re going in phases. It’s not going to be 1,000 properties overnight,” said Spanish Fort Mayor Brad Bass.
Developers tell NBC 15 News they’ll use six builders. DR Horton, which has built large neighborhoods throughout the area, is not one of them. Before the Spanish Fort City Council right now is a request to approve Longleaf’s zoning for the planned residential development. Bass says if that’s approved, he expects the developers will then request to be annexed into the city limits, but that doesn’t mean they’d be zoned for Spanish Fort schools…