LAND O’ LAKES — A 156-acre mixed-use development that would bring up to 108 single-family homes, 120 hotel rooms and 175,000 square feet of commercial and retail space to central Pasco County cleared a key hurdle April 7 when county commissioners voted 4-0 to rezone the site.
The land, just over half a mile from the intersection of State Road 52 and U.S. 41, was rezoned from agricultural residential and agricultural district to a master planned unit development district. JDP Elite Development is behind the project, which also would include associated infrastructure.
The development will border the east side of dozens of homes on Driver Lane, adjacent to Pilot Country Airport-X05, a small recreational airstrip off State Road 52.
Buildout is anticipated by 2030, according to documents in the meeting agenda. That timeline would follow the start of a planned widening of State Road 52 from U.S. 41 to Bellamy Brothers Boulevard, which will expand the road from two lanes to four divided lanes with a 12-foot-wide multiuse trail along the north side, according to FDOT…