Suncoast Arts Fest 2014 at The Shops at Wiregrass

Don't forget the Suncoast Arts Fest at The Shops at Wiregrass today and tomorrow.  While you are there, don't miss the chalk artists in front of Dilliard's. (Suncoast Arts Fest pictures taken this morning.)

Wiregrass Ranch in Wesley Chapel takes off in 2014!

It looks like Wiregrass Ranch will take off in 2014!  There is lots going on right now that will add to some already pretty impressive developments.

 

• The $45 million Porter Campus at Wiregrass opened this week.  Porter Campus (Soon to be renamed Pasco Hernando State College.), features a classroom building linked by a plaza to the library building, built above a three story parking deck.  It has four floors, 10 classrooms, four computer labs, four science labs, eight health labs, a library, teaching/learning center, and a career and testing center.  The new campus is located on 60 acres of property.  A name change for the school to Pasco Hernando State College is scheduled to be announced on January 21, 2014. Students, faculty and staff are invited to celebrations that will be held on January 22, 2014 at each campus to commemorate this significant milestone in the College’s history. Refreshments will be served following brief presentations at the: Students, faculty, and staff are invited to a celebration to be held in the Conference Center (Building B) on January 22, 2014 from 9:00 to 11:00 AM.  The new campus is located just south of SR 56 on Mansfield Blvd.

 

• The Pasco BOCC approved an agreement for a $34 million sports park featuring 19 ball parks to be located northeast of the Shops at Wiregrass in Wesley Chapel.  If the developer arranges financing within six months, construction will take another 18 months and the park may be open for spring, 2016.  This major ballpark could become the spring training site for a major league baseball team.

• The first residential Wiregrass Ranch community is under construction and models should open this spring with approximately 1,200 homes planned to be built.

 

 

• A 200,000 sq. ft. Walmart is under construction at SR 54 and Wiregrass Ranch Blvd.

 

• A second residential community for Wiregrass Ranch is planned/under review with 585 projected homes.

 

• Raymond James Financial continues discussions with Pasco County regarding the purchase of 65 acres of Wiregrass Ranch property for the purpose of a future campus. The campus is expected to be between 500,000 and 1,000,000 sq. ft. and bring 750 jobs to Wesley Chapel. The location under consideration is in the heart of Wiregrass at SR 56 and Wiregrass Ranch Blvd.

 

 

 

Now that's a lot of growth for the planned 5,000 acre Wiregrass Ranch community, in addition to what already is in place:

 

The impressive 200,000 sq. ft. 80 bed Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel opened in 2012 and shortly thereafter a 100,000 sq. ft. Medical Office and Wellness Center was built adjacent to it.
 

 

 

 

 

• North Tampa Behavioral Health opened in 2013 adding to the available local health care. 

• The Shops at Wiregrass is 800,000 square feet of retail, restaurants and entertainment on 67 acres of land opened in the fall of 2008.  Additionally, the mall regularly offers entertainment, art shows, market days (twice a month) and has become a local gathering space/town center for Wesley Chapel.

 

 

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Wiregrass Ranch at sunset

Pretty sunsets on the ranch, but still no residential development!

Pulte pulls out of Wiregrass Ranch!

Today the St. Pete Times reports that Pulte Homes sold its 800 acres of Wiregrass land late in December, 2009.  According to the Times, Pulte paid $12.8 million for the land in 2004 and sold it for $5 million to Tampa developer Bob Sierra.

Pulte is well known for its construction in of single family residential homes in years past in Wesley Chapel in popular communities such as:  Lexington Oaks, Meadow Pointe, and Palm Cove.

So to date the Wiregrass development consists of The Shops at Wiregrass mall with no residential development underway!

Update on Wiregrass Homes

The residential development of Wiregrass remains on hold. No new master builder has been announced. The Shops at Wiregrass mall is scheduled to open on October 30, 2008.

If you are interested in information on resales or other new homes in the Wesley Chapel area, contact Russ at (813) 494-2124.

Wiregrass Residential Quiet

Since this announcement earlier this year that the master builder for this planned residential community pulled out, there is no apparent development activity on Wiregrass homes. At this time it appears that Wiregrass Ranch is limited to the Shops at Wiregrass mall scheduled to open in fall, 2008. Cattle still can be seen grazing on this 5,000 acre ranch, and the sign shown here has long been taken down.

For information on homes for sale in other residential communities in Wesley Chapel, contact Russ Perlowski at (813) 494-2124.

Wiregrass Residential

While the construction of the Shops at Wiregrass appears to moving along well, the immediate residential development of Wiregrass is up in the air.

With the pullout by Pulte from serving as the master builder, today the Tampa Tribune indicates that the owner/developer is seeking another company to develop the ranch.