The master developer of The Ridge at Lake Bronson in southern Apopka is moving forward with plans to add a 363-unit apartment complex to the community.
The project’s major development plan went before the city’s Development Review Committee on Wednesday morning. The panel’s members spent about 20 minutes going over their comments on the proposal with George Georgy, a senior project engineer with VHB.
Apopka Centerline Development LLC, an entity tied to Fort Lauderdale-based real estate developer Centerline Capital Advisors, serves as the master developer of the 367-acre project.
Craig Perry, president of Centerline, told GrowthSpotter he hopes to break ground on the apartments during the first quarter of 2027, with construction taking two years.
Last year, his company finished a luxury apartment community, Vue at the Ridge, on the west side of the property. Perry said the new apartments would be geared toward different demographics
“It’ll be market-rate apartments but different styles, as opposed to the Vue, which is all luxuries,” he said. “The interiors and everything will be just as nice, it’s just different square footages.”
Four-story, elevator-served apartment buildings like The Vue are more expensive to build and typically command higher rents. According to Apartments.com, the Vue offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging from 756 to 1,430 square feet with monthly rents between $1,773 and $2,370.
The new complex is designed with three-story, walk-up apartment buildings. Perry said it would offer smaller one- and two-bedroom floor plans, with the largest at 1,000 square feet.
The project would rise on Parcel 3 of the master plan and would reserve about half of the 30.49 lot for future commercial uses. To the south is almost 15 acres the city acquired for a planned mountain bike park.
The project is within the 404-acre master-planned community, The Ridge at Lake Bronson, which has PUD zoning with entitlements for up to 683 residential homes, 678 apartments, 350,000 square feet of commercial space and 1.5 million square feet for industrial uses.
On the northern edge of the property is a clubhouse/leasing building with pool and deck area. Surface parking would consist of 507 spaces — 14 designated for individuals with disabilities.
The developer has turned land around Lake Semmes, directly west of the planned apartments, into a community amenity area with trail, dog park, playground and other features.
Lennar at Bronson’s Ridge is on 58 acres along the south side of Boy Scout Road next to the lake. It includes 267 home lots with a mixture of townhomes and single-family houses starting in the upper $300,000s.
On the north side of Boy Scout Road is the 313-unit Bronson Peak by Toll Brothers on 80 acres. It will include 95 two-story townhomes and 218 single-family townhomes. Homes will be priced between the upper $300,000s to low $600,000s.
McCraney Property Company is developing a 1.26 million-square-foot industrial park on 78 acres at 1403 Binion Rd. within The Ridge. The project, called Logistics 429 at Apopka Ridge, will consist of five logistical warehouse buildings built over two phases.
Other firms involved with the apartments project are Tierra of Winter Garden for geotech, BioTech Consulting of Orlando for environmental, and Allen & Company of Winter Garden for surveying.
Another Centerline project under development in Central Florida is Bella Tara, a 657-acre master planned community east of Lake Tohopekaliga in Osceola County. Bella Tara would add 2,013 homes with a mix of product types, including cluster homes, townhomes, apartments and a Build-for-Rent neighborhood.
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