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Builder plans 997 homes on 520 acres
The development on cattle pasture and forest east of U.S. 301 in Zephyrhills would be known as Riverwood.
By JAMES THORNER
Published August 28, 2005
ZEPHYRHILLS - As property closer to New Tampa and Wesley Chapel disappears from the market, the onetime rural backwater of southeast Pasco is luring developers.
Now a Clearwater spinal surgeon-turned-developer has bought 520 acres there. Next for Dr. Doug Weiland and his company, JES properties: a new 997-home development called Riverwood.
Weiland paid millions over the past year for cattle pasture and forest east of U.S. 301 - property bounded by Hillsborough County to the south, Zephyrhills Festival Park to the north, and the Crystal Springs Nature Preserve to the east.
Weiland's company plans a mostly residential development with a smattering of retail and offices.
The biggest proposed project in the greater Zephyrhills area is the 7,000 homes Sierra Properties plans to build on the west side of U.S. 301 opposite the Riverwood tract.
Sierra wants to buy the land from rancher Robert Thomas, whose family owns 3,500 acres stretching to Morris Bridge Road.
Several smaller developments are poised to devour pasture between U.S. 301 and State Road 39 south of Chancey Road.
They include 500 homes approved on the former Rucks farm and 200 homes proposed for property owned by the Feliciano family.
[Last modified August 27, 2005, 11:05:06]
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