Ashby Village (behind Lowe’s Home Improvement) and Adams Village (behind Walmart) to combine for 1,000-plus residential lots
Two large subdivisions — one of them a mixed-use plan that will include apartments, townhomes and commercial buildings — are in the works in the fast-growing southern end of Sanford near the city’s two largest big-box retailers.
Ashby Village (or Ashby Commons in some listings) will be home to 250 single-family homes, 200 townhomes and 350 apartments, according to plans provided by Raleigh-based Trademark Properties. Located behind Lowe’s Home Improvement, with access from Horner Boulevard, the project would also include land for commercial use along Horner on both sides of Lowe’s. The Village would also but up against the soon-to-be-built multi-use sports complex, located along the U.S. 421 bypass and Broadway Road.
Adams Village will feature 250 single family lots and 231 townhome lots. Located behind the shopping center that houses Walmart along N.C. 87, the project would also include 30-plus acres of commercial land, accessible from N.C. 87. Adams Village is also planned by Trademark Properties.
The plans have been in place for both projects for months, but major steps were taken this week when D.R. Horton, the nation’s largest homebuilder, spent $3 million to built on 14.4 acres within Ashby Village on March 7, according to an article from the Triangle Business Journal. D.R. Horton will also recently purchased 95 lots on Galvin’s Ridge, the massive subdivision along U.S. 1 and Colon Road that is currently being prepped for construction. The company has an addition 50-plus lots for a subdivision being built near J. Glenn Edwards Elementary School.
Just what Sanford needs. More below spec housing.
Don’t move here. We are FULL!
Sanford is nowhere near full. We have plenty of room to build more homes and apartments. Lots of empty land on all of the main roads coming in and out of town. We are the latest town in central NC to see rapid and amazing growth. Just wait until they get that megasite going off 421 near Liberty. Sanford and Siler City will start to grow together along hwy 421. If you love the rural setting, it may be time to move out of town.
Where are the new schools being built to accommodate this growth?
It seems schools aren’t built until extreme over crowding happens! I’m wondering where the industry and other jobs are coming from? Is Sanford going to be just where people sleep? Are jobs coming in addition to homes or are people going to have very good paying jobs out of Lee County and shop out of county? Just wondering about the big plan for Lee County? Is there a big plan or just throw things up here and there and stand back and scratch heads later wondering how to fix a big mess?
There is going to be a new school coming. Central Carolina Academy.
There are plenty of new job opportunities in the area. Audentes. Abzena. Pfizer expansion. New hotel at the multi-sport complex plus maintenance and other necessary jobs for the complex. New local companies downtown. Possible passenger train station downtown. New restaurants popping up all the time. Spring Lane Galleria, Popeyes, Brick City Boba, Fonda Lupita, and the new Hwy 55 for examples.
People from Raleigh/Cary/Apex areas might be sick of commuting to the big companies down here. Even if they commute outside the city, they will still be paying local taxes/rent and bring some of the money they earn back to Sanford.
Tramway is always adding new businesses. Jersey Mikes. Dunkin Donuts. Dollar General. New apartments behind Food Lion.
I-685 will most likely bring more opportunities and more businesses nearby and help if people want to commute.
New housing developments. A few off Cool Springs. As well as Autumnwood. Brookshire development which will be 6,000+ sq. ft homes off of old 421.
Have you been living under a rock? Don’t worry about it. The people making these decisions are obviously a lot smarter than you.
Many jobs coming, some already here https://rantnc.com/2020/11/02/the-big-4-sanfords-big-job-creators-to-impact-more-than-the-local-economy/
Another rip off coming soon to a town near u lol
Our crooked Mayor set it up perfectly for himself! He is the area sales manager for CMG financial (conflict of intrest maybe). Now he is not running for Mayor again. Hmmmm he will be free to pursue LOANS for ALL the new houses being built, that be pushed to be approved. Shady
The quality (and quantity) of this growth explosion, hastily engineered by our foolish local leaders, is a tragedy. Sanford did need more housing, but it needed QUALITY housing. Why did people want to live here? Why have families like mine chosen to stay here for generations? Lee County has been a desirable place to call home, with old neighborhoods and communities that have stood the test of time. These monster developments, jam-packed with as many cardboard houses as will fit— WILL ruin everything that was good about this place. Stupid, self-serving jackasses…
Why do these decision makers do everything backwards? Yes Sanford has the space for some fairly large developments and plenty of space for more people to come. Sanford does NOT have the utility for it though. Where will the water come from and waste water go? Traffic is not too bad in that area, but adding in that much capacity will make it worse. Kind of got those horses hitched backwards