Pender County officials examine residential proposals that could bring hundreds of units

Chase Jordan, Wilmington StarNews
·2 min read
Pender County officials are reviewing plans from a developer to add multi-family units to Blake Farm Boulevard.
Pender County officials are reviewing plans from a developer to add multi-family units to Blake Farm Boulevard.

Developers are making proposals to bring two residential developments to the Blake Farm project in Scotts Hill.

On behalf of Dry Pond Partners, applicant Trask Land Company, Inc. wants to build 183 multi-family residential units for its Oak Grove at Blake Farm project in the Topsail Township. According to documents, the proposed project will be on more than 21 acres off of Blake Farm Boulevard.

With assistance from applicant Jordan McLaughlin, Dry Pond Partners is requesting approval to expand The Towns at Blake Farm by adding 18 townhome units, which would bring the total to 154. The 28-acre proposal is also located near Blake Farm Boulevard.

Pender County officials are reviewing plans for The Towns at Blake Farm near Blake Farm Boulevard.
Pender County officials are reviewing plans for The Towns at Blake Farm near Blake Farm Boulevard.

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Members from Pender County's Technical Review Committee and planning department officials are reviewing plans for the major site development. The Towns at Blake Farm was presented in October 2020 by the committee for approval of 136 units.

In 2021, Travis Henley, director of Pender County Planning & Community Development, reported there were a few pieces of Blake Farm either under construction or moving trough an approval process for apartments, townhomes, and single-family.

Developers connected to Blake Farm received approval from the Pender County Planning Board in 2020 to drill water wells and construction of buildings to house mechanical equipment to run them.

Advertised online as a master planned community with walking trails, bike paths, wildlife corridors and community gardens, Blake Farm is associated with the Trask Land Company, a Wilmington-based business with several developments and projects in the area. Some of them are The Villages in Hampstead, Poplar Branch in Surf City, and Autumn Hall, a 236-acre mixed used community on Eastwood Road in Wilmington.

Reporter Chase Jordan can be reached at cjjordan@gannett.com.

This article originally appeared on Wilmington StarNews: Developers looking to bring residential projects to Pender County