- March 5, 2025
Brookhaven, a multifamily housing project in Town Center, has moved one step closer to going vertical.
The Palm Coast City Council on Tuesday approved the technical site plan with a 4-1 vote. City Councilman Bill Lewis dissented.
The complex, located in Town Center near EPIC Theatres, is partially built right now, with residents living in two buildings, which are condominium units. Those buildings were built as condominiums. The rest of the project that was approved Tuesday will be for apartment buildings.
In total, the complex could be as large as a 28-building, 134-unit multifamily complex, according to the site plan approved Tuesday. Officials approved an additional 125 units (12 already exist), but another nine could be added in a future phase. There will be both one-story and two-story units.
Construction on the complex began in 2006. After two units were built, however, construction stopped in 2008, and it has been dormant since.
Now, Atlantic Housing Partners have agreed to come in and buy the project and finish it off, a move officials say could help spark commercial development in Town Center.
Mark Gauthier, vice president of Atlantic Housing Partners, said the two existing buildings could be purchased in the future.
Dennis McDonald, a Palm Coast resident, voiced his concerns about both apartment rents and condominium owners living in the same complex.
“The bottom line here is we’re mixing apples and oranges,” McDonald said, adding that he has bought and renovated apartment complexes. “This, to me, appears to be a recipe for disaster.”
Gauthier said Atlantic Housing Partners has had similar situations in the past, citing example figures that 90% of a complex were rentals and 10% were resident-owned units.
“We don’t have problems,” he said. “Our desires — as far as maintaining the community — shouldn’t really markedly vary from the owners. These are the same people.”
Of the existing 12 units, only two are owned, Gauthier said, adding that the other 10 couldn’t be sold, and so the previous developer sold them to Atlantic Housing Partners.
Mayor Jon Netts said the project falls in line with the long-term vision of Town Center: a walkable community.
“I hear all the time about why are the streets so narrow and why are there so many speed bumps (in Town Center),” Netts said. “The whole idea was to create a self-contained community.”
Guathier said going vertical with residential units will be good for the community.
“With Brookhaven, we’re going to provide some high-quality rental housing for the community,” he said. “We believe that we’ll help jumpstart the Town Center by completing some abandoned construction and by adding some much-needed rooftops.”
City to move forward with Old Kings Road Special Assessment District
With a unanimous vote, the Palm Coast City Council on Tuesday moved forward with an interlocal agreement with the Flagler County Tax Collector’s Office to begin collection of the Old Kings Road Special Assessment this fall.
Property owners on Old Kings Road are still working out who the methodology of who will pay, city officials said.
