- September 11, 2024
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The Flagler County Commission has unanimously approved a site plan application for a 27-acre commercial plaza called “Primrose at Hunter’s Ridge” that has been planned for the Hunter’s Ridge development at the south end of the county.
Hunter’s Ridge is a Development of Regional Impact that stretches across the south of Flagler County and into Ormond Beach, in Volusia County. It was originally approved as a DRI in the 1990s.
The Flagler County portion of the development surrounds a roundabout at the intersection of Hunter’s Ridge Boulevard and Airport Road in south Flagler County.
With several of the neighboring residential developments underway, developer Ace and Luna II, LLC has filed a site development application to begin work on Primrose, a commercial development.
Primrose at Hunter’s Ridge is on the northwest corner of Airport Road and Hunter’s Ridge Boulevard. The plans submitted to the Flagler County Commission show over 10 storefronts, one of which is 56,000 square feet in size. One of the storefronts is intended to be a neighborhood grocery store, Flagler County Growth Management Director Adam Mengel told the commissioners, though the developers do not have any specific company slated for the spot yet.
The Primrose site plan that was approved on Aug. 19 will likely return to the commission for adjustments as tenants are found for the commercial spaces. The site plan the commission approved, Mengel said, meets the outline of the DRI’s requirements, but could just be considered “phase one” of the site plan.
“What's here so far is a very hypothetical layout,” Mengel said. “It does make sense to us, its make sense to the applicant … but it's likely subject to change based on the needs of a future tenant.”
When the entire commercial site is finished being built, Mengel said, there will be a maximum of 239,000 square feet of commercial space. The buildings will have a maximum height of 45 feet and the parking lot will have 960 parking spaces.
The initial phase of the Primrose development will have two buildings with 76,600 square feet of commercial space.
Commissioner David Sullivan asked if the commercial space would be like that of The Promenade, a 17-acre development being built in Palm Coast’s Town Center. The Promenade will have four floors of residential apartments above the ground floor mixed commercial use.
Primrose will not have any residential units on the 27 acres, Mengel said, just commercial buildings.
“Primrose is set aside for commercial purposes, nonresidential. It's been that way all along,” Mengel said.
