A pair of adjacent subdivisions will deliver a mix of townhomes and single-family houses on a stretch of Curry Ford Road just west of State Road 417.
Palm Property Partners is seeking approval for 70 townhomes on 9.7 acres at 8868 Curry Ford Rd., while KB Home has approved plans for 56 single-family lots next door in a subdivision called Oasis Reserve. Combined, the projects will deliver 126 homes.
Peter Duke of Palm Property Partners told GrowthSpotter that the rear-loaded townhomes will be built on 20-foot-wide lots, and will range in size from 1,800 to 2,000 square feet with two-car garages. Palm Property Partners plans to sell the lots to a homebuilder once the approvals from the county are in place, and the developer has already received interest from several national builders. According to Duke, townhomes made the most sense for the site.
“By all metrics, it seems like people continue to be drawn to the Orlando urban core area. If they want to get a place of their own it looks like townhomes have become a new entry-level project, so that’s it’s in high demand,” he said.
The developer hasn’t yet filed plans with the county due to Orange County’s zoning-in-progress ordinance, which is set to expire on June 3 upon the adoption of the updated Vision 2050 comprehensive plan and Orange Code.
“We’ve done our conservation area determination. We’ve worked with the wetlands consultant and our engineer and staff to stress test it under Vision 2050 and make sure the plans are as compliant as it can be, but a formal review will have to wait,” Duke said. He expects that construction could begin on the homes in 2027, but it is too early to provide a concrete timeline.
A site plan from Suddeth Civil indicates that the back portion of the property will be preserved as open space to protect wetlands.
“This site, like many other fragmented infill sites, sat vacant for so long…the reason is because there’s a lot of wetlands. That’s pressing development further away from those areas. In some cases, they’re sensitive, but in many cases, they’re just a mosquito marsh,” Duke said. “That’s also further pressuring prices, because now this land, much of it may not be used, so the housing costs go up. That’s another challenge on this site because nearly 50% is set aside for wetlands preservation.”
KB Home has plans to build 56 single-family homes with a minimum lot width of 50 feet adjacent to Palm Property Partners’ townhome project. The homebuilder paid $3.17 million for the 14.5-acre property in 2024 and received approval from the county in 2023 to build Oasis Reserve.
KB Home will offer seven floorplans starting with a 1,541-square-foot, three-bedroom two-bath model on the low end and a 3,000-square-foot home model on the high end. The site is under development and the community is expected to open in late 2025, according to Cara Kane, Director of Corporate Communications at KB Home.
Engineering firm Poulos & Bennett, landscape architect Catalyst Design Group, and surveyor Allen & Company are partnering with the homebuilder on the project.
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