Centre Pointe development ~ more parks / neighborhoods added at former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base

Developers modified plans for Centre Pointe, a 900-acre development on the former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base that will provide added park space, 3,448 homes and land reserved to improve roadways.

The Centre Pointe property, located on the southwest portion of the base, will house developments by Lennar Corp. and RWO Acquisitions.

Developers say they will build 2,237 single-family homes, 421 townhomes and 790 multi-family units. Farrow Parkway runs through the middle of the parcel, which is bordered by U.S. 17 Bypass and Seagate Village.

According to the Centre Pointe planned unit development amendments, developers will start building as soon as they get the necessary permits, which they expect by July 1. The project will take 15 years to create, the proposal says.

“The plan creates neighborhoods, not subdivisions,” amendments to the planned unit development plan say.

The plans describe a “group of discrete but interconnected neighborhoods organized around a communitywide open space network.” The design will create a walking environment in the spirit of the urban village already planned, developers say.

The newest plans add 100 acres of parkland to the former base, including 20 acres of lakes for drainage and 20,000 feet of trails.

City Council members said this week that they want the developers to invest more in the community before giving the final OK. Many other developers fund public improvements when building planned unit developments to compensate for the effect on residents, they said.

Source: Emma Ritch, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, SC