Construction at mixed-use development Yorktown Crescent could start as soon as 60 to 90 days from now, according to the developer.
The development was approved by the York County Board of Supervisors in June 2011. The 16.7-acre project will be built behind Arby’s and Wendy’s on George Washington Memorial Highway (Route 17) near the intersection of Fort Eustis Boulevard. When it’s finished, Yorktown Crescent will feature 71 residential condominiums, 58 townhouses and duplexes, 64 rental apartments, eight “live-above” units and at least 43,000 square feet of commercial and community space.
Developer Woody Parrish said he hopes to start building the road network that will run throughout the development this summer. He said he is waiting for York County to approve the second submission of the development plan for the community.
William Daniel, a senior planner with York County, said the first submission of the site plan was sent back to the developer in November. A number of agencies and offices have to approve the new plans, which can take anywhere from 30 to 45 days. If there are more comments from those agencies, then the developer must submit the site plan again. This process continues until the site plan is approved.
Daniel referred to the comments on the first site plan as “nuts and bolts” issues that are not likely to prevent the development from coming to fruition.
Parrish said the bidding process for contractors is imminent.
“I’m very pleased with the review process so far,” Parrish said. “Nothing major has really jumped out on us to give us a problem. We’re excited about [building].”
He said he hopes to have a contractor at the townhouse lots by late August or early September. On that timetable, the first units could be ready for residents to move in by February or March 2014.
The commercial buildings in the community will be built in the second phase. It must be constructed for all 58 townhouses to be developed. Just 42 are allowed before the commercial spaces can be built, according to the documents he filed with the county to get the Supervisors’ permission for the project.
When the project went before the supervisors, pricepoints from the mid-$100,000 to low $300,000 range were envisioned for the residential spaces. In the commercial space, nail salons, restaurants and specialty retail were seen as likely candidates to fill the space.
At that meeting, county officials said they expect about 2,100 new vehicle trips per day, which is comparable to the traffic generated from Wendy’s and Arby’s alone. If that parcel of land were developed exclusively as a commercial project or an industrial project — which it was zoned for until the approval of Yorktown Crescent — the number of trips would be much higher, staff said.
