The Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board (GPAB) next month will be asked to sign off on plans for phases 2 and 3 of the Gainesville Housing Authority’s (GHA) Lakeside at Harrison Village.
“The applicant is proposing to rezone the subject property from Residential-II (R-II) to Planned Unit
Development (P-U-D) for a multifamily, mixed-use development,” according to documents on file with the city. “Phase 1 of the development includes neighboring property that was recently developed for the 120-unit ‘Harrison Village’ mixed-income apartment community, which is not part of this rezoning request.”
Phase 2 includes 100 senior housing units on 4.53 acres and is expected to be ready for
occupancy by March 2028. Phase 3 includes 45 workforce housing units on 3.8 acres that will include a mixture of two, three and four-unit buildings, cottages, townhomes, and flats The property currently contains 75 affordable housing units and a clubhouse within 16 buildings that will be demolished.
Also on the Dec. 9 agenda is an unrelated proposal from Jesus Carillo to annex one-half acre on Dorothy Drive near Washington Avenue with a Residential-II (R-II) zoning. “The intent is to annex a remnant tract that is part of an unincorporated island to construct a duplex apartment.