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Sanford, Landmark withdraw Creekside rezoning and development plans after public feedback
Summary
Sanford University and Landmark Development withdrew four related rezoning and final development applications for the proposed Creekside (Creekside District West/East and Bulldog District) at a Homewood City Council public hearing held June 9, 2025. Council accepted the withdrawal and voted to drop the four items from the agenda.
Sanford University and Landmark Development withdrew four related zoning and development applications for the proposed Creekside/Creekside District and Bulldog District on Monday, and the Homewood City Council voted to drop the items from its agenda.
The withdrawal came during a public hearing on the rezoning and final development plans for multiple parcels near University Park Place and Parkview Lane. "We at Landmark and Sanford have made the decision to withdraw the various applications," said Bob Dunn, a representative for Landmark and Sanford, at the June 9 council meeting. The council then voted to drop the four agenda items; the motion passed unanimously.
The decision followed months of community engagement and multiple planning commission reviews. The council earlier recited that the planning commission had recommended one of the rezones by a 9‑0 vote; other related items recorded different planning commission tallies in committee records (including 6‑3 and 5‑4 votes for other submissions). "Projects like this are always challenging," Dunn told the council, saying the teams continue to believe the overall Sanford Horizons plan has value and that they will refocus on campus priorities.
Landscape architect Jane Reid Roth of GMC, who said she worked with the design team, praised cooperation between the university and the city and said project revisions had preserved sensitive habitat. "This scenario is a great success story of people working together for the common good," Roth said during public comment, noting commitments made to protect riparian areas and vernal‑pool habitat near Shades Creek.
Council members opened the public hearings, heard from applicants and members of the public, and then accepted a motion to drop all four items. The council recorded a unanimous vote to drop the applications; no rezoning or development approvals were adopted for those submissions at Monday’s meeting.
The council president said the withdrawal will allow Sanford and Landmark to concentrate on other elements of the broader Sanford Horizons initiative and thanked residents and applicants for participating in the public‑engagement process.
Details about whether or when revised applications will be resubmitted were not specified at the meeting.
