Developer pitches scaled-back Bolton residential plan, pairs with Ryan Homes

Sam Petros, owner of Petros Development Group, told the Mentor City Council at a May 20 work session that he is proposing a scaled-back residential plan for the Bolton property that he said reduces density from earlier proposals and pairs a national builder, Ryan Homes, with a local builder, ProBuilt.

Petros said the revised plan would include 233 for-sale units across townhouses and single-family product, which he described as about “23% less than the judgment approved of 300.” He said the plan uses roughly half the roadway area of a prior concept, reducing impervious cover and long-term street maintenance needs. “Unlike the other developers that have come before you, I bought this land. I own the land, and I'm ready to do it,” Petros said.

Why it matters: Petros told council members the lower density and fewer streets would reduce stormwater and maintenance burdens and speed construction. He said he expects to start a sanitary sewer trunk line along State Route 615 this year, build out the residential section largely within two years and open model homes by spring following initial earthwork and paving.

Ryan Homes representatives outlined construction and quality assurances they say they will apply to the…