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Developers report 2,493 occupied units in Wildwood PUD; 1,299 units remain under approvals
Summary
Developers presenting a Wildwood planned unit development update told the planning commission 2,493 units have certificates of occupancy, 70 building permits were issued since the last update and 1,299 of the approved 3,792 units remain to be built; open-space totals and site-plan activity were also reviewed.
Developers for the Wildwood planned unit development told the Saint Mary’s County Planning Commission on Jan. 27 that the development has recorded 2,493 certificates of occupancy and remains on pace with the PUD’s open-space requirements, with 1,299 of the approved 3,792 dwelling units yet to be built.
Tom Thomas, identified himself as "vice president with Wallowood Residential and Stanley Martin," and presented the handout summary and activity charts. "This is our first update for 2014 of what's going on in Wildwood PD," Thomas said, then walked commissioners through permit counts, unit tallies, and open-space calculations.
Key figures presented to the commission: the PUD's total allowed units are 3,792; 2,493 units hold certificates of occupancy, leaving 1,299 units remaining under the PUD approvals. Since the commission’s prior update (July 2013), developers reported 70 building permits issued — a mix of single-family detached, attached (townhouses/duplexes), and multifamily — and 49 certificates of use and occupancy were obtained in that interval.
The presentation included a sectional table listing each development pod and a map showing where the remaining units are expected. Thomas identified Evergreen Park (labeled section 13 in the handout) as 147 units; Model Park (section 7) contains about 53 townhome units yet to be built; Wildwood Landing (section 11) is described as a 200-unit multifamily project; Leland Park (section 3) shows 91 units in the approval history. Thomas also explained the retirement village’s original development envelope: it was approved for 314 units but ultimately site-plan approved for 247, a reduction shown on the developers’ charts.
Open-space accounting was a focus of the update. The handout lists the overall approved open space at 444.92 acres, with 84.88 acres of developed open space required at build-out; for the current 2,493 built units the materials show an excess open-space figure (several schedules in the packet break out required versus provided open space by development pod).
Commissioners asked about which sections would likely be developed next; Thomas pointed to areas labeled Magnolia Park, Primrose Park, and section 13 (Evergreen Park) and said the sequence was not fixed. On timing, Thomas said build-out depends on sales and market conditions and estimated "clearly 5 plus years" under typical sales scenarios.
The commission received the update and asked follow-up questions about the handout tables, building envelopes and where the remaining townhouses and single-family homes are located on the plan. No regulatory action was taken; the item was informational.
