Grand Isle town board hears revised Woods Creek Estates condo plan, asks for more analysis

At a Grand Isle Town Board workshop, developers presented a revised plan for Woods Creek Estates, a proposed owner‑occupied, multistory condominium community on Ransom Road that would require rezoning to a Planned Development District (PDD).

The developer team said it had scaled the project down from more than 400 units in earlier concepts to a plan the presenters described as about 319 units, with three‑story buildings closest to existing houses and four‑story buildings farther back. The town board and staff raised concerns about wetlands and FEMA floodplain limits, traffic impacts at Ransom Road and Park Lane, school‑period congestion, and whether water and sewer systems could support the development.

The Woods Creek Estates proposal would replace an as‑of‑right single‑family R1d development (R1d zoning applies to the site) with higher‑density, owner‑occupied units and shared amenities. Developers described interior amenities such as a gym and community spaces and discussed a gated ownership model. Board members said the northern portion of the site contains a substantial wetlands area that the team did not plan to develop and noted FEMA floodway mapping that will require further study.

"We've been scaling it down — we started it over 400," the project presenter said,…