Developer seeks approval for roughly 800‑acre expansion of Holder Industrial Park in Citrus County

The Citrus County Planning and Development Commission heard a combined presentation on March 5 from Deltona Corporation and its consultants proposing to expand the Holder Industrial Park (HIP) by approximately 798.6 acres and to amend the county’s future land‑use maps and sub‑area text. Sid Anzbacher, representing Deltona Corporation, introduced the two related applications and said the applicant would reserve rebuttal until the end of public input.

The presentation walked commissioners through site details and policy changes. Paul Gibbs, a landscape architect and land planner with Community Land Design, said the existing HIP sub‑area is about 557.4 acres and the proposed expansion would bring the total to about 1,356 acres, with roughly 500 acres identified as prime developable land because historic mine pits and other constraints leave portions unsuitable for development. Gibbs said a state grant of $2,800,000 funded much of the sewer infrastructure and that a lift station and related construction should make the property “shovel ready” by 2026.

In a planning analysis entered into the record, Avis Marie Craig, a certified planner, told the commission she concluded…