Welcome To Our Exclusive 2015 Guide To New Homes In New Tampa & Wesley Chapel

WC Home Builder MapWesley Chapel Leading The Growth In Pasco, K-Bar Ranch Driving New Tampa’s Completion

When you’ve been doing the same job for more than 21 years, you’re likely to see a lot of things change.

Well, in my capacity as the publisher and editor of the Neighborhood News for New Tampa and Wesley Chapel since 1994, I’ve seen housing booms and housing busts come and go — with the biggest boom hitting New Tampa and Wesley Chapel in 2004-06 (followed by the bursting of the local housing bubble in 2007-08). Continue reading

Wiregrass Ranch Commercial Development Update: Chase Coming, Publix Moving

The Dowd Companies, which is developing two retail centers in Wiregrass Ranch (including one indicated by a star in the map above), posted this map of planned development to their website.
The Dowd Companies, which is developing two retail centers in Wiregrass Ranch (including one indicated by a star in the map above), posted this map of planned developments to their website.

It’s been nearly a year since the new Walmart opened along S.R. 54 in the Wiregrass Ranch Development of Regional Impact (DRI) in Wesley Chapel, and it’s no secret that more development would follow.

Since Walmart opened last August, Chili’s opened its doors out front in February, a new Advanced Auto Parts store has sprouted, along with a new Bank of America branch that’s scheduled to open sometime in July. However, the latest news about that section of Wiregrass Ranch is much bigger.Continue reading

Estancia At Wiregrass Cuts A Ribbon

A Feb. 11 ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the official opening of the Estancia at Wiregrass community, located off Chancey Rd. in Wiregrass Ranch.
A Feb. 11 ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the official opening of the Estancia at Wiregrass community, located off Chancey Rd. in Wiregrass Ranch.

After years of hearing about the thousands of residential units that will be coming to the Wiregrass Ranch Development of Regional Impact (DRI) in Wesley Chapel, Estancia at Wiregrass by Standard Pacific Homes has officially opened, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony on February 11.Continue reading

Wiregrass Ranch To Have Pasco’s First Skyline…& Spring Training Baseball?

Wiregrass Ranch developer JD Porter updates the members of the Wesley Chapel Rotary about the plans for the development of his family’s property. Photo by Tony Masella, OurTownFla.com.
Wiregrass Ranch developer JD Porter updates the members of the Wesley Chapel Rotary about the plans for the development of his family’s property. Photo by Tony Masella, OurTownFla.com.

By Gary Nager

We always have great guest speakers at my Wesley Chapel Rotary Club meetings (Wednesdays at noon at Ciao! Italian Bistro in the Shops at Wiregrass mall), but the speaker on March 5 definitely earned page 1 billing in this issue, as JD Porter, who is heading up his family’s development of the Wiregrass Ranch Development of Regional Impact (DRI) made some blockbuster announcements.Continue reading