DRI proposed in Manatee County for Parrish Lakes mixed-use project

Bradenton farmer Claude Melli has filed a development of regional impact proposal for a large-scale development project on his 1,155-acre property in northern Manatee County. The Parrish Lakes DRI calls for a two-phase, mixed-use development on the property less than a mile east of Interstate 75 between Moccasin Wallow Road and Erie Road.

The first phase of the project will create 1,500 residential units and 250,000 square feet of retail space, scheduled to be built by no later than 2020. The second phase would add another 1,800 residential units, 150,000 square feet of retail space and 50,000 square feet of office space, and would be completed by 2030.

King Engineering Associates Inc.'s Tampa office is acting as the planner and engineer for the project.

If the DRI is eventually approved, however, future development will still require rezoning the property and building permit approval.

The regional impact economic statement in the DRI proposal suggests the project would create 1,481 jobs at build-out, and generate $64 million in impact fees.

Scott Sheridan with King Engineering hopes to have the DRI proposal in its final form before the Manatee County planning commission in the next several months.