NEWS: Developer Blows Dust off Long Dormant Project

Revised plan envisions 198 single-family homes in Williamsburg

198 single-family homes are proposed near Riverside Doctors’ Hospital in the Quarterpath development zone. (Graphic: George Arbogust, Williamsburg Independent / Google Maps)

Developers have filed a request with the City of Williamsburg to move forward with a project that’s been on hold for nearly 20 years. According to City planning documents, back in 2005 the City Council approved a preliminary plan to develop 75 acres off Quarterpath Road, near Riverside Doctors’ Hospital. The approval would have allowed a total of 470 housing units, including a mix of single family homes, townhomes and condominiums. The project never moved forward at the time and the land has sat undeveloped since. Now, a revised plan submitted by developer D.R. Horton limits the project’s scope to 198 single family homes in a community they’ve dubbed “Redoubt Ridge @ Quarterpath.”

The change needs to be reviewed by the City again before proceeding, according to the project summary written by the City’s Director of P…