An empty slice of The Grove at Wesley Chapel is on track to trade weeds for walkups, after Tampa-based Third Lake Development filed plans today to build a 273-unit apartment complex inside the high-traffic mixed-use center. The proposal would drop a mid-rise multifamily cluster onto a currently vacant parcel tucked into The Grove near Interstate 75 and State Road 54, the latest example of apartment and mixed-use construction reshaping this fast-growing Pasco County corridor.
Plans Filed And Who Is Behind It
According to the Tampa Bay Business Journal, Third Lake’s application asks Pasco County for approval of 273 residential units and names Third Lake Development, headquartered in Tampa, as the applicant. The Business Journal reports that the company is tied into a larger Tampa investment platform and is already involved in other multifamily projects in the Wesley Chapel area. The new filing now moves into the county review pipeline for technical checks and agency comments.
Developer Footprint In The Area
Third Lake markets a broad Southeast pipeline and multiple projects under development, including Arcadia-branded communities near Wesley Chapel, signaling a local track record with similar multifamily products. On its Third Lake Development site, the firm lists a Tampa office along with a slate of multifamily and build-to-rent projects, which helps explain why it is chasing additional phases in this particular submarket. That experience could streamline coordination with county planners once the application is formally accepted for review.
How The Proposal Fits The Grove
In 2025, Pasco County signed off on an MPUD amendment that added roughly 275 multifamily units to The Grove at Wesley Chapel’s entitlements, according to Beacon Media. That vote effectively bumped the site’s total residential allowance to about 575 units, and Third Lake’s new 273-unit proposal lands close to that expansion number. In practice, the timing of the application appears geared to move under the Grove’s updated entitlements.
Traffic, Schools And Community Questions
County leaders and local outlets have repeatedly wrestled with the pace of apartment approvals along the SR-54/56 corridor and whether roads, utilities and schools can keep up with the surge in rooftops. Local reporting and community coverage have consistently flagged traffic congestion, utility capacity and school crowding as the pressure points neighbors and commissioners watch whenever large mixed-use or multifamily phases surface for review, per tampasphere and the Wesley Chapel Community site. Expect local interest and public comment once formal notices go out and hearings are scheduled.
What Happens Next
If the submission is accepted, it will head through Pasco County Development Review Services for preliminary site-plan and technical review. The county’s submittal checklists spell out what the developer must provide, including stormwater plans, transportation analyses and documentation showing consistency with the existing MPUD. Pasco’s development review and land-development code procedures will control timelines and public-notice steps before any permits are issued. Neighbors, nearby merchants and county officials will all have chances to scrutinize proposed mitigation measures once the application is docketed for public comment and any required discretionary hearings.
