Construction has started on a 330-unit apartment community called Springs at Abbey Crossing at the corner of State Road 52 and McKendree Road in San Antonio, Florida, part of unincorporated Pasco County. The gated development will offer studio to three-bedroom units across three stories above grade, with pre-installed smarthome technology in every home and attached garages in some residences.
The project is the work of Continental Properties, a Wisconsin-based developer that has completed 142 suburban apartment communities nationwide, according to Capdex. The company purchased the 21-acre build site from Eshenbaugh Land Co. for $7.7 million, a transaction reported by the Business Observer, which notes the deal marks Continental's 12th residential community in the Tampa Bay region. Per Florida YIMBY, Landsouth Construction is serving as general contractor and Excel Engineering as architect on the project.
Continental's plans call for pre-leasing to begin in spring 2027, with the first units becoming occupiable a few months later, the outlet reports. Capdex adds further detail to that timeline, noting the community clubhouse is slated for completion in August 2027 and the first residential building is expected to be delivered that September, with construction having started in September 2026 following the land acquisition.
Amenities Built Around a Gated, Active Lifestyle
Residents are promised a mix of indoor and outdoor communal amenities, including a pickleball court, a dog park, and grilling stations with fire pits, according to Florida YIMBY's reporting. The whole community will operate as a gated property. Springs at Abbey Crossing is one piece of the larger 330-acre Abbey Crossings master plan, which the Tampa Bay Business Journal has reported ties the apartment project to a broader mixed-use buildout, per Florida YIMBY's account of that reporting.
Project overview documents from the development's investment partners, Bones Investment Group, show the full Abbey Crossings site holds entitlements for up to 1.2 million square feet of industrial space, 400,000 square feet of retail, 400,000 square feet of office space, and 1,000 apartment units in total. The same materials indicate investment partners acquired the land in November 2023. Just south of the apartment site along McKendree Road, homebuilder Lennar has contracted for a 30-acre parcel to build Townes at Abbey Crossing, a 150-unit townhome community, as reported by Capdex.
A Corridor Transformed by Growth and Highway Investment
The apartment groundbreaking lands within a much larger regional buildout. Capdex's reporting frames the broader State Road 52 and Interstate 75 corridor as carrying master-plan entitlements for up to 3,500 total residential units alongside extensive commercial development, giving residents quick highway connections across Pasco County and Tampa Bay.
Commercial property records from LoopNet show Abbey Crossings sits adjacent to Double Branch, a 900-plus-acre master development featuring light industrial facilities, retail centers, and a planned life sciences campus anchored by Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Wesley Chapel; Pasco County approved a $55.8 million incentive package for that project in 2022. The site also lies near Pasco County's Connected City planning boundary, a state pilot program enacted by the Florida Legislature in 2015 that grants developers expedited reviews, mobility fee credits, and flexible land-use guidelines to spur tech-focused density, according to The Laker/Lutz News. That district covers more than 7,800 acres in eastern Pasco County.
The housing push tracks with the county's rapid population growth. U.S. Census Bureau data shows Pasco County's population grew 20.0% between April 2020 and July 2025, reaching 674,516 residents; about 18,100 net domestic movers arrived in 2024–2025. Supporting that growth, the Florida Department of Transportation completed a $73 million reconstruction of Interstate 75 and State Road 52, realigning SR 52 to bypass San Antonio and St. Leo and accommodate heavier regional commute traffic, according to highway project history compiled by AARoads.
