A 126-acre development south of Indrio Road cleared its final hurdle this week when the St. Lucie County Commission voted 3-2 to approve The Club at Indrio Creek, capping more than a year of back-and-forth over how many homes could fit on the site. The project, proposed by Terra Solo Group, will bring 332 housing units — 210 townhouses and 122 single-family homes — to land between Emerson Avenue and Seminole Road.
The vote on Tuesday marked the end of a long process that began with a much larger plan. According to Treasure Coast News, Terra Solo Group initially planned 420 housing units before paring that down to 362, and eventually to the 332-unit version commissioners ultimately approved. The developer needed the commission to rezone the land from AG-1 to Planned Towns & Villages, a designation within the county's Towns, Villages & Countryside Overlay District, according to Hometown News Treasure Coast.
It took more than a year for developers to work through the county's requirements for the project, the station's report notes. County planning staff and the Terra Solo team held months of meetings and negotiations before reaching the final design, and the latest version of the plan still carried requests for waivers of four requirements.
A Vote Split Along Code-Compliance Lines
Commissioners James Clasby and Erin Lowry voted against approval, while the majority sided with the project. Clasby said the site was too small for what the project required and that he was uncomfortable advancing it, per the same account. Lowry argued that rezoning the project would open a Pandora's box and said it was not the board's vision.
Commissioner Bradley Currie, who supported the plan, said it was intended to align more closely with county preferences and was compatible with nearby developments. County planner Irene Szedlmayer, who presented the project plan to the commission, said it met county code with slight variations and had some discrepancies, while Commissioner Jamie Fowler said the project substantially met county code. Currie and Dante Fraiegari declined to comment after the vote.
How the Plan Shrank Over More Than a Year
The project's footprint changed significantly as it moved through county review. An earlier preliminary development plan called for 375 dwellings — 246 townhomes and 129 single-family homes — along with 38 acres of common open space, two civic building lots, two clubhouse or amenity areas, and a new east-west public street linking Seminole and Emerson, according to Hometown News Treasure Coast. The 332-unit version that commissioners approved this week represents a further reduction from that earlier count.
The rezoning request had already been delayed once. The county's Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-1 in July to table the request until an August meeting, the outlet reported. County Communications Director Erick Gill said at the time that a handful of other projects had progressed under the same Towns, Villages & Countryside Overlay in recent years, including Cabo Rio RV Resort, Treasure Coast Vault, Bedner Farms NW, FPL Interstate Solar and projects within Kings Highway Industrial Park.
A Different Outcome for a Nearby Rezoning Request
The approval stands in contrast to another St. Lucie County land-use decision made around the same time. Commissioners voted unanimously on Oct. 21 to deny a rezoning request from Meritage Homes for a 43.3-acre parcel in White City, citing concerns over density, native-tree removal and compatibility with the surrounding rural community, Hometown News Treasure Coast reported.
That proposal, known as Tidewater II, would have allowed 74 detached single-family homes and 94 townhome units by shifting the parcel from RS-2 zoning — which permits two dwelling units per acre — to a planned unit development allowing up to five units per acre under the underlying land use. Commissioner Clasby, who also opposed the Indrio Creek plan, moved to deny Tidewater II, citing the need for density reductions, tree preservation and infrastructure improvements.
