McCandless Council unanimously approved the construction of the Carey Lane Apartments at its meeting Jan. 27, marking the final active project in the McCandless Crossing development.
The apartments, which will go up on Carey Lane, just off McKnight Road, will sit adjacent to the Remington senior center in a currently vacant lot. The location places it within the larger McCandless Crossing commercial and residential development, which features restaurants, shops and other housing.
While a small parcel on St. Simon Way behind Lowe’s could still potentially be developed, McCandless Planning Director RJ Susko said the vacant Carey Lane lot is the last large-scale development in the McCandless Crossing plan, which dates to 2005.
Though the apartments still face some minor modifications and bureaucratic measures before construction begins, Susko said their completion would put McCandless Crossing into the “next stage of its life cycle.”
“I would not expect any major infrastructure changes coming up. It’s going to look the way it’s going to look,” she said. “But there’s still the opportunity for more exciting things to happen in this phase of its existence.”
Most of the area, Susko said, was built under the township’s old zoning and land development code, which was updated in 2023. The planning director said there may be opportunities to let the new code “breathe” with potential adjustments to existing areas of McCandless Crossing.
McCandless Manager John Schwend said the township has enjoyed a “very good” relationship with Adventure Development, the North Carolina-based real estate firm that developed much of McCandless Crossing.
“This approval is significant because it closes out one of the final pieces of the McCandless Crossing Master Plan,” he said.
Steven Victor, a landscape architect serving as the project manager for the Carey Lane Apartments, said after the final details are approved, he expects construction to begin within four months. In total, he said, the building process will take about 18 months.
