Leesburg city commissioners gave initial approval to the Oak Ridge development on Monday, part of one of the largest proposed projects in the city.

Oak Ridge is a planned 596-acre neighborhood, slated for 910 dwelling units, directly across from The Villages’ border along the east side of County Road 48.

The neighborhood is one of three that will be integrated into the Oak Ridge Community Development District, a 752-acre master-planned community by Dix Developments that will merge three subdivisions and generate up to 1,466 new homes once complete.

Developers are seeking to annex the subject property into Leesburg, amend the future land use designation from Lake County Rural to City of Leesburg Estate Residential and change the zoning from Lake County Agriculture to City of Leesburg P

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