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An Arizona-based developer is looking to bring hundreds of new homes to the buzzing area around Knightdale.

This year, Suncrest Real Estate and Land filed its latest plans for a residential development called Brio. The Phoenix-based company wants to build up to 778 homes.

The project is situated off Old Crews Road north of Knightdale on a disjointed site totaling 268 acres across two unconnected assemblages. The land is owned by a collection of LLCs and individual landowners.

Filings with the Town of Knightdale call for a mix of single-family detached homes, townhomes and age-restricted homes. Amenities appear to include ample open space with parks, gathering areas, clubhouses and sports courts. Pricing and timeline information wasn’t included in the filings available online. Suncrest did not return requests for comment.

The project has been in the works for a while, with the developer holding its pre-submittal meeting in October 2020 followed by subsequent meetings and other plans filed since then.

McAdams handled planning and engineering services.

Suncrest has developments across the country, including one in Wake Forest called Del Webb at Traditions, which has 450 homesites.

The Knightdale development adds to the rapid growth in Knightdale and eastern Wake County.

Last year, developer Signature Property Group filed plans for the Elevate Riverview, calling for 364 apartments and 30 townhomes to serve as the residential portion of a multi-phase development in Knightdale.

On the commercial side of things, Wake Stone Property Company and Williams Realty & Building Company started work on the last of six buildings at Hinton Oaks Industrial Park last fall. Plans call for 250,000 square feet of space set to deliver in the fourth quarter of 2022.

A residential developer that focuses on master-planned projects appears to be targeting a large site in Gaston County for another one.

On March 3, the Gastonia Planning Commission will hold a public hearing for annexation and assignment of zoning requests for a nearly 326-acre site on Howe Dairy Road. The request is being made by Suncrest Real Estate & Land, which is proposing a project at the site that would include up to 877 residential units, city documents state.

Arizona-based Suncrest is proposing both attached and detached homes at the site south of Gastonia. The plans call for 173 attached homes with the remaining 704 residential units being detached single-family homes, according to a planning staff report available in commission records. The city’s planning staff has recommended approval of Suncrest’s request.

Site plans indicate the project, which would be developed in multiple phases, would be called Howe’s Landing. The land currently has several owners, including Howe Farm Partners LLC, Kenneth L. Howe Sr. and Eleanor O. Howe, and Southwood Realty Co., city documents show. A transportation impact analysis for the project estimates it would be built out in 2027.

Suncrest’s land is currently under Gaston County’s jurisdiction and is zoned for single-family and multifamily residential uses. The developer’s requests seek to annex the property into the city, after which it would need to be given a zoning designation there. Suncrest is seeking a designation of “Planned Development-Revised Residential Development District” for the property.

Planning commission documents state that the requests are tentatively scheduled to go before Gastonia City Council for another public hearing on April 18.

Suncrest first entered the Charlotte market over three years ago with plans for another big project in Gaston County. That master-planned residential project, which is along Union New Hope Road in Gastonia, is now named Nolen Farm and calls for hundreds of homes to be built by both Meritage Homes Corp. and D.R. Horton Inc.

Suncrest specializes in master-planned communities, and its portfolio includes projects in North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Arizona, according to its website.

A large mixed-use development in Lebanon that includes homes along with commercial and office space could break ground in early 2022 now that additional land has been rezoned.

The development plan for more than 350 acres calls for more than 1,850 homes, which include townhouses, flats, duplexes and single-family homes near South Hartmann Drive and south of Interstate 40, said Casey Werner, director of land development for Suncrest Real Estate & Land.

Around 335,000 square feet of commercial, office and medical office space is part of the development plan.

The first phase is targeted to start in early 2022 with townhomes and single-family homes, Werner said. Rooftops will support the commercial, Werner said.

The entire development includes land off Pinhook Road, Bartons Creek Road and South Hartmann.

The Lebanon City Council approved a preliminary plan earlier this year to build more than 600 single-family homes on about 240 of those acres. The development is named Barton Village. A separate approval process was needed to rezone 124.5 more acres of connecting property to the north.

Barton Village North was the name of the plan most recently approved by the council, which paves the way for the entire land to be developed.

Suncrest considers Barton Village one development even though the two approval processes were needed, Werner said. Suncrest plans for entire Barton Village property under the Specific Plan zoning include:

492 townhome units
704 flats
26 duplex units
632 single-family home lots
77,300 square feet of commercial space
33,300 square feet of office space
225,000 square feet of medical office space.

A specific plan that includes a master plan for the development is also approved, Lebanon Planning Director Paul Corder said.

“Overall it’s moving in the right direction for us,” Corder said about the approval process.

Suncrest anticipates Barton Village to yield around 1,000 jobs when finished. Suncrest projects a $1.6 billion regional economic impact, Werner said.

The developer is responsible for road infrastructure and will contribute money to a city sewer expansion project, Corder said. Sewer capacity is limited in the area now, which Corder said could impact how fast the project initially develop.