A developer has sights on two pieces of land off 1st Street in McCall that would bring over 50 high-priced homes.
During Tuesday’s McCall Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, city officials heard two applications from the developer Plantation Homes for property off 1st St, to the west of Cafe 6 Three 4.
The first plan would add 46 homes at 500 1st Street. Residents would have access to pickleball courts and a gym. The homes are planned to be around 1,600 square feet to 2,200 square feet.
The project will almost entirely reconstruct 1st Street as the city asked the developer to work on the water main. Derek Turner, the project engineer, said 1st St. would be pushed at least 10 feet to the west.
“What we’re proposing to do is reconstruct the entire 1st Street really by the time we redo the water main for you guys because that was part of the deal,” he said. “There’s an old six-inch line we’ll be replacing them with a nice new eight-inch line. And that alone is probably going to destroy most that roadway. Plus we’re wanting to relocate the road further westbound.”
Rick Williams of Plantation Homes said there was some talk about making some of these affordable, but they “can’t make it work” with the price of property in McCall. He said the price range would be anywhere from $800,000 to $1.2 million depending on the home size.
“The ones in the back row are going to be less desirable,” Williams said. “So those are going to be the smaller houses and the ones that are going to be down on the walk path are going to be larger the ones that look down on the greenbelt. Those views are just going to be gorgeous.”
The developer also represents a second client for a project that would add six homes south of the larger lot. These proposed homes would also be big, with the average lot size being over 2,000 square feet. Williams decided to mesh these applications together to make the process easier.
“If we work together through this, it’s just going to make it easier and flow better,” he said. “And our sewer lines, our water connections, and everything’s going to work better as a group instead of trying to do two separate developments.”
The plans presented were preliminary and have yet to earn any sort of city approvals.
“I’m asking to build a big community. There’s a lot a lot of homes but I think they’re needed homes for what I’m hearing,” Williams said.
