See renderings of Wellington's new horse megacenter replacing Equestrian Village
Mark Bellissimo's team won its final approval from the Wellington Village Council to build a new horse megacenter just south of Wellington International.
The complex will cover 114 acres at the corner of Gene Mische Way and Gracida Street and will replace Equestrian Village, where Bellissimo has long staged the Winter Equestrian Festival, as a competition and training area for dressage, hunters and jumpers.
The new showgrounds are part of a plan to build two luxury communities in Wellington's growth-restricted 9,000-acre equestrian preserve.
The vote cleared the way for WLP to construct the new showgrounds, which must be fully operational before WLP can break ground on its proposed The Wellington North community, which will feature 49 single-family homes, 47 townhomes, a clubhouse and a short-range golf facility.
It would rise on the site of Equestrian Village and the nearby Whitebirch polo club at Pierson Road and South Shore Boulevard, and its construction will mark the first time Wellington has allowed a developer to remove land from the preserve to build on it.
What will the new WLP horse showgrounds look like in Wellington?
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Doug McMahon, the CEO of Wellington Lifestyle Partners, told the council the new showgrounds would feature facilities that would allow Wellington to compete with venues near Ocala and Sarasota.
See stunning images of the 2024 Winter Equestrian Festival
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