417 Homes, a Hotel and 42,800 Square Feet of Shops: 'Pomelo Square' Advances at a Busy Wesley Chapel Corner

A mixed-use project called Pomelo Square — 417 homes, a hotel pad and roughly 42,800 square feet of shops — is moving into Pasco County's development review at the northeast corner of Old Pasco Road and Overpass Road, one of Wesley Chapel's fastest-changing intersections just off Interstate 75. For families who already navigate that corner, it's the next big test of how much growth the area's roads, schools and utilities can absorb.

The plan surfaced through marketing materials and commercial listings and was detailed in reporting cited in early July, according to local media outlets. A Minnesota-based developer is behind the project, and local commercial brokers are already shopping the retail space to tenants and buyers, with delivery targeted for around the first quarter of 2028.

What's actually planned

Marketing materials from the brokerage handling the site describe a walkable layout that folds housing, shops, a hotel and green space into a single center steps from the interstate. The residential count breaks down into two housing types, sitting alongside ground-floor retail and an on-site hotel pad.

The retail bays are being marketed at sizes ranging from about 1,500 to 8,000 square feet — small enough for a local shop or coffee spot, big enough for a larger anchor, depending on who signs on. The brochure also points to park-style amenities and pedestrian paths threading through the site.

Listings position the corner as a high-traffic, high-visibility location, noting its quick I-75 access and proximity to existing national retailers in the corridor, including a nearby Walmart and Chick-fil-A. The retail portion is being offered for either lease or sale.

Why the corner matters

Old Pasco Road and Overpass Road has been reshaped by public investment over the past several years. Overpass Road was widened and a new I-75 interchange added capacity to the area, while Pasco County widened Old Pasco Road from just south of Sonny Drive to north of Overpass Road — a roughly 20-month project that added travel lanes, a median, a sidewalk, a multi-use path and new signals, according to county materials.

That buildout made the corner more accessible — and more attractive to developers. Pomelo Square would add hundreds of households and a steady stream of shoppers and hotel guests to an intersection that residents already watch closely at rush hour.

The approvals still ahead

Being marketed is not the same as being approved. Because of its scale, Pomelo Square will have to clear Pasco County's development review process and could require Master Planned Unit Development or preliminary site-plan approvals, according to reports. The county's land development code lays out pre-application meetings and phased plan reviews for projects this large.

Those reviews are expected to examine traffic mitigation, utility capacity, school capacity and any required off-site improvements before construction permits are issued. In practice, that means the engineering and paperwork will play out well before any concrete is poured.

What to watch next

The timeline to watch is the gap between the marketing push happening now and the 2028 delivery target — a window in which the county reviews, and public input, will determine what actually gets built. Broker outreach to tenants and investors is already underway, a sign the developer is moving with confidence even as the formal approvals remain ahead.

For now, the specifics that matter most to neighbors — the final unit mix, the tenants, the traffic conditions attached to approval and the hotel operator — are still to be confirmed as the plans advance through county review.

Pasco County Community Website will keep following official submissions and any public hearings as they surface. For more on projects like this, read our latest business & development stories and government & politics coverage at pascocommunity.com.

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