Eastern Meridian Property Group

01/21/2026

🌟 We are excited to share the successful completion of another complex mixed-use project in one of Pasco County’s fastest-growing corridors! 🎉

This 18.6-acre project consisted of 330 four-story multifamily apartments, and a one acre commercial outparcel. It is located in a high-growth area of Pasco County (Land O’ Lakes), Florida, at the intersection of SR 52 and Shady Hills Road, just east of the Suncoast Parkway and directly across from Angeline, a 6,200-acre master-planned community designed to include approximately 7,500 homes, extensive green space, and a mixed-use town center. Angeline also anchors the 775-acre Moffitt Cancer Center Speros life-sciences campus, planned to accommodate up to 24 million square feet of research, laboratory, clinical, and related facilities and support an estimated 14,000 jobs, reinforcing a live-work-play growth corridor in central Pasco County.

The property carried legacy entitlements dating back more than 20 years, which were maintained through gubernatorial executive orders allowing extensions of permits, development orders, and vested rights following declared emergencies. Over time, however, two material changes occurred: the originally approved multifamily product type became functionally obsolete, and the County amended its comprehensive plan to introduce a vision road bisecting the site. These issues ultimately proved insurmountable for the prior developer, but Eastern Meridian identified opportunity where others saw constraints.

Through a conditional use amendment requiring two public hearings, Eastern Meridian worked collaboratively with the County to relocate the vision road to a configuration that satisfied both public infrastructure objectives and development feasibility, demonstrating our creativity and reputation as a constructive public-sector partner. We then addressed the remaining challenges by untangling prior approvals and resolving a complex stack of title exceptions, including shared encumbrances and cost-sharing arrangements among three separate property owners with interests in Spanish Lake. This cooperative solution allowed the water body to serve shared stormwater needs, increased overall developable land, and created a mutually beneficial outcome for all parties.

As part of the strategy, Eastern Meridian carved out approximately one acre and sold it to our southern neighbor, RMC Property Group, allowing them to assemble a parcel of sufficient size to accommodate an end user that would not have fit on their original site—creating meaningful incremental value for that ownership.

Ultimately, this project produced a win for the community, Pasco County, Middleburg Communities as the buyer of the multifamily site, RMC as the buyer of the retail site, and the adjacent landowners who obtained additional developable land, underscoring Eastern Meridian’s ability to unlock value through creative entitlements and strategic transaction structuring.

11/20/2025

🚧 Project Spotlight: Villas At Connected City in San Antonio, FL 🏡

This property is on SR 52 approximately two miles east of I-75 in San Antonio, FL. The project consists of nearly 180 single family luxury rental homes on almost 20 acres and represents one of our first forays into delivering land for the very desirable build-for-rent market. The project is located in a gated community that provides an amenitized single family living experience without the maintenance of home ownership, creating an alluring product: one that combines the best features of traditional home ownership with the convenience of around the clock maintenance.

The entitlement process on this project was extremely efficient. While the majority of these types of projects (including some of ours) go through a lengthy and somewhat complex planned development zoning, this one was done as a euclidian zoning. Doing so allowed us to cut down the normal zoning approval timeline from approximately nine months to just over three months. We consider it a feather in our cap, the ability to balance the inner workings of County code and government with current market requirements to create a project that received zoning approval and closed in approximately one third the time it would normally take.

Teaming with our partner who will go vertical with the project, Marquesa Capital Partners, was certainly the right decision to create The Villas at Connected City, a first-class build for rent development everyone can be proud of.

10/15/2025

It was our honor to serve as the Title Sponsor of the 7th Annual “Tee Off for a Cause” Charity Golf Tournament & Silent Auction at The Groves Golf & Country Club in Land O’ Lakes, FL.

Every dollar raised supports camper programs at Camp Idlewild of Florida, a nonprofit that creates inclusive and meaningful outdoor experiences for children and young adults with Autism and developmental differences.

We’re proud to support an organization that’s making a lasting impact on families across our community. Thank you to everyone who participated and helped make this year’s event such a success!

https://www.campidlewildofflorida.com/

09/16/2025

Jonathan Lickstein, COO of LoKation Real Estate, shares at the Florida Realtors Convention how AI helps his agents streamline tasks, nurture leads and stay efficient.

09/04/2025

🌟 EMPG Unveils a Masterpiece: A Luxurious New Community Takes Shape on Old Pasco Road 🏡

Eastern Meridian Property Group has redefined excellence with the transformative development of a stunning 78-acre community, now featuring 95 exquisite move-up homes priced in the $700K range. This is more than a project. It is a vision brought to life, offering spacious lots with a minimum of 60 feet, designed to captivate affluent buyers seeking the perfect blend of luxury and location. Positioned near a major interchange and a top-tier hospital, this neighborhood marks EMPG’s second successful collaboration with DRB. The result is a community that stands as the right project in the right place, tailored for those who demand the finest in modern living.

What began as a challenging endeavor quickly became a showcase of EMPG’s ingenuity and determination. Facing complex environmental and administrative hurdles, our team turned obstacles into opportunities by forging a powerful partnership with Pasco County. Together, we created a solution that won the support of the local community and municipality while enhancing the area’s future. By integrating a state-of-the-art storm water retention pond for the planned widening of Old Pasco Road and constructing a sidewalk connecting to the Cypress Creek 6-12 campus, EMPG has delivered a project that blends luxury with lasting community value. This is a legacy of innovation and collaboration that sets a new standard in the region.

09/02/2025

08/28/2025

08/26/2025

🚧 Project Spotlight: Jackson Square Townhomes in Tampa, FL 🏡

Situated on 18.38 acres, Jackson Square is located on Double Branch Road south of Hillsborough Avenue and just east of the Hillsborough/Pinellas County line in Tampa, FL. The key to unlocking this deal was to carve off the single-family home and leave it to the property owner increasing his net value and allowing us to reduce the land basis enough to make the numbers work for everyone. The project consisted of 42 town home lots which were sold to CalAtlantic Homes in late 2015.

To get this project done, we had to get creative with the entitlements. While townhomes typically come in at 8 to 9 units per acre, the property had a four unit per acre land use on it; a designation typically used for single family residential subdivisions. In addition to creating the added value for the property owner, we were able to maximize the value on his remaining land by taking advantage of the onsite wetlands in two ways. First, through a rezoning we transferred the density from the wetlands to our uplands and second, we designed the site plan so that the wetlands became an amenity to the lots that backed up to them, thereby creating higher value premium lots.

Through the combination of leaving the single-family home with the property owner and creating a higher density project than what the land use would typically allow for, we created a win-win scenario for all involved.

08/21/2025