A new neighborhood shopping center is in the works for the southern tip of Peachtree City on Ga. Highway 74.

The Peachtree City Planning Commission Monday night voted to recommend a rezoning from residential to general commercial for 15.81 acres of what has been known for years as the Black property.

The rezoning vote did not officially any specific site plan, but the developers have suggested an 84,000-square-foot retail complex that would be anchored by a 55,000-square-foot Kroger supermarket. The total tract, more than 170 acres, was purchased by Centex Homes and a residential development is also planned for the remainder of the area.

Holly Grove Road will be extended through the property to connect with Hwy. 74 as a condition of the rezoning. A traffic light will be located at that intersection. There is currently a gap of about 500 feet between the end of the Centex development and the end of the paved portion of Holly Grove Road.

The Black property has been involved in litigation for more than 10 years, since the mid-1980s when the land was rezoned from industrial to residential over the owners' objections. A separate was filed as a result of the city's adoption in 1997 of a new buffer ordinance.

Another condition of the rezoning states that all litigation must be settled or dismissed before the rezoning takes effect. Marvin Isenberg, a representative of the developers, said that the Black family has agreed to a settlement and the terms are being finalized in writing.

City attorney Rick Lindsey confirmed this Tuesday, saying that a settlement could be finalized within a few days or a few weeks, depending upon whether any changes are made.

Isenberg stressed that the developers are looking for a village concept similar to what is already found elsewhere in Peachtree City.

City development director Jim Williams said that the plan being looked out now is a great improvement from what has been previously suggested, which he compared to the Publix shopping center on Ga. Highway 54 just east of the city. He commended Isenberg and his associates for their work in that regard.

Williams added that city has talked with Fayette County officials, and there are no current plans for any commercial development in the southern end of unincorporated Fayette County.

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