MRA provided planning, site engineering, landscape architecture, surveying, and homebuilder services for this 2,531-unit Residential Planned Community (RPC), 18-hole Championship Golf Course, and 460,170-SF Town Center Commercial district centered around Betts Pond. The design for the 664-acre site, in the Town of Millsboro implemented “Green Infrastructure” elements into the design, transforming stormwater management facilities into amenities / focal points for the project, thereby enhancing water quality and improving the aesthetics of the design.
The Plantation Lakes community is being constructed over a 10-year period. The initial phase includes a tree-lined entrance boulevard that meanders past ponds, golf holes, village greens, and over bridges to a central community center and clubhouse overlooking Betts Pond. The community center provides tennis, swimming, passive and active recreational areas, as well as, a clubhouse for the golf course.