Company seeks rezoning for 140-unit duplex development in Jefferson City

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Florida company is seeking rezoning to build 70 duplexes in west Jefferson City.

Farrer JC Holdings, LLC, of Naples, Florida, has requested the city rezone 51.54 acres in the 1200 block of Wildwood Drive from commercial zoning to high-density residential.

Farrer JC Holdings is also asking for approval of a development plan for up to 70 duplexes and a preliminary plat for the Wildwood Estates Subdivision, according to a Jefferson City Planning and Zoning Commission agenda. The commission meets at 5:15 p.m. Thursday in City Hall.

The property is on the south side of West Edgewood Drive and abuts a pending extension of Wildwood Drive, according to the agenda.

Jefferson City leaders have been working to increase housing units, especially after a 2019 tornado wiped out about 150 units, about 95% of which were rentals. Multifamily units are in particular demand, according to a city housing study.

Most units in the city are rentals, the study says.