The developers

who created Eagles Landing in Henry County have set their sites a little

farther south and plan to develop a golf course community in Fairburn.

City Council

gave approval Monday night to a planned 900-acre development that will

feature residential and commercial development, along with an 18-hole

golf course.

The development

will dramatically increase Fairburn's population and bring another golf

course to the south side of Atlanta.

Killearn Development's

David Williams told the council that more than 900 single-family homes

are planned, along with 450 multifamily homes.

Nearly 172

acres of the property will be reserved for commercial development, but

Williams said the commercial won't develop until many of the homes are

occupied.

Williams plans

to have a large grocery as the anchor store for the commercial development

and said it would probably start being developed in the third year of

the project.

The project,

called Durham Lake, will use the existing Durham Lake as an intricate

part of the golf course. Five holes will be on the lake with other water

hazards scattered throughout the course. Golfers, though, will have to

wait a while to play the course.

"It will

probably take us a year to get the permit for the course from the Army

Corps of Engineers," Williams said.

City planner

Bill Johnston and City Administrator Tony Cox praised the efforts of the

developers in answering any questions they posed.

Johnston said

he recommended approval with a few conditions:

At least 27

percent of the homes would be 2,000 square feet, while the remainder would

be at least 1,800 square feet.

The development

would feature 25 percent open space.

There would

be pedestrian access between the multifamily development and the commercial

area.

Cox added that

he was extremely impressed with the site plan for Durham Lake.

"They

have a very good product," he said.

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