Jackson Crossing, a development along Tollgate School Road in Jackson Township, is expected to have 105 housing lots. The model home above may represent what the neighborhood will look like once the project is completed. No time frame has been given on when all three phases of construction will be finished.

JACKSON TWP — The township planning commission has given its recommendation supporting excavation for the second phase of Jackson Crossing.

The planned neighborhood on Tollgate School Road is expected to have 105 housing lots built in three phases. Phase one with 36 houses is under way now.

“It’s bringing in more tax revenue,” planning commission chairman Jay Grinnell said. “These are nicer homes so they are bringing in people with pretty good incomes and can pay decent taxes.”

The second phase of the project will have 45 two-story homes. Each lot is expected to be about a quarter of an acre. Several retention ponds are also to be dug.

Grinnell said Jackson Crossing has had an “extremely positive” reception from residents and that the new homes will help bring in more retail businesses to the township.

“The number one thing residents seem to be asking for is some retail: grocery stores, restaurants and things like that,” he said. “That’s not going to happen without the rooftops it takes to entice retail to come in.”

Ryan Homes is building the houses for the project owned by developer Don Rodgers.

No time frame has been given on when the first phase of construction will be complete.

“The infrastructures have been installed and the roads have been paved,” township manager Chris Rearick said about the first phase.

Model homes and sidewalks have been built along Tollgate School Road.

Rearick said the costs for the homes will be similar to those in nearby Old Hickory Highlands and Dutch Creek Estates. Those two neighborhoods are expected to have 138 homes total.

The cost for homes in the area is expected to be $210,000 to $270,000 each.

The township supervisors will discuss the project Jan. 21.

That area has had industrial developments, including the new FedEx distribution center scheduled for August completion.

Nearby Jackson’s Pointe Commerce Park also will have new business ventures with speculation that there will be retail shops and a hotel moving in.

A Speedway gas station and convenience store opened in November at the intersection of Route 19 and Lindsay Road.

Penske Truck Rental and a medical supply company also plan to move into the commerce park.