The Town of Hope Mills, NC can expect to see a lot of construction underway, very soon. Along with the incoming Wawa Travel Center (cover story), and the addition of Dirtbag Plaza announced to be joining the Dirtbag Ales Taproom campus, two new residential developments will soon be added to the Hope Mills and Grays Creek landscape.

Local developer Caviness & Cates Communities is developing 80 acres off of Corporation Drive and Chickenfoot Road in Hope Mills, NC. Currently named Eagle Cove, the new subdivision will include 46 two-car and single car garage town homes and 203 single family lots. 

Owner of Caviness & Cates Communities, Chris Cates, shared that the project has just begun and is still in its early stages of development and planning. 

“We haven't determined our amenities yet, but we plan on having a recreational area with picnic areas, covered shelters, firepits, a dog park and possibly some pickleball. We’ll figure out, once we get the open spaces identified, where we’re going to put everything,” shared Cates. 

“We’re just now starting to clear [the area]. We're going to do all 46 townhomes in the first phase, along with 62 single family lots.”

While it’s still too early in the development process for pricing on the properties to be set, the company hopes to be able to begin construction in summer of 2025. Cates also shared that Hope Mills based Autry Grading, Inc. has been contracted to do the site work. 

Caviness & Cates has been developing in Hope Mills for a number of years with projects such as The Gardens at Cypress Lakes Village and The Meadows at Roslin Farms West under their belt. 

“We’ve always been attracted to this area. Now you have quick access back to I-95 and with the expressway pretty much two miles to the south, you can get to that and it’s pretty much a straight shot to Fort Liberty. It’s a growing area. We’ve been in this area for a long time building, so when we had a chance to get this property, we were really excited,” shared Cates. 

Further down into the Gray’s Creek area, another housing option has also broken ground and is in its early stages of development. 

Caviness & Cates is also working on a 264 unit apartment complex right beside Grays Creek High School off of Celebration Drive. 

“It will be a mix of one, two and three bedroom units. Like we do with most of our communities, we’ll have a pool, a clubhouse with a bathhouse, a picnic shelter and a lot of open space. Connectivity is really important to us when it comes to apartments. You can see on our site plan we like to connect our buildings with open spaces,” shared Cates. “We’ve owned this property for a long time, maybe close to 15 years, just kind of waiting on this, and we feel like now is the time.” 

Learn more about Caviness & Cates Communities, their current projects and current home design options online at www.cavinessandcates.com.