A project to bring homes, new showgrounds and a Main Street to Wellington was approved by the council, but not without two years of postponements, hours of late night meetings and avid opposition ...

WELLINGTON — Mark Bellissimo’s team has submitted a proposal to build a horse megacenter in the village’s equestrian preserve that would include a stadium that could be as tall as 65 feet ...

They said the traffic The Wellington North and The Wellington South would generate may overwhelm the preserve’s already crowded roads and bleach the 9,000-acre district of its bucolic character.

Part of its application calls for changing the zoning on 114 acres to allow for the new equestrian showgrounds at the south end of the Wellington International property.

The village of Wellington said it would not reverse a decision that allows developers to build new showgrounds and homes while removing 96 acres from the Equestrian Preserve Area.

The Wellington South will sit off Gracida Street and bring 107 luxury villas and five 4-acre farms to 290 undeveloped acres at Gracida and Lake Worth Road, facing the new showgrounds.

WELLINGTON, Fla. — The Wellington council approved a rezoning change Thursday night that would allow developers to build homes on the current equestrian showgrounds and build a new showground ...