LEALMAN

The first project for shopping mall developer Sembler's new residential division will be in unincorporated Lealman.

"For our first standalone residential, we picked something close to home," said Greg Sembler, vice chairman of the St. Petersburg company.

The project, called Duval Park, is expected to begin construction soon and have people move in early next year, Sembler said. It is in an out-of-the-way spot, tucked beneath 54th Avenue N at 45th Street, between Wellington School, the CSX railroad tracks and Joe's Creek.

The development will resemble Key West in its architecture, Sembler said, with narrow pastel homes on small lots. Garages will be in the rear, and the structures will be near the street to better connect residents.

"We call it front-porch living," Sembler said, relating it to the new urbanism movement and examples like Orlando's Celebration.