GORHAM – A developer will discuss with Gorham planners in a pre-application conference a proposal to expand a development to 224 condominiums off Fort Hill Road.

Kasprzak Land Holdings Inc. has already built and sold 60 units and has approval in hand for 24 more at the 77-acre Pheasant Knoll condominium site. Kasprzak is seeking an additional 140 dwelling units with 35 new buildings in the condominium development near the University of Southern Maine campus in Gorham.

“This is the largest official housing development that we have had in I don’t know how long,” David Galbraith, Gorham zoning administrator, said this week.

Kasprzak’s Pheasant Knoll, which began a decade ago, is being built in phases.

Robert Georgitis, Kasprzak’s vice president, is the project manager. Georgitis said the company is now seeking a master plan approval for the entire site. He said the 140 units would be built with three or four neighborhoods and each neighborhood would have an owners association. The 35 buildings would each contain four condominiums.

Georgitis said homeowners in Pheasant Knoll are mostly all baby boomers.

“This is a boom for the town,” Georgitis said.

The Gorham Planning Board will hear the latest details about the proposed project from Georgitis in a pre-application discussion in its regular meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 8, in the Gorham Municipal Center, 75 South St.

The Pheasant Knoll condominiums have sold in a range between $250,000 and $350,000. Po-Go Realty and Re/Max By the Bay are real estate firms handling sales for Kasprzak.

The property where the project is proposed is in the town’s urban residential zone.

The development is for those age 55 and older. Peter Mason of Po-Go said that 20 percent of the residents can be under age 55, but no one under age 18 can live there permanently. But Pheasant Knoll residents can entertain visiting children and grandchildren.

Georgitis said people want to live in the Portland area to be near their children.

“They want to be close to USM,” he said.

Georgitis, who has been with Kasprzak 18 years, described Gorham as a nice community.

“I think it’s a great town,” he said.

The Pheasant Knoll condominiums include a kitchen, living-dining room area, four-season sunroom, and a master bedroom on the first floor. Each also has a second story area and a basement, and yards are landscaped.

Po-Go brokers Jeff and Jane Mason have lived in Pheasant Knoll for nine years.

“We love it,” Jeff Mason said. “It’s beautifully kept, pretty quiet.”

The development is served by public water and sewer, natural gas heat and underground utilities. A sidewalk connects Pheasant Knoll with downtown Gorham.

“You can walk to the village,” Jeff Mason said.

Mason said many of the residents use the sprawling university campus for walks.

Richard and Brenda Caldwell, who is a retired Gorham Town Council chairwoman and longtime town clerk, are Pheasant Knoll residents on Ridgefield Drive.

“I love it,” she said on Wednesday. “It’s a wonderful neighborhood.”

The development is accessed by a public road, Falcon Crest Drive, from Fort Hill Road.

But, Richard Caldwell, president of the homeowners association, said Wednesday that the interior Ridgefield Drive is a private road with the homeowners association paying for snow plowing and road maintenance.

He said expansion of the development raises an issue among the homeowners that additional traffic would travel over their private road.

Caldwell, who plans on attending Monday’s Planning Board meeting, said access to Ridgefield Drive needed to be controlled.

“Our concern is traffic coming through,” Caldwell said. “We don’t want heavy traffic damaging the road.”

Georgitis said a master plan approval for the site would help Kasprzak get a handle on expenses for such things as constructing storm-water detention ponds. But a build-out could take years of construction phases in what Georgitis called “small bites.”

Kasprzak is headed by Stephen Kasprzak of North Waterboro as its president. Georgitis said Kasprzak also has projects in Wells and Topsham.

“This is our 43rd year as a homebuilder,” Georgitis said. “He is Maine’s largest homebuilder. He’s done over 100 developments.”

Richard Caldwell, who had 42 years experience in the lumber supply business, said Kasprzak is an “excellent builder” and praised Pheasant Knoll.

“It’s a gorgeous set up,” he said.

Robert Georgitis, standing in front of Pheasant Knoll condominiums in Gorham, is project manager for builder Stephen Kasprzak, who plans a major expansion of the site.