SCARBOROUGH – Six acres of state-owned land between Greenacres Lane and Elmwood Avenue are being eyed for development again.

Joseph Frustaci, a developer from Cape Elizabeth, wants to build a housing subdivision on the property, which sits next to the Scarborough Connector, the heavily traveled road that connects the Maine Turnpike, Interstate 295 and Route 1.

“It is zoned for residential use and that is what we plan on using it for,” Frustaci said.

Last fall, Maine Eye Center pushed the town for a zoning change so the company could construct a 40,000-square-foot building. The Town Council rejected the zoning change request and the property was placed back on the market by the state.

Frustaci has entered into an agreement with the state to purchase the property, but he wouldn’t disclose the agreement details. The property had been listed with CBRE|The Boulos Co. for $695,000.

On Tuesday, Frustaci presented the Planning Board with his sketch plan, in which he proposes creating a seven-lot subdivision. According to plans that are on file with the town’s Planning and Codes Department, two of the 10,000- to 11,0000-square-foot lots would face Elmwood Avenue and five would face Greenacres Lane.

The lots would include homes with two-car garages to be sold for between $250,000 and $275,000.

“This would provide seven new home lots while preserving a unique and valuable open space parcel,” said Rick Licht, the principal with Licht Environmental Design, hired by Frustaci to design the sketch plan.

Scarborough Town Planner Dan Bacon said a sketch plan review by the Planning Board is an opportunity for a developer to informally present plans for reaction from the board. No formal action is taken at this step.

The idea behind the plan, Frustaci said, is to “preserve as much open space as we can.” He said the plan would not alter the wetlands.

The 4 acres of open space, he said, would have walking trails and be accessible for members of the subdivision homeowners association and residents of the neighborhood.

“(The project) would fit well into the existing neighborhood, would provide excellent opportunities for creating a vibrant open space parcel for the residents to enjoy,” Licht said.

Many neighbors have pushed to stave off development on the site. Late last year, Deborah Histen, a resident of 7 Sunset Ave., and her neighbors set up Save Greenacres, a group whose goal was to protect the green space, which many have come to rely on as a buffer from the noise and lights of Route 1 and Interstate 295.

Frustaci said he met with members of the group on April 14 to hear their thoughts about his development plan.

“With any subdivision people have concern, but I think it was a good meeting,” said Frustaci. “They were very helpful and I thought they were very understanding.”

Frustaci also developed Blueberry Ridge, a 19-lot subdivision on the Cape Elizabeth line that encountered lengthy neighborhood opposition from South Portland abutters, who were angry about the impact of the subdivision on their properties.

Although his Scarborough development would create less of a traffic impact than Maine Eye Center would have, Frustaci said, increased traffic remains a concern of residents.

Nevertheless, he said, he hopes the process moves along smoothly.

“We are not looking to make major changes there,” he said. “It is something they have seen in other parts of the community. This should be fairly simple because we are not creating any new roads and we are using the infrastructure already there.”