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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA Florida-based homebuilder is moving ahead with plans to build a pair of subdivisions that could lead to 355 new residences on the southeast side of Indianapolis.
The Franklin Township projects, which will collectively occupy nearly 200 acres, are being developed by Miami-based Lennar Homes, which has built nearly 50 communities across central Indiana. Specific details for the projects have not been made public, as the company is continuing to work through city approvals involving platting and other issues.
One of the developments, known as Eagle Creek, would be constructed at the southwest corner of Franklin and Thompson roads, just north of a CSX railroad line. The project would have limited frontage along Franklin Road because of a buffer created by community spaces, while a line of existing single-family homes would front Thompson Road. The project is expected to consist of 175 homes across 74.3 acres, or 2.35 units per acre.
Site plans filed with the city’s Department of Metropolitan Development show the project would feature a mix of single-family homes on lots ranging from 0.15 acres to 0.23 acres, along with sidewalks.
It will feature 10 common areas ranging from a few hundred square feet to up to 12 acres, totaling 32 acres of neighborhood amenities such as green space, ponds, a playground and a picnic area, as well as a non-contiguous walking path that winds throughout the property and has entrances along both Thompson and Franklin roads.
The other project, Crescent Ridge, would result in 180 homes across a 112-acre site along East Southport Road, between Hickory and Franklin roads, and abutted to the south by McGregor Road. It could be developed through a partnership between Lennar and an unidentified second firm.
The development would feature larger home sites, ranging from 0.18 acres to 0.3 acres, as well as more than one dozen common areas totaling just under 32 acres. It would also have a 3,500-square-foot playground, sidewalks and 20 mile-per-hour speed limits, according to city filings.
The development would have entrances on McGregor and Southport Roads and five cul-de-sacs.
Both projects were recommended for approval by the city’s plat committee on Thursday and will next be considered by the Metropolitan Development Commission.
Lennar Homes is the busiest home builder in the Indianapolis area, with 1,569 single-family building permits filed in 2022.
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Why on earth would a developer or builder name a subdivision in Franklin Township “Eagle Creek”???
Sure proves they’re not local and not aware.
Be carful this builder is starting to sell out entire approved neighborhoods to rental companies. Not great for areas!!
@Christina D.–you are correct. The Lennar subdivision located in New Palestine has several homes owned by rental companies; not all of the homes are rentals, but enough of them are to affect property values if they are not closely monitored by the HOA.
I am friends with a couple people who bought Lennar homes over the past couple years. The complaints from them, and what you can read on web reviews, is unbelievably long. A short list of complaints: 1) You cannot customize your home. What they offer is what you get. No alterations to layout or interior finishes. 2) Quality problems beyond imagination. (Friend says doorframes in house are all slightly crooked.) 3) Poorest customer service experience ever. The other friend who bought this spring got next to zero responses to concerns while building the house and after it was completed.
Someone from a regulatory agency needs to scrutinize this company and halt its work until a huge overhaul is made to how it operates.
Plus their homes are ugly and cheaply built, the token amenities, i.e. playgrounds and trails, are nothing but meeting minimum standard to just say they have them. Of course this administration wants the left leaning voters in the outer townships.
There are not many left-leaning voters in Franklin Township.