That price-point spread is proving to be a large part of New Town's appeal. At build-out - which is estimated to take 10 to 15 years - New Town will fully integrate roughly 5,700 residential units that range from diminutive courtyard cottages and senior cottages that start in the $120s, to stately custom homes with prices that top $1 million. The project's footprint is quite large at 747 acres, it's one of the more sizable TNDs in the nation. Planned and designed by Marina Khoury of Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, New Town incorporates a careful mix of homes, a large town center and six neighborhood centers. They brought back a wealth of information and photographs, and began to envision a new kind of neighborhood. an extensive travel schedule that has included dozens of places and continues to this day. In 2002, Whittaker and his vice president and director of architecture, Tim Busse (who also serves as New Town's town architect), began touring developments across the country, such as Prospect in Longmont, Colo., and the Cotton District in Starkville, Miss. "And I wanted to keep it affordable, where hopefully almost anybody could buy into it." "I started thinking about creating a place like Seaside in which to live, work and raise my family back home in St.
Although Whittaker's company had been building successful conventional suburban developments (CSDs) for decades, in 1996 he found himself realizing that "community" could be much more than an assemblage of houses. Peters, Mo., had been taking his family to visit Seaside, Fla., since 1991. Developer Greg Whittaker, president of Whittaker Homes, based in St. Like many new urban communities, New Town at St. Charles' 412 home closings between March 20, and MarketGraphics recently naming it the best-selling development out of 17,280 communities in 16 states.Ī view along North New Town Avenue. These key factors are responsible for New Town at St. Charles, a fledgling TND is already generating buzz for its skillful design, varied architecture and wide range of housing price points. This website is maintained as a historical archive. NOTICE: Please note that The Town Paper is no longer in business.
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