Plans are underway to bring 74 new homes to New Whiteland.
The Beazer Homes subdivision, dubbed Brownstone, would be located on the east side of County Road 75 West, near the Grassy Creek Manors subdivision that is currently under construction by Lennar Homes.
Beazer Homes is an Atlanta-based nationwide home builder with a presence across central Indiana, including the Heritage Trace subdivision in Greenwood.
The New Whiteland Town Council last week unanimously approved a rezoning request for the Beazer development, after it was forwarded to the council by the town’s planning commission with a favorable recommendation.
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The rezoning request allows Beazer to make better use of the 40-acre property, said Eric Prime, Beazer’s attorney for the project. Previous zoning would have made it so that Beazer could only build about 50 homes in the space due to a floodplain at the back of the property, he said. Now, the homes can be built closer together.
Beazer plans to build homes that cost, on average, about $310,000, Prime said. The development will offer homes that are slightly more expensive than some other nearby subdivisions, which are priced between $240,000 and $250,000, on average, he said.
The average sale price in the past month for New Whiteland homes is $162,000, according to Redfin.com.
The new construction community will include a mix of lower-priced ranch-style homes and more expensive two-story homes, Prime said. To avoid monotony, there will be several home exterior elevations to choose from and each will allow a certain level of exterior and interior customization, he said.
Using a four-person household estimate, New Whiteland, a town of about 6,200 residents, could see 296 new residents.
The proposed development is one of many new subdivisions popping up throughout the county. In neighboring Whiteland, several hundred more homes are planned.
The new developments would likely add hundreds of students to the already crowded Clark-Pleasant Community Schools.
New Whiteland officials have not yet approved site plans for the project, but the developer is laying the groundwork for construction at the site next spring, Prime said. The developer may start preliminary work at the site later this year, but home construction isn’t expected until next year, he said.
The New Whiteland project is the second for Beazer in Johnson County.
Homes in Heritage Trace start at about $230,000, and feature four basic exterior elevations, including one ranch-style option and three two-story options, according to its website.
Homes are two to five bedrooms and range from 1,400 square feet to 3,000 square feet, the website says.
