The Preserve at Sunset Lake - new development in Hugo

New, proposed development in eastern Hugo and Mahtomedi Schools. This parcel is 137 acres with 13 proposed lots and shows how land can be developed at a smaller lot size than is allowed in the zoning code. These parcels are classified as rural residential according to the City zoning map, which is 1 parcel of land per 10 acres. As you can see, most of these lots are less than 10 acres. However, if you take the total acreage of 137 acres and divide by the number of platted lots (13), it works out to a density of 1 lot per 10 acres. The City allows this because it satisfies the density requirements per the zoning code. Additional land is set aside as an outlot or common space. All lots are required to have a minimum of 300 feet of road frontage either on the road and cul de sac that the developer is building or on 120th Street. Lot prices are from $250k - $379k with the builder Parent Custom Homes and sold by Edina Realty. The development has been approved by the City council.

Adelaide Landing Review - Hugo new construction

Adelaide Landing is a new contsruction development in southeastern Hugo just off of Highway 61 and 130th St. There are 3 builders involved, Creative homes, Derrick Custom Homes and M/I Homes building the villas. This will be a 4 phase developement that will most likely be selling for 3-4 years. Right now they are selling phase 1 and 2 which are the villas by M/I Homes priced starting at about $350,000 and Creative Homes and Derrick Custom Homes building the single family homes starting in the upper $400k’s on 65 and 85 foot lots.

One aspect of the development that is interesting is that the Mahtomedi and White Bear Lake School District line goes right through the middle of the development. It looks to me that about 1/3 of the single family homes will be in the Mahtomedi School District. I have spoken with the Mahtomedi School District superintendant about how this will affect open enrollment in the district as Mahtomedi is a highly desirable district. He has said that it will greatly affect the process and probably eliminate it. Right now it is extremely difficult to open enroll, especially after kindergarten and 1st grade and who do you think most of the buyers are going to be for two story 4 and 5 bedroom, 3,000 square foot homes….families. It will be interesting to see how Mahtomedi acclimates to adding a potential 40-50 homes and 100 kids to the district in the next couple years.

On the house side, I think the homes are great. Creative homes makes a solid home at an affordable price. The floor plans are open and materials and workmanship are very good. The price point is affordable for new construction. I am not as familiar with Derrick Custom Homes.

The streets are just recently in so you can start to get a feel for how the neighborhood will flow. The entrance is on 130th St and is going to move further east from the models once its more developed. Its not a huge parcel of land so the streets are stretched horizontally more than a boxey feel, which I think is a good thing. There are a lot of wetlands, which there always is in Hugo and we will have to see how they grow in and mesh with the neighborhood. They will use reclaimed storm water for irrigation.

https://www.creativehci.com/community/adelaide-landing/