By JOE MURCHISON
Courtesy of Pulte Home Company
Developers are queued up to construct another 438 homes in the city of Laurel, most of them town houses.
Miami-based Lennar Corp. has broken ground for its Anderson’s Green development on Contee Road east of Van Dusen Road. The development will consist of 63 town houses, according to Monta Burrough, director of the city’s Department of Economic and Community Development.
A second development, Oaks at Laurel, will consist of 82 town houses located east of Van Dusen Road, behind the Laurel Park Shopping Center, with access from Park Center Drive. Burrough said the city planning commission gave the plan for Oaks at Laurel preliminary approval in September. The commission will review the final site plan on Feb. 11.
Reston-based Martin Stanley Homes is the builder for Oaks at Laurel. While the company hasn’t announced prices for homes there, the company’s website advertises prices in the $400,000s and $500,000s for their new town houses in Bowie, Hyattsville, Upper Marlboro and Brandywine.
The third and largest development, Corridor Center, will include 293 homes — 120 three-story town houses, 132 stacked two-story condominiums and 13 one-story villa homes. The development, accessible by Contee Road and Cherry Lane, will be located east of I- 95 and south of Route 198.
The city council approved the overall concept for Corridor Center in January 2023, and the planning commission approved its subdivision and preliminary site plan in September. Burrough said he had not yet received a final site plan, which the planning commission must approve before construction can begin.
The developer of Corridor Center is Atlanta-based Pulte Home Company, which describes itself as the nation’s third-largest home construction company. Attorney Edward Gibbs, who has represented the company during the approval process, said last February that 22 homes would have below-market pricing, including 11 condos with starting prices at $145,000, and 11 townhouses starting at $246,000.
Neither Gibbs nor other Pulte representatives could be reached for comment about prices for the other homes or a timeline for construction.
