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A local developer and the country’s largest homebuilder have submitted plans to build 354 new houses in Noblesville.
Fishers-based Boomerang Development and the Indianapolis office of D.R. Horton Inc. want to develop Parks at Crossroads on 124 acres east of the intersection of State Road 32 and Promise Road and south of East 181st Street.
Jon Dobosiewicz, a land-use professional with the Carmel-based law firm Nelson & Frankenberger, told members of the Noblesville City Council on Tuesday night that Parks at Crossroads would “jump-start” residential development in the largely agricultural east side of Noblesville.
Boomerang and D.R. Horton want to build 58 large houses on the northeast quadrant of the site priced from $600,000 to $800,000; 115 ranch and two-story houses on the northwest and southeast quadrants priced from $375,000 to $500,000; 66 paired ranch-style villas targeted toward senior buyers toward the middle of the site priced from $325,000 to $400,000; and 120 three-story, rear-loaded town houses on the southwest quadrant priced from $300,000 to $375,000.
Dobosiewicz said Parks at Crossroads would have amenity areas, a large pond along S.R. 32 to provide a buffer for houses and a swimming pool and bathhouse.
The development would be D.R. Horton’s first subdivision in Noblesville, and the large houses would be the first of their type that the Arlington, Texas-based homebuilder has constructed in Hamilton County.
D.R. Horton, a publicly traded company, says it has been the largest homebuilder by volume in the United States since 2002 and has closed more than 1 million homes in its 45-year history. It has operations in 118 markets in 33 states.
Some council members questioned the density of Parks at Crossroads and the impact the project would have on the east side of Noblesville that has not experienced much development.
“I would ask for all of us to move with caution when we look at these high-density neighborhoods,” Councilor Mark Boice said. “It makes me scared to see more of them coming this quickly because we are having some issues keeping up with all of our infrastructure as it is because we’re growing so quickly.”
Members of the Noblesville Plan Commission are expected review the plan for Parks at Crossroads at its meeting on June 16.
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Councilman Boice is being polite with his concerns of this mediocre development. Horton has built some very unattractive homes in western Hancock County, just like the rendering herein. And the prices listed in this article appear as Horton’s move to cash in for more than the homes are worth, here and anywhere else.
I so totally agree. But it seems politicians and people who approve these things don’t seem to care about anything but profits. I hope people listen to one of the few councilmen like Braun who actually seems to care.
Take it from a recent D.R. Horton home buyer, you do NOT get what you pay for! Disappointment is an understatement for what you get for just under half a million dollars! Our new neighbor closed on 3/1/25 and is ready to file a lawsuit because no one will address his issues. If it seems too good to be true…
These look as bad as the 2 new developments just west of River Road on 146th. Is this a new national ‘blueprint’ that’s being passed around from state to state? OK commissioners, enough is enough. You are underwriting ghetto housing 15 years from now. ‘Vinyl villages’ on steroids.
Yes! Totally agree. They have to stop this nonsense. Soviet bloc housing built with paper and plastic.
None of the mass developers seem to care about more than profits. But at least Fisher price has pretty homes. Most developers don’t even have that.