Developer updates plan for 300-plus houses on east side of Noblesville

Houses such as these in the proposed Parks at Crossroads development in Noblesville would cost more than $550,000. (Rendering courtesy city of Noblesville)

A local developer has added two homebuilders and made changes to its plan to build more than 300 houses in Noblesville three months after city officials expressed concerns with its original proposal.

Fishers-based Boomerang Development LLC and the Indianapolis offices of David Weekley Homes and Lennar Homes of Indiana want to build 324 houses at Parks at Crossroads on 124 acres east of the intersection of State Road 32 and Promise Road and south of East 181st Street.

Boomerang, which is led by owner Corby Thompson, originally introduced plans for Parks at Crossroads in May. At that time, the company was working with the Indianapolis office of D.R. Horton Inc. and wanted to build 354 houses.

Jon Dobosiewicz, a land-use professional with the Carmel-based law firm Nelson & Frankenberger, told members of the Noblesville City Council on Tuesday that Boomerang made changes to the site plan, builders, home products and density of the project.

If it is approved according to its current design, Parks at Crossroads would have five home product types.

Large-lot single-family houses in the northeast quadrant of the site built by David Weekley would be priced at more than $550,000. Front-load single-family houses in the northeast and southeast quadrants by David Weekley and Lennar would be priced at $365,000, $385,000 and $530,000. Houses with alley access in the middle of the site built by Lennar would be priced starting at $390,000.

In the southwest area of the site, there would be two-family duplexes built by Lennar starting at $350,000 and town houses along S.R. 32 priced starting at $300,000.

The updated plan for Parks at Crossroads has fewer duplexes and town houses than the original design. There would be 44 duplexes, rather than 66, and 82 town houses instead of 120.

Dobosiewicz said Parks at Crossroads would have a large, centralized amenity area with a community swimming pool, sport courts, a playground and green space. Throughout the neighborhood, there would be covered seating areas, trails and two dog parks.

Boomerang, David Weekley and Lennar are requesting a zoning change for the site from R-1 Residential to the Parks at Crossroads Planned Unit Development. As part of the project, East 181st Street would be widened and resurfaced.

In May, some council members questioned the density at Parks at Crossroads and the impact the project would have on the east side of Noblesville, which has not experienced much development. On Tuesday, councilors said they appreciated the changes made to the plan.

“I think [the changes provide] a better living experience for the folks,” Councilor David Johnson said. “There certainly is lesser impact to our infrastructure and to our public safety folks. I appreciate the variation in the elevations on the homes you’ve shown us. It isn’t a cookie cutter design.”

Lennar Homes is the busiest home builder in the Indianapolis area, with 2,120 single-family building permits filed in 2023. David Weekley Homes is the eighth-busiest home builder in the area, with 170 single-family building permits filed two years ago.

Members of the Noblesville Plan Commission are expected review the proposal for Parks at Crossroads at its meeting on Sept. 15.