Toll Brothers luxury-home project takes shape in SE Fort Collins

FORT COLLINS — Luxury-home builder Toll Brothers Inc. is ramping up to build 415 homes ranging in price from $500,000 to more than $1 million in southeast Fort Collins.

The master-planned community called Kechter Farm bears the name of the 166-acre property that Tolls Brothers (NYSE:TOL) purchased from the Kechter family in 2014. It is adjacent to Fossil Creek Reservoir and will contain open space plus walking and biking trails. The community lies west of Interstate 25 and south of Harmony Road.

While the city of Fort Collins would like to see more affordable homes built, there too is a demand for…