ERIE —  Southern Land Co. this month broke ground on the first single-family homes at its Westerly community in Erie.

The community, located on 400 acres at Erie Parkway and Weld County Road 5, is the developer’s first in the region.

“As we look to grow SLC Homes’ footprint, Westerly will serve as the perfect opportunity to demonstrate how our team creates extraordinary communities that are representative of their surrounding localities,” SLC national homebuilding president David Bracht said in a prepared statement. “We have tapped into a pool of talented trade partners, consultants, and associates that will ensure the homes at Westerly are an attractive addition to the greater Erie community and will enhance the lives of our future residents.”  

At full buildout Westerly will have about 1,200 homes made up of 1,900- to 3,000-square-foot, one- and two-story, single-family homes and paired villas. 

SLC is working with local homebuilders Wonderland Homes Inc. and McStain Constructors LLC.

The development is expected to cost roughly $750 million, according to BizWest reporting from late 2021.

Model homes are expected to be completed by mid- 2022 and for-sale properties completed in the following months, Heidi Majerik, Southern Land Co. vice president and general manager of Westerly, told BizWest in September 2021.