A Minnesota family farm was sold after receiving approval to be turned into a 262-home community

Heavy machinery has already started moving soil across a historic family farm in Minnesota. The work is preparing the property for a large new housing development after city officials gave final approval to the plans. The Prior Lake City Council unanimously approved the final plat, planned unit development, and development agreement for the former Vierling family farmstead. Pulte Homes of Minnesota recently bought the 88-acre property. It will become a 262-home neighborhood called Vierling Ridge, with the full development expected to be finished by 2032.Breaking ground on the former farmsteadPeople travelling near County Road 42 and Eagle Creek Avenue in Prior Lake have seen heavy equipment grading the property during the past month. According to documents presented to the council by Casey McCabe, Prior Lake's community development director, general grading work started before final plat approval. The early work was needed to prepare the land for utility installation. Pulte Homes told city officials that it plans to finish the main infrastructure during the autumn. That schedule will allow builders to begin work on model homes and townhouses during the winter. The company hopes to ...