Five builders began new-home sales at Wildtree, a master-planned community from Shea Homes in Magnolia. Eight model homes are now open for viewings, with a football-themed grand opening planned for Feb. 7.
Shea Homes, Coventry Homes, Newmark Homes, Perry Homes and Toll Brothers are selling in this first phase, offering homes ranging from 1,500 to 4,610 square feet.
Shea Homes will build on all lot sizes, with 39 floor plans to choose from. Prices range from $320,000 to $590,000.
Coventry is offering nine floor plans for 50-foot lots, with pricing starting at $350,000; Newmark will build on 70-foot lots, offering 10 floor plans with pricing starting at $650,000; Perry Homes will build on 40-foot lots, offering 13 designs priced from $330,000; and Toll Brothers will build on 60-foot lots, with six designs priced from the mid-$500,000s.
“Prospective homebuyers will find plenty of selection in Wildtree,” Keith Luechtefeld, Houston division president for Shea Homes, said in a press release. “Beyond beautiful homes, residents will enjoy meandering trails, wooded areas and generous planned amenities designed to complement their natural surroundings.”
The remaining 200 acres of a dairy farm in Huntersville will be turned into a residential community.
The Westmoreland Dairy Farm, which began operations in the early 1900s, was sold to developer Shea Homes in August for more than $24.6 million, according to Mecklenburg County records. Foundry Commercial assisted in the sale and announced it in a Friday news release.
Records indicate three separate sales to Shea Homes on Aug. 26. It’s unclear when operations will cease on the farm. Comment requests to Foundry and the farm’s Facebook page weren’t immediately answered. Plans and details for the site are still being finalized. But according to the release, Shea intends to build a residential neighborhood with “higher-end single-family homes” with some valued at more than $1 million.
The farm off of Westmoreland Road and Sam Furr Road isn’t a stranger to large size redevelopment plans.
A massive $800 million mixed-used community called Lagoona Bay Beach Club was planned for the site in 2023. The development went through several iterations, one of which included a beach resort, recreational lagoon and more than 600 homes.
But residents expressed concern over the size of the development and traffic congestion. So did the Huntersville Planning Board, which said the plan would turn Sam Furr Road “from a rural corridor into a fully intensified one.”
According to Foundry, Westmoreland is the last operational dairy farm in Mecklenburg County. It goes by several names, including Westmoreland & Sons Farm.
Thomas Westmoreland Jr., who was not involved in the farm’s operations, confirmed the sale. He said the farm has been in the family since 1913.
But with rising farm costs and a loss of property due to development, operations weren’t sustainable.
In a 2024 Spectrum News story, Chris Westmoreland said the farm started as a cotton farm and transitioned to dairy cattle in the 1950s. In 2011, the farm switch to corn, soybeans, wheat, beef cattle and hay.
Chris Westmoreland at the time said the farm had already lost 500 acres due to development.
Westmoreland is the latest farm to sell in Huntersville.
In May, the Wallace Farm was sold to Denali, a Russellville, Arkansas-based organic recycling company. Denali planned to take over the operations of the farm’s two facilities — the 75-acre facility in Huntersville and a 162-acre site in Advance, near Greensboro and Winston-Salem. The Wallace Farm had been owned by the Wallace family since 1863.
This story was originally published October 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM.
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