Vermont Business Magazine The foundation has been laid for a model home in South Burlington for a market-rate development between two of South Burlington's busiest thoroughfares. O’Brien Brothers officially cut the ribbon on a new residential community today on Hillside at O’Brien Farm, which over the next four years or so will become home to more than 100 families, featuring residences of architectural variety, a neighborhood recreational park, and sweeping views of the Adirondacks and the Green Mountains between Kennedy Drive and Hinesburg Road. Single-family and town homes will start in the $300,000 to $400,000 range.
O’Brien Brothers, center, with family and staff. Courtesy photos and renderings.
O’Brien Brothers, a family-owned real estate development and management company local to South Burlington and founded by Daniel J and Leo O’Brien Jr, have been the visionaries behind numerous residential and commercial projects in the area over the past six decades. Over the coming months, the firm will transform an open 30-acre lot into a community for people in every stage of life. Beginning with the first phase of development, Hillside will include 118 housing units along with pedestrian amenities throughout the community including sidewalks, recreation paths, conserved greenspace, and O’Brien Park, a new landscaped public park complete with playground equipment and room to recreate.
“Our vision for Hillside at O’Brien Farm is a pedestrian scaled neighborhood with inviting and varied architecture, and one that is attractive to homeowners in every stage of life,” said Evan Langfeldt, O’Brien Brothers President and CEO. “The O’Brien family has deep roots in this land, having raised multiple generations there over the past seventy years, and they look forward to welcoming others to this special property that has meant so much to them.”
With Chittenden Country’s need for more well designed and appropriately located residential and commercial developments, Hillside at O’Brien Farm will offer a variety of living arrangements from single family homes to townhomes, with accessible designs for single level living as well as homes designed for families in a broad range of price points.
“It is well documented that the options currently available in all areas of the housing market are inadequate,” said Vermont Department of Housing & Community Development Deputy Commissioner Josh Hanford. “Growing our housing supply, at all income levels, will go a long way to achieving the goal of making Vermont more affordable. The 118 new homes being built here at O’Brien Farm move us closer to reaching this goal and serving the growing housing needs of South Burlington and Chittenden County.”
For more information on this new community, please visit HillsideAtOBrienFarm.com.
Source: South Burlington, VT (December 8, 2017) -- O’Brien Brothers