Twenty-seven homes are being built next to Willowbrook Country Club off Bridgeboro Road, 10 of which are likely to be finished and sold within the next year.
Willowbrook Country Club sold approximately 30 acres of land and moved two course holes to accommodate the project.
Four or five years ago, the first phase of the subdivision was approved. The second phase would add 17 more homes with access from Garwood Road.
According to Patty Djokovich, Cornell Custom Homes sales manager, construction began with phase one at the start of 2013.
She said six homes have already been sold and the first homeowner is moving in May.
Each two-story home could range from 4,000 square feet to 8,000 square feet or more, with a starting price of $1.2 million. Djokovich said the price depends on what the homeowner wants.
According to Cornell’s website, the architecture of the homes would fit into the historic look of Moorestown. But new homes in any township could receive both a positive and negative reaction from residents.
“Some people look at new homes as not a good thing because they can contribute to more traffic and more children,” Tom Ford, the township’s community development director, said, adding others might see these large homes as an increase in ratables for the township.
He said it’s all based on residents’ opinions.
Board of Education President Don Mishler said the new homes would not have an enormous impact on the school district.
“We have been through these phases and cycles before,” he said, adding if all school-aged children moved into these homes at the same time, it would draw the school board’s attention.
The homes built at Laurel Creek were more of a concern to the school district since more than 300 homes were added to the township.
“We certainly welcome all of these residents and are ready to educate their children,” Mishler said.
