Developers say Trueson Farms will be 179 single‑family homes with $64 million buildout

Ryan Summers of the Trueson Farms development team told Baberton City Council on Jan. 6 that the subdivision approved by the planning commission in December 2024 has been redesigned as all single‑family housing and will include about 179 homes.

The project matters because developers estimate a $64,000,000 total investment for the city and say the build will provide new housing and neighborhood amenities. Summers said construction has started on site and that the developer plans three phases of work and homebuilding.

Drew Cook, Summers’ colleague on the development team, described the phasing and infrastructure. “The entrance to the development will be on Turkey Foot,” Cook said, and phase 1 will include installation of the lift station that will serve the entire project. Cook said off‑site sanitary work will be required to upgrade existing pipe capacity to serve the subdivision. He said site grading and winter conditions will slow visible progress until spring but that the developer is targeting pavement in June and a sales start in the fourth quarter of 2025.

Developers said the project was reconfigured to avoid through traffic onto Frisbee by making the northern connection an emergency‑access gate for fire and utility use only. Summers said the plan includes recreational elements such as a walking trail and boardwalk through wetlands that does not impact the wetland area, a dog park, a playground and a picnic pavilion.

Phase counts provided by the developers: 78 houses in phase 1 (75 on the new road plus 3 on Charter Club), 55 in phase 2 and about 46 in phase 3. Summers and Cook said the on‑site stormwater approach uses four retention basins (three in phase 1 and one in the final phase) to manage runoff within the development. On schedule, the team said, full buildout could sell out by about 2029, though they said they hoped that would happen sooner based on market demand.

Developers invited council members and staff to contact them with questions and said they would provide updated site plans and improvement plans to the city as engineering reviews are completed. City staff and the planning commission were listed as the primary permitting and review contacts.

The presentation came during the committee‑of‑the‑whole session; no formal council action on the project occurred at this meeting. Council members asked for clarification on the number of homes per phase, stormwater basins, the revised access to Frisbee and timing for sanitary improvements; developers provided the answers above.

The Trueson Farms update is scheduled to move forward through the city’s plan‑review and permitting process, and the developers said they will submit homeowners’ association documents and final improvement plans for city approval.