ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Monday, July 8, 1996 TAG: 9607080010
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: A-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: MAG POFF STAFF WRITER
Construction has begun for Wolf Creek, a new subdivision near the Blue Ridge Parkway. The project, being developed as a collection of five distinct neighborhoods, is Roanoke County's first planned residential development.
Access to the development is through Mountain View Road (Virginia 651).
The site work started recently after more than two years of negotiations with parkway and government officials. Parkway approval was required because the subdivision's sewer line will run under the road.
Four acres of the property have been donated to the parkway to protect views from the scenic drive. The developer, Roanoke insurance broker Steve Musselwhite, said the land was leased back to the homeowners' association for maintenance. Wolf Creek will include nine acres of open space in a creek and meadows.
The 101-home development was designed by Williamsburg architect Carlton Abbott, son of the parkway's original designer, and David Hill of Hill Studio in Roanoke.
First phase of the development will include development of lots for 37 single-family detached houses along the main streets, Wolf Run and Wolf Crest, both of which end in culs-de-sac.
Land buyers will build their own three-or four-bedroom homes subject to guidelines of the architectural review committee. Five floor plans are available.
Also, there will be 49 village homes in three neighborhoods named Oldtowne, Rockbridge and Beech Cove.
They will be placed in an "intimate arrangement" modeled after European and Colonial American towns with open space adjacent to the clusters.
Cedar Run is the development's "deckhome" neighborhood, with 15 of these houses planned. They will have elevated decks and parking space in common garages built into the side of nearby embankments.
The homes, built in pods of three, will have 800 square feet of living space on three floors. Prices have not been set for the clustered dwellings.
Musselwhite will construct the village homes and "deckhomes," and a homeowners' association is being formed to maintain the common areas.
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