Steve DeClean, president of Newman Companies, told the Village of Cottage Grove Plan Commission on Nov. 12 that his firm has a contract to purchase about 120 acres just south and east of the Quarry Ridge neighborhood and is proposing a 249‑lot single‑family subdivision.

The concept plan showed a mix of roughly 70‑foot and 85‑foot lots, a large centrally located park the developer plans to donate to the village, an HOA‑owned pool, and on‑site stormwater facilities. DeClean said the planned market would put home prices “hopefully in the 500 to 600,000” range. He described the concept as within the village comprehensive plan’s density range and said the team has not yet completed soil test pits and borings for final grading and stormwater design.

Aaron, village planning staff, told commissioners that the site’s topography means portions likely cannot be served by gravity sewer and would require a temporary on‑site lift station to move flows to the existing gravity system; a larger, planned lift station to the east could allow the temporary facility to be taken offline in the future. The developer acknowledged the constraint and said geotechnical work remains to be done before final design.

A Harbor Homes representative, describing the home‑building partner, said the project would likely be phased — about six infrastructure phases — with roughly 40–50 lots of infrastructure per year and 30–40 home closings a year, producing an approximately eight‑year buildout and an estimated $125–130 million of incremental valuation over the coming decade.

Commissioners focused questions on access, connectivity and neighborhood impacts. One commissioner raised the status of a nearby parcel that would remain in the adjacent town and asked whether that parcel would be annexed; the developer said the parcel is expected to remain in the town and would “shoestring” into the village for stormwater but that negotiations with the town remain to be completed. Staff said any annexation and pre‑annexation agreement would be acted on by the village board and that planning approvals would follow the two‑step preliminary and final plat process.

Commissioners asked the developer to provide a traffic analysis as the plat advances. Staff described next steps if the developer proceeds: a pre‑annexation agreement (if applicable), submission of an annexation petition and the standard planning review process; preliminary and final plat approvals could occur in two consecutive meetings if all materials are ready, but the full process will take several months.

No formal land‑use approvals were requested or taken tonight. The developer was invited to return for further review at the village board and planning commission to address utilities, neighbor outreach and the traffic and geotechnical studies discussed at the meeting.