A 352-acre planned community that uses traditional neighborhood and community design principles to create a small town feeling. The design relies on a hierarchy of streets built in a modified grid, with most homes close to the street on small lots ranging from 2,500 to 9,000 square feet.
Streets are narrow and are organized in a modified grid pattern.
Public open spaces, traditional architecture, and strict design guidelines are hallmarks of the project, and the community has become one of the best-known examples of neotraditional planning in the country. The community is divided into five neighborhoods and includes single-family detached homes, townhouses, condominiums, apartments, a community shopping center, a clubhouse and recreation center, an elementary school, a child care facility, and a church. In 1987, when Alfandre obtained a one-year option on the property, the site was the last available large tract of land in the city of Gaithersburg. Alfandre has been building homes in Gaithersburg and other areas of Montgomery County since 1983. At the time of the option, the land was not zoned, and the only buildings on the property consisted of the Kent family farm buildings, including the Kent Mansion, a barn, a firehouse, a guesthouse, and several other outbuildings, all arranged in a sort of minivillage.