The Pinehills Marks 10-Year Anniversary

The Pinehills, Plymouth's "smart growth" development, marked its 10th anniversary recently -- a milestone that was noted with a feature story in the Boston Globe.

In the decade since ground was broken on the project, about 1,500 homes have been built there -- 920 of them restricted to owners age 55 or older. The development is permitted for another 1,500 homes on its 3,174-acre parcel.

The Globe story highlights the success of the development -- which has won dozens of design awards for its mixed use construction. Pinehills includes commercial and residents units in age-restricted areas, apartments, townhouse condominiums and single-family homes. And, of coures, golf courses. In the rocky housing market of the last few years, sales and values at Pinehills -- according to its owners -- have been relatively stable.

According to the story, the Pinehills is Plymouth’s second-largest taxpayer, at $9.5 million annually, second only to Entergy, owner of the Pilgrim nuclear power plant, at $9.7 million.

Check out the story.