Board engineer (Bach Associates) reviewed a request from Aura Towns Urban Renewal, LLC for a four-year extension of final approval protection for the age-restricted Willows and Carriages portion (the subject development, described only as "more than 100 units," no exact figure given), through January 15, 2031, and had no objection. The Nov 4, 2026 agenda lists this extension, plus a separate "Aura 3" administrative site-plan change, for board memorialization that night; minutes confirming the vote have not been read, so this stays short of an approval record.
Project phase
- Application filed
- Hearing held
- Approved
- State permits pending
- Under construction
- Fully built
Selling now, per the builder's own page
- Town
- Elk Township
- County
- Gloucester County
- Type
- Residential
- Size
- 962 homes
- Builder
- D.R. Horton
- Latest step
- Nov 4, 2026
The project
962 residential units on about 336 acres, 686 of them age restricted: the Willows at Orchard Glen at 186 single family, the Carriages at Orchard Glen at 250 single family and 250 twins, and the Reeds Apartments at 276 multi family. Thirty four affordable units sit in the age restricted component.
Now selling on this site
Carriages at Orchard Glen, Ranch Homes
D.R. Horton lists single-family homes for sale at Carriages at Orchard Glen, a community for buyers 55 and over.
Floor plans listed by D.R. Horton: Freeport, Neuville, Bristol, Clifton
Source: D.R. Horton · See the builder's page
Carriages at Orchard Glen, Twin Homes
D.R. Horton lists twin homes for sale at Carriages at Orchard Glen, a community for buyers 55 and over.
Floor plans listed by D.R. Horton: Taylor
Source: D.R. Horton · See the builder's page
Resolution 2024-17 memorialised the approval, eight ayes with one abstention.
Preliminary and final major subdivision and site plan approved, nine ayes and no nays, subject to the board engineer 13 September review letter, with waivers for driveway separation and recreation. D.R. Horton senior vice president Robert Fecho testified the development would comply with the township noise ordinance.
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Each step is our own summary of a public board or agency document, linked where the document is online. A project's status can change at the next meeting. Community details are our own summary of the builder's public web page, linked above. Homes, plans and availability change; the builder's page has the current list. General information, not legal advice. Justin Kelly, NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson, License #1540232. Brokered with OMNI Real Estate Professionals. Equal Housing Opportunity.