Site work is underway for Phase 1 of the Granary at Draper Farm development on Sand Hill Road in Milton.

At build-out, Phase 1 will have 175 residential home sites. In all, the Granary will have 1,350 units built over a 20-year period on a 450-acre site between Sand Hill and Gravel Hill roads. 

The first phase of a planned 10-phase build-out will create the entrance to the development from Sand Hill Road, to be known as Draper Avenue. Off that main street will be four interior streets that will serve the bulk of the residential units. 

Convergence Communities, developer of the project, will go before town council Monday, Aug. 5, to get council’s approval on a plan to rename the streets. For the first section of the development, the main loop will be called Citra Drive, with side streets named Topaz Street, Equinox Drive, Sunbeam Way, Jester Trail, Calypso Lane, Chinook Drive and Glacier Lane. 

The land is zoned R-2 residential with a large-parcel development overlay, which will allow for some commercial elements including a small-batch brewery and a farmers market. The development will also include two clubhouses with pools, 55 acres of dedicated open space that will be given to the town, and an outdoor amphitheater.