By Mike Rhodes, Editor-in-Chief—
Storer Estates is a new subdivision with 34 lots being built on the former Storer Elementary property. The city now owns the property. The new development is to provide new housing options for Muncie and through collaboration with the Muncie Sanitary District, (MSD) the project will also address drainage and flooding issues in the area. The first bid opening was held in August of 2022.
September 26, 2023 Update
The city has sold all the lots at Storer Estates to a home builder headquartered in Texas. D.R. Horton has agreed to buy all of the home lots in Storer Estates for $1.02 million, paying the city $30,000 for each of the 34 lots the city has been working to develop at the site of the former Storer Elementary School. The announcement of the sale was brought up for the first time at a Muncie Redevelopment Commission meeting.
July 13, 2023 Update
This photo illustrates new trees that are being planted this week at the new Storer Estates development. The trees surround the walking path. This is also a good photo to view the drainage basin. Mayor Ridenour recently told me this walking path will be paved with black asphalt.
June 23, 2023 Update
Construction continues at Storer Estates, a new subdivision being built on the former site of Storer Elementary School. This week contractors began pouring cement street curbs at the site.
April 14, 2023 Update
Today the city used their asphalt hot-mix to pave over a number of street-cuts running north and south on Mansfield Drive that were made over the winter for utilities. From the air you can see where the city park will go and the outline of the pond area/walking track. Even as a neighborhood resident, seeing the development from the air revealed new information. Work on the city park on the property is set to begin.
Video below recorded on September 22, 2022
As photographed by Mike Rhodes…latest photos on September 16, 2002
