What Is Eastridge Heights?
The Newport City Council recently gave preliminary approval to a new single-family home development called Eastridge Heights.
Proposed by Summergate Development, a Lakeville-based developer, the project would bring 73 new homes to the northern part of Newport at the southwest corner of Bailey Road and Sterling Avenue. David Weekley Homes is set to be the builder on the project.
The gross site area totals 58.75 acres, but the Mississippi River bluffs, right-of-way easements, and an overhead powerline easement reduce the net buildable area to approximately 29 acres.
That constraint also creates one of the development's most appealing features — a handful of lots that back directly up to the bluffs and offer views of the Mississippi River.
What Will Homes Cost?
Pricing for homes in Eastridge Heights is expected to range from around $650,000 to more than $1 million.
That positions this development firmly in the move-up and luxury new construction segment for the east metro.
- Site construction is scheduled to begin in early summer of this year
- Home construction is projected to start in spring 2027
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What This Means for the East Metro Market
Newport sits in a corridor that includes Cottage Grove, St. Paul Park, and southern Washington County — communities that have drawn steady buyer interest as inventory in closer-in suburbs has stayed tight.
A development of this scale and price point is meaningful.
It confirms that developers see real demand in this part of the metro, and it adds to a pipeline of new housing that could reshape how buyers and sellers think about this stretch of the east metro over the next several years.
For current homeowners near Bailey Road and Sterling Avenue, new development nearby tends to bring:
- Infrastructure attention
- Increased buyer awareness of the neighborhood
- Comparable sales that can support property values over time
Should You Be Watching Newport?
If you're considering a move to the east metro, or if you already own in Newport, Cottage Grove, or St. Paul Park, this kind of development is worth tracking.
New inventory at this price point near the Mississippi bluffs does not come around often in this corridor.
Thinking about buying or selling in the Twin Cities? Let's talk.
Text Darin Bjerknes at 612-702-5126 or DM on Instagram @darintheminnesotan.
