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From
$554,000
in
Plymouth, MA
Home Type:
Townhomes
Community Type:
Amenities/Resort
2-3
beds
2-3
baths
1,671-2,543
sq. ft.
2-3
garage
At Alden’s Reach you’ll find a welcoming community with amenities that invite people to come together—first-time homeowners and active seniors, young couples, and work-at-home professionals.
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From
$439,000
in
Halifax, MA
Home Type:
Condos
Community Type:
Active-Adult
1-2
beds
1-2
baths
1,027-1,596 SF
sq. ft.
1-2
garage
We'd love to welcome you to Featherwinds. Schedule a private visit to explore the sales center, walk the site, and get an up-close look at construction progress.

From
$584,000
in
Raynham, MA
Home Type:
Townhomes
Community Type:
Master Planned
2-3
beds
2-3
baths
1,671 - 2,830 SF
sq. ft.
2-3
garage
This is Larkwood. Country life meets modern convenience in a riverside community of beautiful single-family attached condominiums designed for all ages and for both outdoor living and indoor comfort.

FUTURE COMMUNITY IN
Nashua, NH
Home Type:
Condos
Community Type:
Master Planned
Mohawk Tannery is a landmark remediation and riverfront redevelopment in Nashua—advancing through a public-private partnership with the EPA and NH DES. The 40-acre plan includes 546 new homes (316 condos + 230 apartments) and new public amenities including parks, riverwalk access, and riverfront recreation.

Alden's Reach
in
Plymouth, MA
Beds:
2-3
Baths:
2-3
Size:
1,671-2,543

Featherwinds
in
Halifax, MA
Beds:
1-2
Baths:
1-2
Size:
1,027-1,596 SF

Larkwood
in
Raynham, MA
Beds:
2-3
Baths:
2-3
Size:
1,671 - 2,830 SF
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Duxbury is one of the most expensive residential markets on the South Shore. The median home value exceeds $1 million, and recent sales in neighborhoods like Standish Shore and South Duxbury have pushed well past $1.5 million. More than 83 percent of the town's housing stock is single-family detached homes on large lots — the colonials, capes, and antique farmhouses that define Duxbury's character along Bay Road, Washington Street, and the lanes off Captains Hill. Townhomes and attached housing barely register in the inventory. If you want a new-construction townhome with a garage, modern systems, and managed exterior maintenance anywhere near Duxbury, the options are not in Duxbury itself.
That is not a criticism. Duxbury's scarcity of attached housing is a function of its zoning, its lot sizes, and the kind of town it has always been — a coastal community of roughly 16,400 people with cranberry bogs, oyster beds, and shipbuilding-era homes on tree-lined streets. But for homeowners who have lived here for decades and now want to downsize from a four-bedroom colonial with a two-acre lot, the path forward means looking 15 to 30 minutes inland, where three Thorndike Development communities offer what Duxbury's housing market does not.
Alden's Reach is about 15 minutes south of Duxbury via Route 3A, in Plymouth's newest residential corridor. It is the closest Thorndike community to Duxbury and the one that preserves the most of what Duxbury residents value: a coastal town address, waterfront dining, beach access, and conservation land within walking distance. Eight floor plans span 1,671 to 2,648 square feet across 152 homes. The range includes townhomes with first-floor primary suites, duplexes, and ground-level flats with zero stairs.
Pricing starts from $569,000 — roughly half of Duxbury's median. For buyers selling a fully paid Duxbury home and looking to free up significant equity while staying in a coastal South Shore environment, the math creates real options. The amenity package includes a pool, four-season poolhouse with fireplace lounge, fire pit, and walking trails extending into adjacent conservation land. Plymouth's harbor — restaurants, whale watching, Town Wharf, Plymouth Long Beach — is part of the daily orbit, not a weekend trip.
Larkwood is about 30 minutes west of Duxbury via Route 3 and Route 44, in a riverside setting along the Taunton River in Raynham. It offers the widest range of townhome floor plans in any Thorndike community: six designs from the single-level Hickory at 1,671 square feet to the Birch at 2,830 square feet. Every Larkwood home includes a ground-floor flex room — a dedicated space at the garage level that buyers have used as home offices, guest suites, art studios, and workshops. No other new-construction community in the region includes this feature standard.
For Duxbury buyers accustomed to larger homes and private space, the Birch plan at 2,830 square feet with a two-car garage and three levels of living offers a transition that does not feel like downsizing. Pricing runs from $559,000 to $679,000. The community sits along the Taunton River with a canoe and kayak launch, walking trails through mature woodlands, and a community garden with raised beds — a different landscape than Duxbury's salt marshes, but a genuine outdoor environment.
Featherwinds is about 15 minutes southwest of Duxbury in Halifax. It is not a townhome community — it offers elevator-served condominiums in a dedicated 55+ setting — but it belongs in this conversation because many Duxbury buyers considering townhomes are really after single-level living with no exterior maintenance. Featherwinds delivers exactly that: every home sits on one level with zero stairs from garage to front door. Four plans from $439,000.
The community includes four pickleball courts, Victory Gardens with individual raised beds, a fenced dog park, and a pool with a four-season poolhouse. The new Halifax Senior Center opens at the community entrance in fall 2026. For buyers whose priority is eliminating stairs and simplifying maintenance rather than preserving square footage, Featherwinds offers the most efficient path from a Duxbury colonial to a new-construction home.
Duxbury's appeal is not abstract. Duxbury Beach stretches for six miles along Cape Cod Bay with resident-only driving access — a tradition that defines summer here. The Myles Standish Monument on Captains Hill provides panoramic views from a 130-foot granite tower marking the town's colonial founding. The Senior Center on Mayflower Street runs one of the most active Councils on Aging on the South Shore, with fitness, education, concerts, and a transportation program that provided more than 3,100 rides to Duxbury residents last year. South Shore Health partners with the center for on-site wellness programming.
The communities described above do not require abandoning that orbit. Alden's Reach in Plymouth and Featherwinds in Halifax are both about 15 minutes away — close enough to keep the same doctors, the same beach sticker pickup, and the same Saturday morning at the French Memories bakery on Washington Street. Route 3 and Route 3A make the drive simple in both directions.
Thorndike Development has built in this area for decades. Sawyer's Reach, Summer Reach, and Thorndike at the Pinehills are all completed Plymouth communities. The current generation carries that local presence forward with updated floor plans, energy-efficient construction, and amenity packages shaped by 20 years of homeowner feedback.
Not currently. Duxbury's housing stock is more than 83 percent single-family detached homes, and new townhome construction in town is extremely limited. Alden's Reach in Plymouth, about 15 minutes south, offers townhomes from $569,000.
The Birch at Larkwood — 2,830 square feet with a two-car garage, ground-floor flex room, and three levels of living. Priced from $679,000, about 30 minutes from Duxbury center.
Duxbury's median home value exceeds $1 million. Alden's Reach starts from $569,000, Larkwood from $559,000, and Featherwinds from $439,000 — all new construction with managed maintenance. Most Duxbury sellers would free up substantial equity.
The Hickory at Larkwood is a single-level plan at 1,671 square feet with zero stairs. Featherwinds offers elevator-served condos where every home is one level. Alden's Reach has ground-level flats with no stairs.
Alden's Reach and Larkwood are open to all ages. Featherwinds requires at least one buyer to be 55 or older. All three offer single-level or first-floor-primary plans suited for active adults and downsizers.