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Neighborhoods

Chanhassen Lake Homes

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We Minnesotans love our lakes. We fish em’, swim in them, boat on them and just plain old look at them. It’s part of the culture and heritage. We have more boats per capita and buy more fishing licenses than any other state.  We talk about going to the lake or to the cabin, as [...]

Carver Beach

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The Carver Beach area is one of the most interesting jumble of neighborhoods in Chanhassen. It’s also one of the oldest. The area used to be loaded cabins and Lotus Lake was a weekend get away destination for Minneapolis residents. Many of the original cabins are there in one form or another, but recently many [...]

Lotus Lake Estates

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Lotus Lake Estates is my kind of Chanhassen neighborhood. Heavily treed lots, one of a kind homes and a keen sense of community developed by having shared lake access. The neighborhood has only 43 homes, and each one is as unique as the people who live there. Located on the east edge of Lotus Lake, [...]

Colonial Grove

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This is the neighborhood Herb built. Maybe not all of it, but Herb Bloomberg’s influence is found in many of the homes in this unique neighborhood. Herb was a fixture in Chanhassen for decades and is probably best known for his ownership of The Chanhassen Dinner Theater complex. He also designed and built many homes [...]

Old Chan

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I can describe Old Chanhassen in one word. Charming. The homes, the parks, the lake, the feel are so unlike the rest of the city. These are the original neighborhoods where the first families in the area settled. While most of  Chanhassen’s growth was in the 1980s and beyond, these homes date to the 1950s, 1960s, [...]

Curry Farms, Shadow Ridge, Pheasant Hill, Burlwood, Willow Ridge, White Tail Cove

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It’s mashup time! This post by the Chanhassen Real Estate Blog combines 6 neighborhoods into one area. I did this not because I’m lazy, (my wife may disagree) but to give a better representation of the area. These Chanhassen neighborhoods have many similarities and give a better sampling of the real estate market than if [...]

Fox Hollow

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I had not been through Fox Hollow for quite some time and was pleased to see that not much had changed in the past few years. The trees were a little bigger but the flavor of the neighborhood still remained. And neighborhood is the key word here, with the emphasis on neighbor. I took these [...]

Near Mountain

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I love Near Mountain. There, I’ve said it, but please don’t judge me. One of the reasons I love this particular Chanhassen development is because of the land it sits on. This is one of the prettiest homesites in the southwest suburbs. The trees in Near Mountain are mature and varied. The contour of the [...]

Brookhill

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Back in the day, when the kids were younger, we would go door-to-door singing Christmas carols to the residents of Brookhill. It was within walking distance of our church, Family of Christ Lutheran, so we gathered our troops and sang our hearts out with the spirit of the season. Well, the adult chaperones did. The [...]

Chanhassen Hills

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When the kids were younger, every year we would go to Chanhassen Hills to view their Christmas displays. It seemed like every home was decorated and that neighbors joined together to create a winter wonderland just for us. Each street got better and better and the car was full of “oohs and aahhs” from the [...]

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