Dreamscape
Photo by Danielle Jett
An artist's rendering of Ave Maria, which is coming to fruition during the worst real estate market since the early '90s. The town does not yet bustle like this.
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Grand Design
Photo by Dan Winters
Monaghan paid $20 million to build Ave Maria's "oratory," shown here in February.
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A Sluggish Start
Photo by Danielle Jett
As recently as February, Ave Maria's developers expected to sell 600 homes by year's end. At this point, they'll be lucky to hit their revised target of 300. There were 73 deeds on record as of October 24, and so far about 260 people have moved in.
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Just Blue Skyin'
Photo by Dan Winters
The developers planned to build 11,000 homes at Ave Maria by 2017.
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