Westerly is where Colorado living meets intentional community design. The community reflects Southern Land Company’s (SLC) belief that neighborhoods should feel welcoming, connected, and rooted in the land. As the modern expression of community living, Westerly blends architecture, landscape, and lifestyle in a way that feels both timeless and forward-looking.
Here, the spirit of adventure meets an authentic sense of belonging. As “The Front Porch of the Front Range,” Westerly embodies Colorado’s welcoming spirit through design that invites connection.
The Art of Place
At Westerly, architecture and design are central. Guided by SLC’s commitment to intentional design, every detail has been crafted so that beauty and function coexist naturally to support connection.
Tree-lined avenues and welcoming front porches create a sense of arrival and belonging. Every home features a front porch that lines up harmoniously with its neighbors, fostering natural connections while maintaining visual variety—no two homes on the same street or across from each other share the same color scheme.
Because design, landscape, and lifestyle are imagined by SLC’s in-house team, Westerly feels seamless from street to garden to gathering space. SLC sets the community vision while our in-house homebuilding team, SLC Homes, along with DRB Homes and McStain Neighborhoods, brings that vision to life through distinctive architectural styles.
Westerly offers functional architecture designed for how people actually live. Featuring single-story homes, two-story homes, townhomes, and villas, the community provides timeless floor plans for every lifestyle and life stage.
Nature as Design
Nature is foundational at Westerly. Every trail, courtyard, and park is designed to bring nature into the daily rhythm of life. Streets will be shaded by mature tree canopies within five years, creating walkable, serene corridors that change with the seasons.
SLC’s horticultural artistry is evident throughout. Plantings are hand-selected to accentuate each home’s architecture. Details like garden walls, window boxes, and hedgerows frame entries with living architecture, while a dedicated horticultural team ensures the landscape evolves with grace and intention.
From the smallest window box to the sweeping Village Green, every detail reinforces a simple truth: when beauty and nature are intertwined, wellness follows naturally.
Living Well, Now and Into the Future
Westerly prioritizes walkability, green spaces, lifestyle, and intentional connectivity. SLC’s Five-Minute Rule ensures every home is a short walk from trails, gathering spaces, or parks, creating a natural rhythm of daily connection.
An on-site, full-time lifestyle manager orchestrates daily activities, community events, resident-hosted clubs, and partnerships with local artisans, farmers, and wellness practitioners. With housing diversity across life stages and a future Town Center with shops, cafes, and gathering spaces, Westerly reflects SLC’s belief in complete communities that evolve as life does.
At Westerly, every path, porch, and park reflects the simple truth that beauty, well-being, and belonging go hand in hand. Explore the community at WesterlyColorado.com.
About the Author
Malee Tobias is Senior Vice President of Marketing for Community Development at Southern Land Company, where she oversees the comprehensive marketing strategy for master-planned communities, including brand and creative, marketing technology and analytics, and consumer and market research. She shapes the strategic vision, storytelling, and market positioning of communities while supporting the expansion and growth of the community development and homebuilding business.
With over two decades of leadership in premier real estate organizations, Malee integrates economics, consumer insights, and marketplace trends to solve complex development challenges. Her approach combines data-driven analysis with collaborative strategy across acquisitions, marketing, product planning, and brand development.
A graduate of UCLA and Harvard, Malee chairs the Urban Land Institute National Community Development Council and is passionate about mentoring the next generation of talent in real estate and urban planning.
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