The Harmon family is on board with Lennar’s Harmon Ranch plan, which will bring 63 single-family homes to a long-vacant site on Oak Knoll Road in Poway and keep the historic cobblestone Harmon House in place. The project is framed as the realization of the family’s long-standing vision for the land, with a mix of small private recreation areas for residents and a public overlook along Poway Creek.
Sherry Harmon-Urena told The San Diego Union-Tribune that her parents would have been proud of the project and that the family deliberately chose a builder focused on creating homes for future generations. In the same coverage, Ryan Green, Lennar’s San Diego division president, said site work started in late 2024 and that the company expects construction to wrap up around mid-2027.
What’s Being Built
According to Lennar’s community listing, Harmon Ranch offers three floor plans, each roughly between 2,600 and 3,100 square feet, in four- and five-bedroom configurations with multiple exterior styles. The builder describes the neighborhood as actively selling, with move-in-ready homes and model-home tours for prospective buyers, per Lennar.
Park and Preservation
The roughly 11.5-acre site is guided by the city’s Harmon Ranch Specific Plan, which authorizes 63 new homes while preserving the locally designated Harmon House, a cobblestone residence dating to 1933. The plan also sets aside about 3.2 acres of open space and calls for an approximately 5,600-square-foot Poway Creek overlook on the south side of Oak Knoll Road. That overlook will be open to the public and maintained by the community association, according to city planning documents (City of Poway).
Price, Sales and Timeline
Lennar lists Harmon Ranch as “actively selling,” with base prices starting in the upper $1.3 million range and several move-in-ready units already promoted on the builder’s site. Company officials told The San Diego Union-Tribune that construction began in late 2024 and that the neighborhood is expected to be completed by mid-2027.
Approval and Reaction
The Poway City Council approved the Harmon Ranch Specific Plan in April 2024, following what was described as a contentious public hearing. The project won approval on a 4-1 vote, with Deputy Mayor Caylin Frank voting no, according to NBC 7 San Diego. The land sale that paved the way for Lennar’s project was brokered by Colliers and detailed by Connect CRE, and public speakers at the council hearing raised concerns about density and traffic impacts.
What It Means for Poway
City planners and Lennar say Harmon Ranch is designed to mesh with nearby neighborhoods by adding internal private streets and trails and by placing new homes within the Poway Unified School District. Those elements were weighed during environmental and design review. With the historic Harmon House preserved and small public access points such as the Poway Creek overlook included, officials present Harmon Ranch as an effort to add housing while still respecting the site’s historic character, according to city planning documents and the builder’s materials.
