Grandview Partners has sued D.R. Horton, alleging the homebuilder backed out of a $25M agreement to buy 180 lots at Aurora’s Windler development near DIA.
The developer of a large master planned community near Denver International Airport has filed a lawsuit accusing D.R. Horton of backing out of a multimillion dollar land purchase, according to BusinessDen. Grandview Partners, the developer of the Windler community in Aurora, alleges that the homebuilder withdrew from a contract valued at roughly 25 million dollars for 180 residential lots.
Windler Homestead spans about 850 acres and is being redeveloped into a mixed use community known as Windler. Plans call for approximately 5,800 residential units along with millions of SF of retail and industrial space. The property was formerly a family farm dating back to 1881. Homes currently being built in Windler range from about 1,300 SF priced near 400,000 dollars to roughly 2,300 SF priced around 670,000 dollars. Multiple homebuilders are active at the site, though Grandview says D.R. Horton will no longer be among them.
According to the lawsuit filed Nov. 19 in Adams County District Court, D.R. Horton signed a purchase agreement in December 2023. Grandview states that it invested millions of dollars following the agreement, including work related to infrastructure, engineering, and coordination with contractors and government agencies.
The lawsuit claims the relationship changed in April 2025, when D.R. Horton missed quarterly earnings expectations and made internal leadership changes within its Denver division. Grandview alleges that Horton sought to renegotiate pricing and closing timelines before ultimately withdrawing from the deal in November.
Grandview is asking the court to award 2.5 million dollars in earnest money already paid by Horton, along with about 216,000 dollars held in escrow for excavation work completed at the site. D.R. Horton did not respond to requests for comment. The case is assigned to Judge Patrick Pugh.