minisubdivision

English

Etymology

mini- +‎ subdivision

Noun

minisubdivision (plural minisubdivisions)

1. A small group of houses all constructed by the same builder in the same area.
   • 1998, Dana Stabenow, Fire and Ice, page 80:

     That morning Liam made three wrong turns, one that ended on a shaky dock built of oiled piling and worm-eaten planks jutting over the road, one that ended in a minisubdivision of six two-story houses on a perfect circle, all with identical blue vinyl siding, green asphault shingles, and rooster weather vanes, and a third that would have taken him twenty-five miles south to the small air force base at the end of the road.

   • 2000 September, Adrienne Hall, “Property Rights or Extortion?”, in Backpacker, volume 28, number 189, page 22:

     In Colorado's Holy Cross Wilderness, developer Tom Chapman says he plans to create a minisubdivision of trophy homes, with prices ranging from $2.5 million for a cabin to $8 million for a seven-bedroom residence.

   • 2014, Nicole Cifax-Garner, Make Time for Love, →ISBN:

     Richard and I communicated by cell phone, numerous emails and via fax to make sure the construction of our minisubdivision project went smoothly, too.