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Stapleton retained its ranking in 2010 as the top Denver-area master-planned community, according to a report released on Friday.

Last year, Stapleton captured 7.4 percent all new home closings, according to data compiled by Hanley Wood Market Intelligence and released by the Genesis Group, a real estate marketing research and analysis firm. Stapleton boasted a 20 percent increase in new home closings in 2010 compared with a 6 percent decline throughout the metropolitan area.

John S. Lehigh, president of master developer Forest City Stapleton, Inc., attributed the success to the quality of life Stapleton has achieved through its commitment to sustainable development, a reputation recently highlighted when HGTV built its 2011 Green Home at Stapleton.

“Stapleton continues to enjoy strong housing sales in spite of a very difficult economy,” Lehigh said. “Our homebuilders offer a range of housing types and prices that has strong appeal to the market, capitalizing on Stapleton’s reputation as one of the most desirable and successful new neighborhoods in the nation.”

Central Park West

Stapleton is moving forward on a new neighborhood, which he expects will draw more buyers.

“We are now carrying that momentum forward to the development now underway for the new Central Park West neighborhood,” Lehigh said.

Central Park West is immediately adjacent to the new Swigert-McAuliffe International K-8 school Denver Public Schools will open at East 35th Avenue and Syracuse Street in August. One of the last two neighborhoods to be developed on the south side of I-70, Central Park West is centrally located and benefits from some of the best amenities Stapleton has to offer. The E. 29th Ave Town Center is a 5-minute walk to the south and the 80-acre Stapleton Central Park is located across the street to the east. The Quebec Square Retail Center is immediately north of 35th Avenue and the future Stapleton transit oriented development and an RTD FasTracks rail stop will be located to the north of the Central Park West neighborhood along Uinta Street.

Central Park West will be comprised of approximately 375 homes ranging in price from the mid $100,000s for row homes to more than $700,000 for single family detached homes.

“Mews,” the cat’s meow

“Central Park West has unique open space and landscape features designed to define its unique character and identity,” said Heidi Majerik, director of development for Forest City Stapleton, Inc. “The use of integrated linear open spaces called “mews” will provide public open space immediately fronting homes, becoming the focus of the neighborhood and a place for residents to interact and foster a sense of community. ”

Majerik said Central Park West will have energy efficient “smarter” homes that increase Stapleton’s residential sustainability performance to the highest levels to date. Builders selected by Forest City to build homes in this new neighborhood include: