A 2,000-acre master-planned business and residential community located between the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers in the southeastern corner of South Dakota. The $800 million project, developed by Dakota Dunes Development Company, a subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company (MEC), features housing types ranging from apartments to custom homes. Dakota Dunes also includes two business parks comprising 500 acres of commercial/light-industrial land. Its amenities include a private Arnold Palmer “designed, championship 18-hole golf course, named the best in South Dakota by Golf Digest, a 20,000-square-foot clubhouse with dining and banquet facilities, a pro shop, and a snack bar, an enclosed year-round swimming pool, and tennis courts. The community has an extensive trail system that eventually will link with trails in nearby cities. As much an economic development as a community development project, Dakota Dunes is the result of cooperation among the developer, the state of South Dakota, and neighboring local governments.

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Website: http://http://www.dakotadunes.com/
World Region: North America
Developer(s): Dakota Dunes Development Company
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Designer(s): Edward D. Stone & Associates
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