When it is complete, Central Parke will have 609 residences, including condominiums by Sturbridge Homes, villas (town homes) by Craftstar Homes and Drees Homes  and single-family homes by Michael Harris Homes.   The condos are in four story buildings situated in the middle of the community and come in four floor plans; each unit has a garage, and home sizes range from 1,465 square feet to 1,703 square feet. Standard features include 9-foort ceilings, a private patio or deck, open floor plans, marble vanities and 5-piece bathrooms.  Prices start in the high $200,000s and top out at $325,000.

The community provides regularly scheduled maintenance which includes fertilizing and mowing lawns, mulching, cleaning gutters and shoveling snow from driveways and lead walks up to front doors and garages, as well as edging, pesticide management, shrub trimming and planting bed upkeep. For condo owners, further maintenance includes all outside maintenance (painting), elevator maintenance and foyer and hallway cleaning.   Central Parke also has a professional property manager who ensures that the community is maintained.  

Seniors here enjoy a lovely setting; the community stretches along a one-acre lake with fountains, and an attractive waterfall greets all who enter the front gate.  There are fitness trails, four Victorian gardens and two tennis court centers.  The 13,500 square foot Resort Club, also with a Victorian theme, is state-of-the-art and provides a large indoor pool and an outdoor pool, an expansive terrace, an auditorium, a fitness center, a sauna and a business center with a library.   Central Parke at Victoria Falls was recently named the Best Active Adult Community in the nation by the National Association of Homebuilders' 50+ Housing Council for the second consecutive year. 

Laurel (population 22,000) is a quiet bedroom community where the average home price is $404,000, and the median household income is $49,000.   The city has a crime rate higher than the national average thanks to its close proximity to major cities.   The local hospital is Laurel Regional Hospital and there are three other hospitals within nine miles, and two nationally known hospitals, Johns Hopkins and Georgetown University Hospital, are close at hand.   Parks, museums, water activities, fine dining, athletic events and shopping are all within a 30 minute drive;  Laurel itself has a small historic district.

The climate in this part of the country has summer temperatures in the 80s with an average of 70% humidity.  Winter temperatures range from the 20s to the 40s.   The area receives 4 inches of precipitation per month on average, some of which is snow.  The skies are cloudy or partly cloudy 60% of the time.