Sprouting among the weedy thickets at Highland Knoll are tiny signs, one on each of the 28 abandoned lots.
In this stunted development, only one house was built before Central Bank took back the rest of the development in a foreclosure.
Last July, Central Bank forfeited the whole development in south Woodbury to the state of Minnesota for not paying taxes for five years on the lots.
In a rare twist, Washington County is holding an auction to sell all 28 lots in one package, and each of those signs marks a lot that's now up for sale.
From that auction, the City of Woodbury hopes to collect more than $1.43 million it's owed for streets and utilities for the failed development. Special assessments for those properties were never paid because the lots were never sold.
"The city will be made whole," said Eric Searles, a Woodbury planner.
He and his colleagues have been meeting with developers and builders, and there's plenty of interest in the property, Searles said.
On March 21, it will be auctioned in a tax-forfeiture proceeding, which is the first time Washington County has seen anything like this -- the forfeiture of an entire subdivision, said Steve Gransee, manager of Washington County taxpayer services.