New Town is roughly 6 miles north of St. Charles, but is part of the city. The development is set up like a small town and is designed to be walkable.

About 1,450 homes and businesses are there, according to a recent estimate by its governing board, including a church, market, restaurants and an amphitheater where movie nights and concerts are held.

And like many houses in New Town, the ones around the lake were built by its original builder, Greg Whittaker of Whittaker Builders and NT Homebuilders.

Whittaker, whose website bills itself as “the name that BUILT New Town,” has not been cited in the ongoing dispute about the lake wall and was not involved in its construction. But at least one more of his houses is under construction on the lake.

“There’s no issue with building homes there. There clearly isn’t. But the wall needs to be fixed and it’s going to be fixed. It should have been fixed awhile ago,” said Brad Goss, general counsel for NT Homebuilders.