City living; New single-family developments are bringing people back to urban areas.(Homes)

Byline: JENNIFER GISH - STAFF WRITER

A widow and retiree, Cindy Scott wanted to shed her large country home for something more manageable in a more convenient location. But she wasn't interested in a town house or a condo. She wanted four walls all to herself, and for the first time in her life, she decidedshe wanted those four walls to be new.

But she couldn't find anyone to build it.

"I was downsizing, and I couldn't find anybody that wanted to build smaller houses," says Scott, who used to live in East Schodack. "Everybody wanted (to build) great big, huge Colonials, and I didn't need that."

Then she found Eastland Park, a 22-homesite, …