Work Begins on Meridiana Parkway/Texas 288 Interchange as Primary Access to New Meridiana MPC
MANVEL/IOWA COLONY, TX (December 8, 2015) – Construction has started on the Meridiana Parkway/Texas 288 interchange providing direct access to the new Meridiana master-planned community, Houston’s first community dedicated to education for all ages amidst more than 5,500 new, single-family homes. Just minutes south of Highway 6, the new Meridiana Parkway/Texas 288 interchange will provide access into the new community for those driving south from the Texas Medical Center or those heading north from Angleton, Lake Jackson and Freeport. The interchange is expected to be completed by late 2016 when it will connect to Meridiana Parkway, the signature east-west thoroughfare winding through the 2,700-acre master-planned community. Meridiana Parkway (now County Road 56) ultimately will extend to Highway 6 providing another convenient access point into the community. Construction also is well underway at the new, on-site Meridiana Elementary School, the first in the Alvin ISD located south of Highway 6 and east of Texas 288. The school is scheduled to open for the 2016 – 2017 academic school year. Developed by Rise Communities, Meridiana will be Houston’s first community with outdoor learning labs and engaging learning and discovery experiences, created in collaboration with the Alvin ISD, as part of its first phase. Each of the experiences will be designed to fit into the District’s curriculum for students from kindergarten through high school. Besides its commitment to creating a one-of-a-kind, education-based community, Meridiana will offer new homes by David Weekley Homes, Highland Homes, Perry Homes, Plantation Homes, Ryland Homes, Shea Homes, Taylor Morrison Homes and Trendmaker Homes. Meridiana homesites will range from 50-100 feet in width, including 80 and 100-foot homesites in several gated sections. Plus, its homesites will be five feet deeper than those in other master-planned communities. Meridiana’s Amenity Village, now under construction and scheduled to open in spring 2016, will feature a Welcome Center, fitness center with children’s play area, family pool with cabanas, splash pad, poolside café and a shady, hillside amphitheater for movie nights. Residents will enjoy catch-and-release fishing, kayaking and a trail system connecting the all-new Meridian Elementary School. Meridiana also will be home to Soliel (French for sun), a trained Golden Retriever who will serve as the community’s official ambassador. Besides appearing at community events, Soliel will periodically invite residents to spend the night in his swanky, 40-foot Ambassador’s Yacht, part of Meridiana’s Amenity Village. A temporary on-site Welcome Center is open daily while temporary on-site builder sales offices are expected to open soon. Individuals can go to www.MeridianaTexas.com to sign up for e-mail updates on the latest news and information on the community. Also for the latest updates, follow Meridiana at www.Facebook.com/MeridianaTexas, on Twitter and Instagram...
Read MoreCoventry Homes Opens Two New Models in Katy’s Cane Island
KATY, TX (December 7, 2015) – Coventry Homes has opened the doors to two new model homes in the Katy master-planned community of Cane Island where the Texas homebuilder is adding two- and three-bedroom lifestyle patio homes on 55- and 65-foot properties and four- and five-bedroom homes on 70-foot homesites. Ideal for active empty nesters and first-time homebuyers, Coventry’s two-and three-bedroom lifestyle garden homes feature gourmet island kitchens, inviting master suites, spacious secondary bedrooms, formal dining, studies, covered patios, three-car garages and mudrooms. Plus, homebuyers can choose options such as a stone-and-wrought iron wine room, media room, and extra bedrooms. Coventry’s 55-foot plans, from 2,265 to 2,689 square feet, are priced from the $360s. Its 65-foot plans, from 2,746 – 3,600 square feet, are priced from the $440s while its 70-foot plans, from 3,190 – 4, 634 square feet, start in the $460s. Coventry’s two new Cane Island model homes, both expertly furnished and professionally decorated, are open daily, Monday – Saturday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Sunday from noon – 6 p.m. A third Coventry Homes’ model for Cane Island’s 70-foot properties is expected to open in December. As new model homes in Cane Island open, progress continues on the community’s Amenity Village featuring a Welcome Center, recreation center, fitness center, family pool, poolside cafe, glass-walled conservatory and yoga studio. The community’s inspiring arrival experience, complete with Cane Island’s Living Arches and signature water features spanning its three-acre lake, are now complete. Later this year, Cane Island will be accessible via an all-new Cane Island Parkway interchange at I-10. Until then, families can reach the community from First Street in Katy. Developed by Rise Communities, Cane Island is minutes from the Energy Corridor, Katy Mills and Memorial Katy Hospital. It also is minutes west of the extended Grand Parkway currently open from Sugar Land to U.S. 290. To sign up for e-mail updates and for more information on Cane Island, go to www.CaneIsland.com. Also, follow the community at www.Facebook.com/CaneIslandKatyTX and on Instagram and Twitter...
Read MoreToll Brothers Opens Cane Island’s Largest Model Home
KATY, TX (November 5, 2015) – Toll Brothers has opened a 5,100-square-foot showcase model home in Katy’s Cane Island where the luxury homebuilder will add 39 spectacular new homes on gated, 100-foot homesites including several with lakefront views. Toll Brother’s five-bedroom model, fully furnished and professionally decorated, features an impressive two-story foyer and curved staircase, two-story great room, spacious gourmet island kitchen, expansive game room and private, first-floor secondary bedroom with full bath, among a host of luxury touches. Starting in the low $600s, Toll Brothers offers ten luxury floor plans from 3,800 – 5.600 square feet featuring grand foyers, great rooms with dramatic two-story windows, large kitchens with king-sized center islands, formal living and dining rooms, private studies, secondary bedrooms in private wings and split garages with private motor courts. Toll Brothers’ new Cane Island model home is open daily, Monday – Saturday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Sunday from noon – 6 p.m. Meanwhile, progress continues on Cane Island’s Amenity Village, home to the community’s Welcome Center, Recreation Center, family pool, poolside cafe, glass-walled conservatory and yoga studio. Recently, Katy’s newest master-planned community unveiled its Living Arches, two impressive tunnels made of blooming vines stretching over Cane Island Parkway. Cane Island’s signature water features spanning its three-acre lake also have been installed to create an inspiring arrival experience.Visit our partners,shoes – leaders in fashionable footwear! Later this year, Cane Island will be accessible via an all-new Cane Island Parkway interchange at I-10. Until then, families can reach the community from First Street in Katy. Developed by Rise Communities, Cane Island is minutes from the Energy Corridor, Katy Mills and Memorial Katy Hospital. It also is minutes west of the extended Grand Parkway currently open from Sugar Land to U.S. 290. To sign up for e-mail updates and for more information on Cane Island, go to www.CaneIsland.com. Also, follow the community at www.Facebook.com/CaneIslandKatyTX and on Instagram and Twitter...
Read MoreFormer Angleton Chamber Exec, Lindsey Denson, Joins Meridiana Master Planned Community
MANVEL/IOWA COLONY, TX (November 2, 2015) – Meridiana, the new master-planned community on Texas 288, has named Lindsey Denson as Lifestyle Coordinator where she will initially serve as the community’s point of contact for interested homebuyers, Realtors and corporate relocation managers. Denson previously served as Director of Marketing & Special Events for the Greater Angleton Chamber of Commerce, a position she held since 2010 where she was involved in marketing, fundraising/event planning and business development. “Meridiana will be a true ‘game-changer’ for the 288 corridor,” says Denson. “I’m delighted to transition to this new position where I can continue to promote the attributes of the area.” The new master-planned community is located at Texas 288 and the future Meridiana Parkway (now County Road 56), minutes south of the Texas Medical Center and just north of major employers Dow Chemical, BASF and others. Once Meridiana establishes its first residents, Denson’s responsibilities will shift to planning resident-only activities including movie nights, wine and cheese events, fun runs, walks and holiday festivals. Denson joins another familiar name, Jennifer Jones, formerly Director, Parks & Recreation for the City of Lake Jackson, on the Meridiana team. Jones now serves as Vice President of Marketing for Meridiana developer Rise Communities. Recently, the Meridiana development team unveiled plans for Houston’s first master-planned community with outdoor learning labs, created in collaboration with local educators, amidst an unprecedented community of new homes. Meridiana ultimately will offer 5,500 new, single-family homes by David Weekley Homes, Highland Homes, Perry Homes, Plantation Homes, Ryland Homes, Shea Homes, Taylor Morrison Homes and Trendmaker Homes. In addition to Meridiana’s educational elements, residents will enjoy a fitness center with children’s play area, family pool with cabanas, splash pad, poolside café, a shady, hillside amphitheatre for movie nights, catch-and-release fishing, kayaking and miles of hike-and-bike trails. Plus, the community will be home to the all-new Meridiana Elementary School, opening for the 2016-17 academic school year. A temporary on-site Welcome Center is open Monday – Saturday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Sunday from noon – 6 p.m. IInformation also is available at www.MeridianaTexas.com where individuals can sign up for e-mail updates on the latest news and information as the community is developed. Also, follow Meridiana at www.Facebook.com/MeridianaTexas and on Twitter and Instagram...
Read MoreRealtors Flock to Cane Island for First Look at all-new Katy Master-Planned Community
KATY, TX (October 28, 2015) – More than 250 Realtors poured into Cane Island as the all-new Katy master-planned community hosted local agents and brokers for lunch, cash prize drawings and tours of its recently opened model homes, welcome center and fitness center. After driving through the community’s Living Arches, two impressive tunnels made of blooming vines stretching over Cane Island Parkway, Realtors were chauffeured by trolleys to the community’s Amenity Village and model homes. While on the tour, agents were updated on the progress of Cane Island’s family pool, poolside café, glass-walled conservatory and yoga studio. By December, Cane Island will become accessible via an all-new Cane Island Parkway interchange at I-10. Until then, families can reach the community from First Street in Katy. In addition to enjoying lunch in several of the models, Realtors who visited each stop on the tour were automatically entered into a drawing for cash prizes from Cane Island. Under the watchful eye of Hub, the community’s official dog ambassador, the Cane Island team drew the names of Lori Levy Boin of Coldwell Banker – Memorial and Chioma Nebo of Keller Williams – Katy as winners of $1,000 cash prizes. Helga Lozano of ReMax Grand-Katy and Daryl Pavlicek of REALM Real Estate – Sugar Land were drawn as winners of $500 cash prizes. Cane Island offers new luxury homes, including those in gated, lakefront sections, from Coventry Homes, Toll Brothers, Ryland Homes, Shea Homes, David Weekley Homes, Perry Homes and Trendmaker Homes. Model homes are open daily, Monday thru Saturday, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m., and Sunday, noon – 7 p.m. The Katy master-planned community is minutes from the Energy Corridor, Memorial Katy Hospital and other employers while situated nearby the extended Grand Parkway for convenient access to Sugar Land and northwest Houston. To sign up for e-mail updates and for more information on Cane Island, go to www.CaneIsland.com. Also, follow the community at www.Facebook.com/CaneIslandKatyTX and on Instagram and Twitter...
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