David Weekley Homes Continues Parade of Model Home Openings In Katy’s Cane Island
KATY, TX (October 23, 2015) – David Weekley Homes has opened the doors to its second and third model homes in Cane Island, Katy’s newest master-planned community, where the Texas homebuilder will add new luxury homes on 55 and 65-foot gated homesites. With its new model homes now open, both fully furnished and expertly decorated, homebuyers can experience two of the homebuilder’s most popular plans with these and others featuring gourmet island kitchens, open entertaining spaces, owner’s retreats, generous secondary bedrooms, studies, courtyards, covered porches and three-car garages. Optional features include outdoor living spaces, four-car tandem garages and a second study among others. David Weekley’s single-story Cane Island plans, priced from the $399s to the $440s, feature two, three and four-bedroom lifestyle options from 2,389 – 3,240 square feet. All three of David Weekley’s new Cane Island model homes, including its new luxury patio model, are open daily – Monday thru Saturday, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. and Sunday, noon – 7 p.m. While model homes in Cane Island continue to open at a fast pace, the promise of Katy’s newest master-planned community continues to take shape with the recent unveiling of its Living Arches, two impressive tunnels made of blooming vines stretching over Cane Island Parkway which illuminate nightly with a continuous synchronized light display. Cane Island’s signature fountains spanning the community’s three-acre lake also are operating to create an inspiring arrival experience. Further down Cane Island Parkway, work continues on Cane Island’s Amenity Village where residents will enjoy access to the community’s spacious recreation center, family pool, poolside cafe, glass-walled conservatory and yoga studio. Cane Island also recently welcomed its first residents, a Katy family drawn to the community for its location, amenities and selection of builders. 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 MoreNew Texas 288 Community Unveils Plans for First Community Dedicated to Education for All Ages
MANVEL/IOWA COLONY, TX (October 7, 2015) – The development team of Meridiana has unveiled its plans for Houston’s first master-planned community with outdoor learning labs, created in collaboration with local educators, where students of all ages can study the earth’s movement, the solar system, principles of gravity and velocity, wildlife habitats and more amidst an unprecedented community of new homes. Located at Texas 288 and the future Meridiana Parkway (now County Road 56) south of the Texas Medical Center, the new 2,700-acre master-planned community will be unrivaled in its commitment to education for all stages of life, according to Dan Naef, president of Rise Communities, developer of Meridiana. “When we studied the local market, what stood out most was the enormous opportunity for an education-based community, particularly one close to the Texas Medical Center,” notes Naef. Working closely with faculty of the Alvin Independent School District, the development team will create engaging learning and discovery experiences, each with dedicated websites, as part of Meridiana’s first phase. Each of the experiences will be designed to fit into the District’s curriculum for students from kindergarten through high school. In Galileo’s Lab, fixed outdoor features will allow students to study weather, water quality, the solar system, gravity and velocity. The setting with shaded, outdoor classroom space also will feature birdhouses, butterfly gardens and fauna at the water’s edge. Two other learning labs in Meridiana’s Amenity Village, a sky map and the community’s signature 60-foot Meridian Tower, will demonstrate the sun’s movement in relation to the earth. The sky map’s Solstice and Equinox lines will track the sun’s movement while the Meridian Tower will operate similar to a sun tower by casting a spot of sunlight on the ground that moves as the Earth rotates. The Meridiana conservatory will serve as a greenhouse where teachers can present curriculum on photosynthesis and plant identification. “Meridiana provides Alvin ISD teachers with another educational tool that ties into their curriculum at every age level,” says Naef who adds other learning labs will be added in the community’s second phase. Besides its commitment to creating a one-of-a-kind, education-based community, Meridiana will be home to 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. Meridiana’s homesites will range from 50-100 feet in width, including 80 and 100-foot homesites in several gated sections. Plus, Meridiana’s homesites will be five feet deeper than those in other master-planned communities. Meridiana’s Amenity Village 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. Amenities will include catch-and-release fishing, kayaking and a trail system connecting Meridian Elementary School, opening for the 2016-17 academic school year. “Hands down, we will have the best amenity package of any community in the Texas 288 submarket,” says Naef. Meridiana also will be home to Soliel (French for sun), a trained Golden Retriever who will serve as the community’s office 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. Meridiana’s impressive entry will feature a two-story LED-paneled artist wall showcasing various images behind a curtain of flowing water. A temporary on-site Welcome Center and homebuilder sales offices will open Saturday, October 17 while construction of Meridiana’s first model homes is expected to begin in November. Individuals can go to www.MeridianaTexas.com to sign up for e-mail updates on the latest news and information as the community is developed. Also, follow Meridiana atwww.Facebook.com/MeridianaTexas and...
Read MoreLuxury Lifestyle Patio Homes by David Weekley Come To Cane Island; New Patio Model Home Now Open
KATY, TX (September 28, 2015) – David Weekley Homes has opened a new luxury patio model home in Cane Island where it will build the Katy master-planned community’s first collection of single-story lifestyle patio homes on 55- and 65-foot gated homesites. Ideal for active empty nesters looking to downsize without sacrificing comfort and lifestyle, Cane Island’s new luxury patio homes by David Weekley offer spacious living and entertainment areas, gourmet island kitchens, formal dining rooms, owner’s retreats and owner’s baths with walk-in master closets, private studies and covered porches. Luxury patio homes on Cane Island’s 55-foot homesites start in the $354s with one-story plans ranging from 2,255 – 2,853 square feet. Homes on Cane Island’s 65-foot homesites start in the $399s and range from 2,564 – 3,240 square feet. Plans on both the 55- and 65-foot homesites include two and three-car garages. Optional features include a second study, walk-up attic storage space, family room fireplace, third bedroom with bath, four-car garage, French doors and expansive outdoor living area. https://www.high-endrolex.com/45 “We’re already seeing quite a bit of interest from those who raised their families in the area now looking to downsize,” notes Dan Naef, president of Rise Communities, developer of Cane Island. “From the moment buyers step inside the David Weekley patio home model, they’re surprised to see the kind of all-new lifestyle home they can enjoy.” In addition to the privacy of a gated neighborhood within Cane Island, patio home residents will enjoy access to the community’s Amenity Village featuring a spacious recreation center, family pool, poolside cafe, glass-walled conservatory and yoga studio. The 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. The David Weekley Homes luxury patio model in Cane Island is now open daily — Monday thru Saturday, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m., and Sunday, noon – 7 p.m. 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 MoreKaty’s Newest Master-Planned Community, Cane Island, Welcomes First Residents
KATY, TX (September 22, 2015) – About a year after plans for Cane Island were first unveiled, the Katy master-planned community has welcomed its first residents, a Katy family drawn to the new community for its location, amenities and builders. Ashley Warren, son Brayden and Ashley’s fiancé Justin Wagner may not have many neighbors now, but that’s expected to change soon with the completion of new luxury homes in Cane Island’s first phase. The owners of a new home by Perry Homes, Ashley and Justin moved to Cane Island from the Katy subdivision of Mason Lakes. While Cane Island’s first family enjoyed their previous home, the opportunity to own a new home in Katy’s newest master-planned community was too good to pass up. “We’re really proud to be the ‘first family’ of Cane Island,” Ashley added. “We loved working with Perry Homes. The plan we selected is perfect for our family.” Besides moving into Cane Island’s first new home, Justin and Brayden joked they’ll also try to be the first to jump into Cane Island’s new family pool, part of the master-planed community’s Amenity Village where families also will enjoy a Recreation Center, poolside cafe, glass-walled conservatory and yoga studio. In addition to Perry Homes, Cane Island offers new luxury homes by Coventry Homes, David Weekley Homes, Ryland Homes, Shea Homes, Toll Brothers and Trendmaker Homes. Several model homes are now open daily, Monday thru Saturday, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. and Sunday, noon – 7 p.m., with others opening soon. 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, Houston’s third ring road currently open from Sugar Land to U.S. 290. Families currently can reach Cane Island from First Street in Katy. Later this year, the community will be accessible via the all-new Cane Island Parkway interchange at I-10. To sign up for e-mail updates and for more information on Cane Island, go to www.CaneIsland.com. Also, follow the community atwww.Facebook.com/CaneIslandKatyTX and on Instagram and Twitter...
Read MoreJoin Hub at Cane Island’s Inaugural “Party Under The Arches”
Cane Island will host its inaugural “Party Under The Arches” on Sunday, September 6 from 7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. when the Katy master-planned community debuts an amazing synchronized light display of its Living Arches, two impressive tunnels made of blooming vines stretching over Cane Island Parkway. Free and open to the public, the event also will feature the debut of Cane Island’s signature water features spanning the community’s three-acre lake. While at “Party Under The Arches,” families will enjoy free ice cream and summer treats, pictures with Cane Island’s lovable Dog Ambassador Hub and fun DJ music. Parking will be available along Cane Island Parkway. Katy Mayor Fabol Hughes will flip the switch at 8:20 p.m. to activate the synchronized lights and water features at the Cane Island entry. After the event, the Living Arches will illuminate nightly while Cane Island’s water features will operate year-round. Families can reach Cane Island from First Street in Katy. Directions are available at www.CaneIsland.com. Also, follow the community at www.Facebook.com/CaneIslandKatyTX and on Twitter and Instagram...
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