Month-Long Apple Fest Debuts in October in Katy’s Cane Island
KATY, TX (August 25, 2016) – One of the area’s newest master-planned communities, Katy’s Cane Island, will host Apple Fest, a month-long celebration of the most widely grown fruit symbolic of education, great-tasting sweets and fall family fun. Free and open to the public every weekend in October, Apple Fest will present all-things apple, from candied apples and pie-eating contests to apple cider and apple ale tastings. Both Apple Fest celebrations will feature food trucks, DJ music along with apple-themed games and bounce houses for the kids. Visitors to the Apple Fest weekend celebrations also can enter a drawing for the chance to win a new Apple Watch. Hours for Apple Fest in Cane Island are Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Sundays, noon – 6 p.m. While Apple Fest festivities will be held in the community’s new resort-style Amenity Village, Cane Island also offers the opportunity for families to tour model homes by Houston’s leading homebuilders, each fully furnished and expertly decorated. Go to www.applefesthouston.com for a complete schedule of events. To reach Cane Island, take the new Cane Island Parkway exit off Interstate 10 minutes west of the Grand Parkway. Head north on Cane Island Parkway and take the temporary detour into the...
Read MoreCane Island Hosts Hub’s Jump-a-Palooza, Kids Story Time and More
KATY, TX (August 19, 2016) – The Katy master-planned community of Cane Island continues its schedule of community events in September when families can enjoy bounce houses, kids story time, wine tastings and Movies on the Lawn. Open to the public, each event will be held at Cane Island’s all-new Amenity Village, 2100 Cane Island Parkway. To reach Cane Island, take the new Cane Island Parkway exit off Interstate 10, head north on the parkway and take the temporary detour into the community. Cane Island’s loveable dog ambassador will host Hub’s Jump-a-Palooza on Saturday, September 3 from noon – 4 when kids can enjoy endless bounce house fun on the Amenity Village lawn. Cane Island’s weekly kids story time, Hub’s Tales, continues Wednesday, September 7 starting at 10 a.m. with a different story presented every Wednesday of the month. On Friday, September 16, join the Cane Island Wine Club to experience the great-tasting wines of Argentina and Chile from 6:30 – 8 p.m. Admission is $15 for non-residents. Call the Cane Island Welcome Center, (281) 725-6555, for reservations. Cane Island’s month-long event schedule concludes Friday, September 23 at 7:30 p.m. when its Movie on the Lawn series presents the fantasy adventure film, The Jungle Book, on the community’s giant screen. Free popcorn will be served while lawn chairs and blankets are welcome. For more information, visit the Cane Island calendar of events page at www.caneisland.com/events. Also, follow the community at www.Facebook.com/CaneIslandKatyTX and on Instagram and Twitter @caneislandkaty. One of the most sought-after master-planned communities west of Houston, Cane Island offers new luxury homes from the $200’s to the millions, including those in gated sections and on prized cul-de-sac homesites from Coventry Homes, Toll Brothers, Ryland Homes, Shea Homes, David Weekley Homes, Perry Homes and Trendmaker Homes. The community also offers an exclusive, gated custom home section, The Estates at Cane...
Read MoreWine Tasting, Football Watch Party Come to Katy’s Cane Island
KATY, TX (August 1, 2016) – The Katy master-planned community of Cane Island will host several community events in August including a wine tasting, football watch party, barbecue and Movie on the Lawn. Open to the public, each event will be held at Cane Island’s all-new Amenity Village, 2100 Cane Island Parkway. To reach Cane Island, take the new Cane Island Parkway exit off Interstate 10, head north on the parkway and take the temporary detour into the community. Join the Cane Island Wine Club on Friday, August 12 for an introduction to wines from Australia and New Zealand. Admission is $15 per person. To reserve your space, contact Cane Island Lifestyle Coordinator Olivia Montagna at olivia@caneisland.com. The Cane Island BBQ Bash is scheduled for Saturday, August 20 from 4 – 7 p.m. when families can enjoy slow-smoked favorites, for a small charge, from Mundy’s BBQ and beer from No Label Brewery. On Friday, August 26, Cane Island’s Mobile Amenity Center, with its 240 square-foot screen, will broadcast the Katy Tigers opening football game as the defending Texas 6A Division II State Champions begin their title defense at Austin Westlake starting at 7:30 p.m. Cane Island’s month-long event schedule concludes Saturday, August 27 when its Movie on the Lawn presents Star Wars: The Force Awakens on the community’s giant screen. Free popcorn will be served while lawn chairs and blankets are welcome. For more information, visit the Cane Island calendar of events page at www.caneisland.com/events. Also, follow the community at www.Facebook.com/CaneIslandKatyTX and on Instagram and Twitter @caneislandkaty. One of the most sought-after master-planned communities west of Houston, Cane Island offers new luxury homes from the $200’s to the millions, including those in gated sections and on prized cul-de-sac homesites from Coventry Homes, Toll Brothers, Ryland Homes, Shea Homes, David Weekley Homes, Perry Homes and Trendmaker Homes. The community also offers an exclusive, gated custom home section, The Estates at Cane...
Read MoreCustom Home Builders Announced for The Estates at Cane Island
KATY, TX (July 20, 2016) – Four of Houston’s leading custom home builders have been selected for The Estates at Cane Island, the exclusive custom home neighborhood in the Katy master-planned community featuring 22 half-acre homesites with spectacular lakefront views and forested settings. Jeff Paul Custom Homes, Mike Harrison Custom Homes, Westport Custom Homes and William David Custom Homes, each with decades in the design and construction of luxury custom residences, will begin construction of their first Cane Island custom homes by late summer. The half-acre homesites start in the low $200’s. “We carefully evaluated the custom home builders who could deliver on craftsmanship, comfort and technology,” says Beth Naef, custom home sales manager for the new Cane Island neighborhood. “Each has a distinguished reputation for excellence throughout the Houston area. We’re certainly delighted to bring them to The Estates at Cane Island.” Home prices in The Estates at Cane Island are expected to start at over $1 million, Naef adds. Among its many amenities, Cane Island’s gated section of luxury custom homes will feature Houston’s first “Street Pantries” to create a secure and convenient way for online purchases, groceries, dry cleaning and other items to be delivered directly to the home, particularly when a resident is away. The garage-attached, air-conditioned spaces will be equipped with shelving, a rod for dry cleaning deliveries and electrical outlet for an optional, powered ice chest for storing groceries for an extended time. As an added convenience, the homeowner will receive a text message when a delivery is made according to a passcode assigned to each service. User codes can be changed, deleted or programmed to work during a specified time range when a delivery is expected. The Estates at Cane Island also will feature hundreds of mature trees that will change accent color over the course of the night via a custom tree lighting program. Streets in the new section also will be lined with illuminated, mature trees. To reach Cane Island, take the new Cane Island Parkway exit off Interstate 10, head north on the parkway and take the temporary detour into the community. For more information and tours of The Estates at Cane Island, contact Beth Naef at beth@cirealtyTX.com or at 702-682-6529. To learn more about Cane Island and to sign up for e-mail updates from the community, go to www.CaneIsland.com. Also, follow the community at www.Facebook.com/CaneIslandKatyTX and on Instagram and...
Read MoreCane Island Introduces Realtor Incentive Program For Remainder of 2016
KATY, TX (June 20, 2016) – Realtors can earn up to a $3,000 bonus with the sale of every new home in Cane Island, plus be automatically entered into an end-of-year drawing for a $10,000 gift card, as part of the all-new Katy master-planned community’s Realtor incentive program for 2016. Beginning July 1, Cane Island will award Realtors with a $1,000 bonus gift card for their first new home sale; $2,000 for their second new home sale; and $3,000 for every new home sale to follow in 2016. With the sale of their third new Cane Island home, Realtors will be automatically entered into an end-of-year drawing for a $10,000 grand prize. Plus, they will receive a bonus entry in the grand prize drawing for every additional new home sold in Cane Island during the year. New home sales must be contracted by December 31, 2016 to qualify. Realtors who have sold new homes in Cane Island from January 1 – June 30, 2016 will be automatically elevated to the appropriate incentive level. To register in the Cane Island Realtor incentive program, Realtors must simply attend a 30-minute tour of the community and its Amenity Village as led by Dan Naef, president of Rise Communities, developer of Cane Island. Bagels and Prizes Tours will be held Tuesday mornings starting at 9 a.m., Thursday Wine, Cheese and Prizes Tours will start at 4 p.m. Thirty-minute tours for entire sales offices can be scheduled separately. Both can be arranged by contacting Cane Island Lifestyle Director Olivia Montagna at Olivia@caneisland.com. After touring, Cane Island-certified Realtors will be listed on the community’s website along with their photos. “Featured” Realtors will receive additional exposure. To reach Cane Island from I-10, take the new Cane Island Parkway exit, head north on the parkway and follow the temporary detour to the community. Cane Island offers new homes from the $200’s to the millions, including those in gated sections and on cul-de-sac homesites from Coventry Homes, Toll Brothers, Ryland Homes, Shea Homes, David Weekley Homes, Perry Homes and Trendmaker Homes. It also offers a new custom home neighborhood, The Estates at Cane Island. For more information on Cane Island, its new homes and resort-style Amenity Village, go to www.CaneIsland.com. Also, follow the community at www.Facebook.com/CaneIslandKatyTX and on Instagram and...
Read MoreCooper Wade Headlines Month-Long Cane Island Summer Concert Series
KATY, TX (May 17, 2016) – The new Katy master-planned community of Cane Island will present its Summer Concert Series every Friday night in June on the shady lawn of the community’s Amenity Village where families can enjoy blues, jazz and classic rock, free kids activities and events in the Cane Island conservatory. Country music sensation Cooper Wade kicks off the concert series on June 3 followed by saxophonist and vocalist David Caceres (June 10), the zydeco and blues sounds of Bourbon Street (June 17), and the classic rock sounds of the Grateful Geezers (June 24). Each free concert starts at 7 p.m. with the Cane Island amenity lawn opening for activities at 6:30 p.m. The summer concert is open to the public. Lawn chairs are welcome. As part of each summer concert, guests can purchase tickets for wine tastings, “Bits and Bites” special culinary presentations and more inside the Cane Island conservatory. Snacks also will be available in the Cane Island outdoor café. To reach Cane Island from I-10, take the new Cane Island Parkway exit, head north on the parkway and follow the temporary detour to Cane Island. Cane Island offers new homes from the $200’s to the millions, including those in gated sections and on cul-de-sac homesites from Coventry Homes, Toll Brothers, Ryland Homes, Shea Homes, David Weekley Homes, Perry Homes and Trendmaker Homes. It also offers a new custom home neighborhood, The Estates at Cane Island. For more information on Cane Island, its new homes and resort-style Amenity Village, go to www.CaneIsland.com. Follow the community at www.Facebook.com/CaneIslandKatyTX and on Instagram and Twitter...
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