Blog entries tagged builders

Lakemont, Lakes of Savannah & West Ranch Open House Events This Weekend

Cheryl Perry — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:31:35 +0100

Three Friendswood Development Company communities are among the newest to host open house weekends, when visitors can tour new and resale homes.

Lakes of Savannah, located just two miles from SH 288 in the Pearland area, Lakemont, located Westpark Tollway and Mason Road; and West Ranch located in the City of Friendswood - will all showcase a variety of new homes ready for move-in, decorated models and resale homes open with Realtors on site to answer questions.

The event, which began in Fairfield and has continued for years, is popular among residents and home shoppers because it gives them the opportunity to see the wide variety of homes available, talk to Realtors and new home sales professionals, and often talk to residents and find out why they are making these Friendswood Development Co. communities their home.

The open house event will take place on Saturday July 10 and Sunday July 11. New homes are open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and noon to 7 p.m. Sunday. Resale homes are open from 1- p.m. until 4 p.m. on Sunday. Each community will have maps and information on all available homes and directions to new home sales offices.

Toll Brothers Joins Builder Team in West Ranch

Cheryl Perry — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:06:57 +0100

Toll Brothers will soon offer its innovative designs in West Ranch. This nationally known builder will feature a variety of one- and two-story home designs in Creekside starting in the high $300,000s.

For more than 40 years, Toll Brothers has been building luxury designs in prime locations throughout the country, and West Ranch is the company’s newest Houston location.

Toll Brothers has been honored with some of the housing industry’s most coveted awards including America’s Best Builder, National Builder of the Year and the National Housing Quality Award.

A Fortune 1000 company, Toll Brothers, Inc. is the successor to three generations of home builders and is a publicly owned company.

A sales office is planned to open this summer in West Ranch. For more information, call 281-992-2770 or visit www.tollbrothers.com.

Partners in Building Joins West Ranch Builder Line-up

Cheryl Perry — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:05:41 +0100

Partners in Building will soon be offering its luxury home designs in West Ranch. A temporary sales office will open in early July and a decorated model is planned to open this fall. Known for its innovative designs, Partners in Building is one of the largest custom home builders in Texas.

Homes by Partners in Building in West Ranch will be priced from the mid $400,000s and include a variety of spacious one- and two-story designs that will be built in the Estates on some of the largest home sites in the community.

An impressive selection of floor plans will be available to custom buyers in West Ranch, where they can choose from existing designs or create one of their own.

Home buyers will also benefit from the company’s more than 50 years of success in home building and a team of experienced professionals who will assist them in every aspect of the home building process.

Partners in Building, known for its flexibility in working with each buyer to personalize his or her home, is also known for offering a vast array of design choices and some sought after features that buyers can consider adding to a home such as:

Secret spaces, hidden passages, rooms and safes
Wine grottos, hobby rooms, prayer rooms and mud rooms
Feng Shui interior designs
Pass-through 'car-wash' showers & custom closet systems
Media rooms and custom theatre rooms
Outdoor living spaces, summer kitchens, outdoor fireplaces
Elegant stone, stucco or brick exteriors; patios & balconies
Custom ceiling treatments, third- story lofts, guest suites

For more information on Partners In Building in West Ranch, call 281-482-4600.

Construction Begins on New Highland Homes Model in West Ranch

Cheryl Perry — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:38:17 +0100

Construction is underway for Highland Homes’ new model in West Ranch, Friendswood Development Company’s master-planned community located just off FM 518 in the exemplary rated Friendswood Independent School District.

The two-story model is one of the newest designs for Highland Homes and is one of many innovative new plans now offered in Creekside at West Ranch, where Highland’s homes are priced from the $340,000s.

Plan 615A is a two-story home with more than 3,700 square feet, four bedrooms, three full baths and two half baths, and a three-car garage. It is priced from the $420,000s and is planned to open in May, although sales are now underway. For more information on Highland Homes in West Ranch, contact John Crawford at 281-844-1854.

Highland Homes’ one- and two-story home designs in West Ranch range in size from 2,690 to nearly 4,400 square feet and offer two- and three-car garages, and all are built on extra large home sites.

Highland Homes joins Trendmaker Homes and Village Builders in West Ranch, where new sections are now open. New homes are priced from the $290,000s to the $700,000s and students attend exemplary rated schools at all grade levels.

Sales offices and model homes are open daily.

"This is the Most Beautiful Building in Friendswood"

Greg Rivera — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:15:11 +0100

That is a big statement for a building, but that is exactly how The Friendswood Park Plaza office building at 907 S. Friendswood Drive is being described. Right across the street from City Hall this building is now a staple location in Friendswood offering office space in 100% of its 20,400 sq ft of space.

Offering 100% of floor space to offices would not have been possible with the original zoning of the building as Neighborhood Financial which limited office space to 60% of gross floor space. In order to make this change happen Crystal Creek Developers requested a zoning re-classification for which the Friendswood City Council was pleased to accept. “They didn’t have to do that,” shared Jim Barr, Friendswood City Council member, “They’re doing this at their own expense to make it more attractive for the people of Friendswood. I think it’s impressive what they’ve done.”

Crystal Creek Developers LLC built the Friendswood Park Plaza according to the design and plans created by P.E. Square Engineering and Everest Design Group LLC (all housed in the new building). Requesting a re-zoning as Downtown District was not the only optional step that Crystal Creek took to make the building more attractive for the City of Friendswood, they also spent an extra $80,000 to put in 48-inch storm pipes beneath the parking lot instead of building a detention pond which can be an eyesore. “It’s got everything you could possibly want,” said Sally Harris Branson of Raymond James Financial who recently moved into the new building.

The building is nestled closer to the street than most office buildings, with a second floor balcony that looks directly onto Friendswood Drive and City Hall. The design included a wide paved walkway and landscaping surrounding the earth tones on the outside of the building. There is a common conference room on the second floor with high ceilings, offering the newest electronics and technology. To top it off the Executive suites on the second floor offer internet, digital phones, cable television and utilities along with a receptionist service, common kitchen area, exercise room with a shower, and janitorial services.

In mid-December, after only being open for one month, the building was already 80% leased. Among the many businesses making full use of the offered space are American Home Design, Edwina Alexis Interiors, Insight Interests LLC, John E. Smith & Associates, Kelm Engineering, Macek Power, Prince Properties, Revive Skin Body & Wellness LLC, Turner Meditation and many more along with a French style deli set to open on the first floor.

There has been a market and demand for prime office space and now there is a prime place to obtain it – Friendswood Park Plaza – a great building to start a great New Year.