HOUSTON | Metro/Suburban Area Developments

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League City

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2025/10/28/hines-league-city-lloyd-community.html

Hines reveals details, homebuilders for 1,500-acre League City community


By Florian Martin – Growth editor, Houston Business Journal
Oct 28, 2025

Hines has revealed more details on a giant new community it is developing in League City.

The Houston-based developer said it purchased 1,532 acres on the city’s west side on Oct. 15 from the Lloyd family for a master-planned community with 2,730 single-family homes to be built within the next six to eight years.

The company has selected homebuilders Highland Homes, Newmark Homes, Westin Homes, David Weekley Homes and Chesmar Homes. It expects to break ground on the first phase next June and deliver the first 358 homesites — which will be 50, 60 and 70 feet wide — by late 2027.

Hines anticipates houses will be priced from $400,000 to $800,000. The yet-to-be-named community also will include a 26-acre school site in the Clear Creek Independent School District, a resort-style pool, a clubhouse and more than 400 acres of parks and trails, including a 32-acre park to be dedicated to the city. Groundbreaking for the amenities is expected in 2027. Hines also will build an extension of Bay Area Boulevard to FM 517.

“This is one of the last large-scale development opportunities in Clear Creek ISD, and we’re excited to deliver a high-quality community in a submarket with strong demographics, excellent schools, and access to major employment centers,” Rob Witte, Hines’ senior managing director and head of residential land development and self-storage for the Americas, said in a news release.

The area, known as the Lloyd tract, is north of FM 517, south of League City Parkway, west of Hobbs Road and east of McFarland Road, in the expected future path of the Grand Parkway.

It’s part of about 4,000 acres of undeveloped land for which League City has developed a master plan to ensure sustainable growth. The plan aims to maximize the potential of the Grand Parkway corridor, add ample green space, and prepare infrastructure such as water and drainage the city needs for its citizens. The City Council approved the plan last May.

Overall, about 40% of buildable land in League City is undeveloped, the city has previously said. That number is likely going to go down significantly as the Grand Parkway segment starts getting built.

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Atascocita

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2025/11/05/market-at-groves-read-king-mixed-use-apartments.html

New mixed-use center in Atascocita's The Groves takes shape with retail and apartments


By Florian Martin – Growth editor, Houston Business Journal
Nov 5, 2025

A new mixed-use retail center in the 1,000-acre The Groves community in Atascocita is taking shape about a year and a half after its H-E-B anchor opened.

Houston-based real estate company Read King told the Houston Business Journal it broke ground last week on The Glade at The Groves apartment complex and expects the first retail and restaurant tenants at The Market at The Groves to open before the end of the year.

The developer expects to deliver the clubhouse for the 336-unit apartment complex in October and the first units in November 2026.

The complex will offer one- to three-bedroom apartments ranging from 695 to 1,347 square feet and featuring quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, full-size washers and dryers, and balconies or backyards.

Amenities will include a resort-style pool, fitness building with yoga studio
and golf simulator, pickleball court, dog parks, grilling stations, garages and carports, and EV charging stations. The clubhouse will house the leasing office, a game room, mail room, package lockers, conference rooms and offices, Read King said.

But, according to the developer, what makes these apartments really special is the location right next to retail and restaurants. Residents will be able to access the 225,000-square-foot shopping center right from the apartment complex’s back entrance.

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Seabrook



https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2026/01/12/seabrook-town-centre-starts-construction.html

Construction begins on $85M Seabrook Town Centre after 3-year delay (GALLERY)

By Florian Martin – Growth editor, Houston Business Journal
Jan 12, 2026

More than three years after initially expected, construction finally began this month on a 19.5-acre mixed-use development in Seabrook on Galveston Bay.

Seabrook Town Centre will include a 320-unit apartment complex and 28,500 square feet of retail, restaurants and offices, giving the small waterfront town a true urban core.

Houston-based HS Development Group first announced the project after acquiring the property from Santa Barbara, California-based Pacific Ridge in July 2022.

But then development financing became a challenge.

“Interest rates skyrocketed, almost doubled, and the debt and equity markets just froze in our industry,” HS COO Steve Helm said. “So we couldn't get the project financed until recently.”

The financial situation improved in the second half of last year, and banks came back into the market, he said. HS brought in Dallas-based NHK Real Estate Investments as its equity partner. Houston-based First Horizon Bank provided construction financing for the roughly $85 million project.

The developers used the past three years to pre-lease some of the commercial space. They have signed Pomodoro’s Cucina Italiana, Neighborhood Tap and Tropical Smoothie Café, and they're in talks with more tenants, including a donut shop, Thai restaurant and pilates group, Helm said.

There will be two retail and restaurant buildings on each side of a grassy courtyard with a stage and water feature. The two buildings will total about 20,000 square feet and are 55% pre-leased. The development also will include a 7,500-square-foot building off state Highway 146, a 5,000-square-foot building facing Lakeside Drive and four pad sites fronting Highway 146.

The developer also previously had a roughly 2.5-acre parcel just south of the property under contract for a potential hotel but wasn’t able to attract a brand, Helm said. While HS terminated the contract for now, it hasn’t abandoned plans to add a potential hotel.

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Rosenberg



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Union Pacific plans massive rail-served industrial park outside Rosenberg

By Florian Martin – Growth editor, Houston Business Journal
Dec 24, 2025

A massive new rail-served industrial park is planned southwest of Houston.

Union Pacific Railroad said it will develop Mainline Texas Industrial Park, a master-planned 2,040-acre development just outside Rosenberg.

The site is located northeast of the intersection of U.S. Highway 90 and Patton Road, or Spur 10. It is bordered by state Highway 36 to the north and Union Pacific’s main line along Highway 90 to the south.

The railroad company has owned most of the property since at least 2006 and has added additional parcels later, Fort Bend County appraisal records show. Union Pacific’s property surrounds about 155 acres owned by different landowners.

Mainline Texas Industrial Park is now open and available for build-to-suit development by industrial, commercial and retail customers, Union Pacific spokeswoman Robynn Tysver said in an email.

“We have put considerable engineering and design work into the site, and it will be developed in phases, driven in large part by customers,” she said.

About 1,300 acres are reserved for rail-served industrial projects and 700 acres for non-rail industrial and commercial uses, including retail. Overall, the park has the potential to accommodate more than 20 million square feet of development, with available building options ranging from 30,000 to 2 million square feet.

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Galveston

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Long-vacant Galveston office tower to become boutique hotel after years of false starts

By Florian Martin – Growth editor, Houston Business Journal
Dec 16, 2025

A long-vacant office building in downtown Galveston is set to be turned into a boutique hotel — at last.

The Itex Group, which is headquartered in Port Arthur and has an office in Houston, expects to start construction on the historic Medical Arts Building at 302 Moody Ave. in February after receiving permit approvals from the city, company CEO Chris Akbari told the Houston Business Journal.

The plan is to convert the dilapidated 11-story building into a 120-room boutique hotel to be called The Quay, with suites and distinctly styled rooms as well as a first-floor restaurant and bar. Akbari said it will be part of Hilton’s Tapestry Collection, a brand for local, independent boutique hotels. Florida-based Driftwood Hospitality Management was tapped to manage the hotel.

In Greater Houston, two hotels are part of the Tapestry Collection: The Sam Houston Hotel in downtown Houston and The Chiefley Houston in the Galleria area.

The hope is for the new hotel to open in January 2028.

“The theme is essentially a historic revitalization of a 1920s building into a modern hotel building, so it will compete with other historic hotels that are in Galveston — but of course will be much more,” Akbari said. “And we think we're really well positioned being on the edge of The Strand but just a few blocks from where the ship terminals are and of course Pier 21 and other amenities there.”

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Sugar Land



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Morgan breaks ground on Sugar Land’s first apartment project in 13 years (free to read)

By Olivia Pulsinelli – Assistant managing editor for digital, Houston Business Journal
Dec 15, 2025

Sugar Land is getting a new apartment project called Pearl Lake Pointe — the first multifamily site to receive entitlements in the city since 2012.

Houston-based multifamily firm Morgan, along with global investment firm Carlyle (Nasdaq: CG), began construction on the project in November and held a groundbreaking ceremony for it Dec. 10.

“The groundbreaking of Pearl Lake Pointe marks an exciting new chapter for the Lake Pointe peninsula,” Sugar Land Mayor Carol K. McCutcheon said in a news release. “After years of planning and collaboration with Morgan, this project delivers much-needed, high-quality multifamily housing and strengthens our long-term vision for a vibrant, connected district. This milestone will help drive continued reinvestment and momentum throughout Lake Pointe and across Sugar Land.”

Pearl Lake Pointe is being built about 20 miles southwest of downtown Houston and next to the former Fluor campus.

The five-story wrap community will offer 376 apartments — including five live-work units — across 6.46 acres. Community amenities will include a resort-inspired pool, fitness center, golf simulator, fifth-floor sky lounge and first-floor café. There also will be 9,940 square feet of commercial office space and a six-story parking garage.

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Webster



https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/...er-flyway.html

$150M Sunset Amphitheater planned for Webster near Great Wolf Lodge


By Olivia Pulsinelli – Assistant managing editor for digital, Houston Business Journal
Dec 11, 2025

Another major entertainment venue is coming to Webster’s Flyway district, which features Great Wolf Lodge.

Colorado-based Venu Holding Corp. (NYSE American: VENU) said Dec. 11 it signed a letter of intent with the city of Webster to open a 12,500-seat, multiseasonal amphitheater on 34 acres.

The $150 million Sunset Amphitheater Houston at Webster powered by Eight Elite Light Beer will be created through a public-private partnership among Venu, the city and the Webster Economic Development Corp. The parties expect to finalize a definitive development agreement for the project in the coming weeks and months, Venu said. Construction timelines, future programming announcements and other details also will be released in the coming months.

“This is an announcement we’ve been thrilled to make, and it represents a major step forward,” J.W. Roth, founder, chairman and CEO of Venu, said in a news release. “With Webster’s deep roots in innovation and exploration, Flyway is elevating the region’s entertainment scene to new heights.”

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Sugar Land

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Majestic Developers to build new 4-story headquarters in Sugar Land, aims to double workforce

By Florian Martin – Growth editor, Houston Business Journal
Dec 9, 2025

A 4-year-old real estate development company plans to build itself a new headquarters as it aims to double its workforce over the next year.
Majestic Developers acquired a 2.5-acre site at 7627 Branford Place, next to a Costco and amid a collection of medical office buildings off Interstate 69 in Sugar Land.

The $2.6 million deal closed late last month, Ethan Zenzen, Majestic's director of investments, told the Houston Business Journal. The seller was Branford Med Properties LLC, which had previously worked to develop the land for a group of doctors before that plan fell through, Zenzen said. Marc Peeler with Partners Real Estate represented the seller, and Ishika Cividi with Re/Max was the broker for Majestic.

Majestic now aims to break ground on a four-story office building spanning between 45,000 and 48,000 square feet in the first quarter of next year. Construction is expected to take 12-18 months. The fully integrated company will handle the more-than-$10 million project in-house, including design and construction, Zenzen said.

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Mont Belvieu



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First commercial building in Mont Belvieu's Riceland master-planned community breaks ground

By Florian Martin – Growth editor, Houston Business Journal
Dec 8, 2025

The development of the town-transforming master-planned community Riceland in Mont Belvieu has taken a big step forward.

Houston-based developer McGrath Real Estate Partners, which is developing the 1,500-acre community, broke ground on the first retail building at Riceland Town Center on Dec. 1.

The two-story, 16,956-square-foot Mill House is located at 1 Town Center Blvd. near the new Mont Belvieu City Hall and fire station, both of which were completed in 2023. The only Mill House tenant so far is the Riceland Development Homeowners Association, which will occupy 2,275 square feet on the second floor. Hedwig Village-based Palo Duro Commercial Partners is leasing the property.

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Manvel



https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2025/12/05/manvel-crossing-bcs-capital-group-retail-center.html

BCS Capital Group to develop 47-acre Manvel Crossing retail center in fast-growing Manvel

By Florian Martin – Growth editor, Houston Business Journal
Dec 5, 2025

Manvel is set to get another major retail development near the fast-growing suburb’s busiest intersection.

Houston-based BCS Capital Group said it expects to close this month on a 47-acre piece of land just northwest of the intersection of state highways 6 and 288 for the development of Manvel Crossing.

The future shopping center is immediately west of the 273-acre, H-E-B-anchored Manvel Town Center, which Dallas-based Weitzman is developing.

The Alvin City Council on Dec. 1 approved a Chapter 380 economic development agreement with BCS as well as a planned unit development and annexation of the property, which is currently in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.

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Galveston

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/...ak-ground.html

$700M Margaritaville Resort in Galveston to start cottage pre-sales, construction soon (RENDERINGS)

“Parrotheads” will soon have new Margaritaville beach houses to stay at in Galveston.

Dallas-based developer RREAF Holdings LLC said the $700 million Margaritaville Resort on the island’s East Beach is getting ready to break ground within the next 30 days, starting with a 278-unit beach cottage community.

Houston-based Tellepsen will start construction on a 31,000-square-foot amenity deck, which will be 20 feet above sea level and include a 400-foot lazy river, infinity pool, pickleball courts, restaurants, bars and retail.

The plan is to build the cottages in four phases, with delivery of the first 100 homes expected next year, RREAF CEO Kip Sowden told the Houston Business Journal.

The basic structures of the elevated homes are already being manufactured by Aura Home Remodeling & Construction in a Houston facility and will be transported to the development at 317 East Beach Drive, where they will be assembled. Each unit will come fully furnished and Margaritaville-themed, with interior design by Vermont-based The Bride Co.

“All the furniture and the artwork, the flatware, the fully stocked kitchen, even a Margaritaville blender,” Sowden said. “You just literally move in with a bathing suit and toothbrush.”

Even a golf cart is included with each unit. There will be five different floor plans ranging from 1,000 to 4,200 square feet with two- and three-car garages. Pricing will range roughly from $1 million to $4 million, Sowden said, with a homeowners fee to be determined.

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https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2025/11/20/imperial-sugar-land-char-house-urbano-architects.html

Sugar Land selects architect for long-awaited Imperial Sugar site redevelopment


By Florian Martin – Growth editor, Houston Business Journal
Nov 20, 2025

Sugar Land is making more progress on the planned redevelopment of the historic Imperial Sugar refinery site into a mixed-use district.

The Sugar Land City Council on Nov. 18 authorized a $496,000 contract with Houston-based Urbano Architects to begin designing preservation work needed to stabilize the 100-year-old Char House, the most iconic structure on the 40-acre site on Kempner Street near the intersection of U.S. Highway 90 and state Highway 6.

"Preserving the Char House is about more than saving a building. It is about honoring Sugar Land’s history and the generations who built this community," Mayor Carol McCutcheon said in a press release. "This work prepares the Char House for future redevelopment and ensures that generations of Sugar Landers can continue to experience a tangible piece of our city’s story as we shape its next chapter."

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Rosenberg



https://www.houstonchronicle.com/nei...e-21223487.php

Rosenberg greenlights $236M hotel and conference center in Fort Bend's Epicenter expansion
By Claire Goodman,
Staff Writer
Dec 7, 2025

Rosenberg leaders on Tuesday cleared the way for a $236 million hotel and convention center next to the Fort Bend Epicenter, a project city officials say is the key to unlocking better attractions, longer events and new development in the area.

The project, first outlined publicly at a Sept. 23 workshop, includes a 218-plus-room full-service hotel, a 70,000-square-foot convention center with movable walls, two structured parking garages and a pedestrian bridge connecting the complex to the Epicenter, according to city documents. The cost estimate also includes burying high-voltage lines and startup costs.

Fort Bend County will fund roughly 72% of the project, or about $170.4 million, through a combination of debt backed by property taxes and 100% percent of future hotel occupancy tax from the project for 30 years, city documents show.

The state is expected to contribute $11.8 million through a special hotel-project tax code, which allows the project to capture the state’s share of hotel and sales tax revenues for reinvestment.

Rosenberg’s portion is projected at $33.6 million, about 14% of the total, by rebating 100% of the city’s 7% hotel occupancy tax generated by the new hotel for three decades.

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Pearland

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Pearland law firm J.D. Silva & Associates to build $14 million headquarters

By Florian Martin – Growth editor, Houston Business Journal
Jan 27, 2026

A local law firm is building itself a new $14 million headquarters.

J.D. Silva & Associates said it hopes to break ground this summer on a 42,400-square-foot office building — to be called “Lawplex” — at the intersection of Beltway 8 and U.S. Highway 288, pending permitting with the city of Pearland.

The personal injury law firm purchased the 1.9-acre parcel between the Holiday Inn Express & Suites and Bombshells Restaurant & Bar in February 2024 and initially planned to develop the building with Houston-based Z-Co.

That deal fell through, said Ernest Rojas, the law firm’s director of corporate services. The firm is now working with Houston-based Powers Brown Architecture. Bidding is currently underway for a general contractor.

The new three-story building will feature glass walls and staggered floors, with the largest floor on top, plus a rooftop patio. It will have a staircase in the middle of the building that lights up at night, Rojas said.
Because of its modern design, which differs notably from other structures in Pearland, it took some negotiations with the city, he said.

“We didn’t want to just move to a larger office; we wanted to create an unrivaled comprehensive legal hub,” Johnathan D. Silva, founder and managing partner of J.D. Silva & Associates, said in a statement. “This beautiful new facility will have the ability to accommodate the firm’s growth, while contributing to the economic development of Pearland with an elegant and highly efficient office design and superior access and visibility in a prime location of a high-growth area.”

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Cypress / Bridgeland

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/spo...y-21348327.php

Exclusive: Texans, Harris County approve planned 83-acre headquarters in Houston suburb


By Jonathan M. Alexander,
Staff Writer
Feb 12, 2026

The Houston Texans have crossed a major hurdle that will get them closer to building a new headquarters and training facility on the outskirts of Harris County.

The new facility would be in the Bridgeland area in northwest Harris County on an 83-acre site. It will be a public-private partnership between the Texans, Harris County, and Howard Hughes, which developed Bridgeland as well as The Woodlands.

County commissioners discussed the framework of a plan for a headquarters — though it has not been finalized — during a closed-door session Thursday at county commissioner’s court, and later voted to approve the agreement to work with the Texans and Howard Hughes.

It’s unclear how much the project would cost, or who is responsible for paying what. But the county’s contribution would be funded through a tax increment reinvestment zone (TIRZ).

In a TIRZ, part of the county’s property taxes generated each year are set aside to be spent only within the zone, rather than be spent elsewhere within the county.

The Texans have long wanted to build a new headquarters and training facility. They currently are one of only three franchises in the NFL to house their headquarters in the same building they play home games. The others are the Carolina Panthers and the Cincinnati Bengals.

Harris County owns NRG Stadium and currently leases out the facility to the Texans and the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, which share the facility along with the county. That lease ends in 2032. For the Texans, that setup hasn’t been ideal, as they’ve had to move their schedule around county events and the rodeo, which kicks off its season later this month.

“To be able to move off-site would be more optimal for us,” Texans owner Cal McNair told the Houston Chronicle. “This would allow us to really be able to focus the organization and get us all in one place and not have all these distractions to the team.”

“We want something world-class to match where we’re headed, and to be competitive on the business side and on the football side. I think this allows us to do this a little bit better.”

Building team headquarters and training facilities have become another step in the NFL’s arms race as franchises look for every advantage to improve player performance on the field — whether that’s through recruiting free agents, or just having better facilities. The Texans’ headquarters, which is expected to have an indoor practice facility and outdoor fields among other things, will rival the best training facilities in the NFL.