Leander - Liberty Hill Edition | September 2025

Government

BY SAM SCHAFFER

Leander council halts Leander Springs project

Leander Springs project timeline 2018: An agreement to develop the land fell through after a di erent developer left the project. 2020: iLand Development Group takes over the project. 2021: iLand and Leander enter into an agreement, with the requirement that the lagoon be completed by Dec. 31, 2023. 2024: In March, the City of Leander terminated the agreement, citing the developer’s failure to begin construction by the agreed date. 2025: Leander’s Planning and Zoning Commission denied iLand’s PUD amendment request. The decision was upheld by the City Council.

Leander Springs, a proposed luxury develop- ment with over 1 million square feet of commercial space and a four-acre lagoon, is heading back to the drawing board after Leander City Council denied a planned unit development amendment request on Aug. 21. The property, comprising 77.9 acres southwest of the intersection at 183A Toll and RM 2243, is only allowed to be developed with 35,000 square feet of commercial space until a PUD amendment is approved by the city, according to agenda documents. iLand Development Group, the developers of the project, will have to resubmit a PUD amend- ment application if they wish to build more than

Leander Springs is a proposed 78-acre mixed-use project that will oer dining, housing and retail around a 4-acre lagoon.

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35,000 square feet of commercial space at the property moving forward. What’s going on? The vote mirrors action by the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission July 24. The commission recommended denial of the PUD amendment request, and members of the commission said they wished more information was made available about the project.

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“There’s just too much ambiguity with the proj- ect,” City Council member David McDonald said. Council member Michael Herrera added he would like to see the project come back to council with more sustainable guidelines in place.

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