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Multiple communities are taking shape throughout 2022 in Willis, including a master- planned community, an age-restricted community and commercial centers. Ongoing projects
in willis
Chambers creek
Republic Grand Ranch
1097
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Type:
Type:
age-restricted residential
residential
Status: model homes to begin in February/March, home sales to begin in summer
acres: Status:
under construction
Lots:
5,000
1,800
Developed by Patten Properties
acres:
Homes:
1,200
3,500
Developed by Caldwell Cos.
45
The Market at Willis Shopping Center
Type:
commercial, anchored by H-E-B
The Woodlands Hills
Status:
Phase 1 broke ground in
September; opening TBD
Type:
master-planned community
acres:
69.7
Developed by Fidelis
acres: Status:
682 homes sold as of Dec. 21
Homes:
2,000
4,500
Moran Ranch
Developed by The Howard Hughes Corp.
Type:
residential and commercial
Status: commercial underway, home construction to begin in summer
830
acres:
Homes:
500
900
Developed by Satya Inc. and Stolz Partners
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SOURCES: CALDWELL COS., FIDELIS, STOLZ PARTNERS, PATTEN PROPERTIES, THE HOWARD HUGHES CORP. COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
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One hundred more homes started construction in the third quarter of 2021 than in the third quarter of 2020, according to housing market data for Willis ISD boundaries provided by Zonda, a housing market research rm.
“The fact that Willis is largely being developed by some of the best devel- opers I think is going to make Willis a destination place to live, almost like The Woodlands but in more of a natu- ral, expansive way,” Patten Properties Vice President Gary Sumner Jr. said. Residential projects underway Republic Grand Ranch o ers 10 builders for custom homes on lots of at least an acre, Sumner Sr. said. Model homes are under construction. “We started selling a year ago, and we’ve sold about 500 lots,” Sumner Sr. said in late December. The community spans 5,000 acres and includes 1,800 lots. However, Sumner Sr. said many families pur- chase multiple lots. At the southeast corner of FM 1097 and I-45, the residential component of Moran Ranch is slated to begin in 2022. Jointly developed by Stolz Part- ners and Satya Inc., the mixed-use development spans 500 acres, includ- ing 230 acres for about 900 homes by
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