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Master Planned, All at Once: Huffines’ Serenade Texas Breaks the Mold

By Shelby Skrhak / October 9, 2025 /

We’re watching Celina heat up again — this time with a new Huffines Communities project named Serenade Texas, promising a $100 million buildout in record time. Unlike most master planned communities that roll out in phases over several years, Huffines says Serenade will skip the drawn-out phasing that’s standard for these large projects and instead…

Next Phase of The Bridges at Preston Crossings Builds on Gunter Growth

By Shelby Skrhak / September 11, 2025 /

Once home to horses and charity galas, the land that now makes up The Bridges at Preston Crossings is entering a new chapter. Centurion American Development Group has announced the next phase of the Gunter community, continuing a decade-long expansion that began when the developer acquired the former equestrian ranch in 2012. The Bridges at…

HL Communities Breaks Ground on The Renegade, Its First Project in Denton

By Shelby Skrhak / September 9, 2025 /

Downtown Denton is getting a new Class A multifamily development. Holt Lunsford Commercial has launched HL Communities, a new multifamily development and construction platform, and its first project, The Renegade, is already underway at 260 W. Mulberry Street. The four-story, 120,000-square-foot community will include 104 units and is slated for delivery in Q2 2026. Plans…

What’s Developing: Build-to-Rent in Justin, 23Springs in Uptown, Multifamily in Frisco

By Shelby Skrhak / August 19, 2025 /

Hines Brings Build-to-Rent Homes to Justin’s Wildflower Ranch Hines is bringing more rental options to fast-growing Justin with a new build-to-rent neighborhood inside the Wildflower Ranch master-planned community. The global real estate developer based in Houston has wrapped up construction on Meadowlark at Wildflower Ranch, a 129-home community of single-family rentals within the 1,100-acre development.…

CRE Moves Put Office, Hospitality, and Historic Assets in Play

By Charles Grand / August 4, 2025 /

From a futuristic hospitality concept to a sky-high office transaction, there’s been plenty of CRE activity making headlines in the D-FW and shaping the metro’s property landscape. Here are some of the big recent developments — so to speak — in commercial real estate to make waves in the Metroplex as we head into the…