Craig Ranch

Resort-Style Living Blooms At Craig Ranch In McKinney

By Amy Puchaty / May 22, 2020 /

The McKinney market is hot as more buyers look to the burbs for resort style living. And few communities nail the resort lifestyle -— without the pesky maintenance — quite like The Estates of Craig Ranch.  A Marvel In McKinney This week’s Friday Five Hundred takes us to one of the best deals in town.…

McKinney Has a Mix of Historic Downtown Homes, Well-Taken Care of Classics, and Gated Estates

By Shelby Skrhak / November 3, 2019 /

There’s a lot to love about McKinney, the Collin County seat that’s got one of the best historic downtown squares hands down. There are about 120 shops and two dozen restaurants in this commercial downtown district. The agenda here: Shop the clothing boutiques at 540 Mercantile, enjoy dinner at The Pantry Restaurant, stop for coffee at fILTER(ed)…

Craig Ranch Sends Email Letter to Realtors While McKinney Police Prepare for a “Special Speaker” and Possible Demonstrations

By Candy Evans / June 12, 2015 /

  Well. We thought things were simmering down up in McKinney, but now a trusted source tells me every policeman on the force has been called in to duty tomorrow Friday (and back-up planned) after word came that a special speaker is coming into town. Every one except, of course, Eric Casebolt, who some want…

Baxter Brinkmann Sells Last Ranchland Hold Out In Frisco, but Some Say Country There is Going, Going GONE

By Candy Evans / February 24, 2015 /

Man it’s hot in Frisco. No, there’s ice up there, but the market is so hot it could almost melt this ice. This area of North Texas has added more than 115,000 jobs with more coming —  Toyota Motor Co., FedEx Office, and now Liberty Mutual Insurance. Builders cannot build homes fast enough to house the…

Craig Ranch Enters Build-Out Phase with Thousands of New Houses, Apartments

By Leah Shafer / February 2, 2015 /

Developer David Craig was in the right place at the right time when he bought the first tracts of land for Craig Ranch 15 years ago, north of State Highway 121 in McKinney. With northward expansion of the population and careful planning by Craig for the mixed-use development, the 2,200-acre planned community has been hugely…