Master Planned Communities
Supporting Master Planned Communities from Vision to Reality
Master planned communities shape how people live, work, and move for decades. Typically bringing together residential neighborhoods, schools, parks, commercial and retail districts, and regional infrastructure, these projects require counsel that understands public-finance tools and the municipal landscape that surrounds them.
ABHR’s work begins at the earliest stages of land planning and continues through the full lifecycle of a community.
Our team provides comprehensive legal counsel for master planned communities, including:
Developing integrated, multi-tiered financing structures from initial conceptualization
Negotiating development, utility, and annexation agreements with local municipalities
Ensuring sustainable frameworks to construct, operate, and finance public infrastructure
Serving as general counsel and bond counsel to special districts within these communities on an on-going, long-term basis
Impact that Endures
Our role is to help clients design and implement financing strategies systems that advance attainable housing, support livability, protect public interests, and enable high-quality development.
“The Texas Miracle is fundamentally an infrastructure story. Municipal Utility Districts give Texas a scalable, fiscally responsible way for developers to deliver the infrastructure needed to support housing, commerce, and transformational master-planned communities.”
— David M. Oliver, Jr., Partner
Coordinated Specializations to Shape Growth
Successful master planned communities rely on an integrated set of public-finance and governance tools. These mechanisms help deliver essential services, mobility improvements, attainable housing, and greenspace in alignment with growth and market demands.
ABHR advises on the creation, administration, and strategic use of all six areas of specialization that support large-scale development in Texas.
Areas of Specialization
Land Planning and Negotiations
Municipal Utility Districts (MUDs) & Other Water Districts
Municipal Management Districts (MMDs)
Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones (TIRZ) & Development Authorities
Water Authorities
Government Relations
Project Spotlight
Travisso Master Planned Community
Land Planning and Negotiation | Master Planned Community | Municipal Utility District | Government Relations
Jurisdictional overlaps between the cities of Leander and Cedar Park’s Extra Territorial Jurisdiction created an undevelopable gap without access to utilities and emergency services.
Scale
2,100 acres
Residential Development
2,900 projected homes
Population
7,400 projected residents at build-out
Green Space
355 acres, including a 58-acre regional park
Through the negotiation of financial, jurisdictional, and development agreements, the site was realigned and annexed into Leander, enabling coordinated utility service and paving the path for infrastructure development.
Sienna
Goodnight Ranch
Wolf Ranch
Marvida
Viridian
Pomona
Related Project Experience
ABHR represents many of Texas’ largest, and most successful master-planned communities, from long-established developments to some of the nation’s fastest-growing new projects.
Anniston
Brown Ranch
Cinco Ranch
Cole Ranch
Cross Creek Ranch
Elyson
First Colony
Marvida
Meridiana
Pomona
Reunion Community
Sandow Lakes
Sienna
Stone Creek
Sunterra
Teravista
Water Oak
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