Leander city council approves land deal

From statesman, January 15, 2009...

The Leander City Council tonight unanimously approved a land agreement to develop about 2,000 acres of land next to of the city’s largest master-planned community.

The agreement allows local developer Bill Hinckley, president of Lookout Partners LP, to begin building roads and utilities on the land for a future mixed-use project southwest of the 3,000-acre Crystal Falls community and golf course.

Hinckley hopes to eventually build as many as 6,000 homes, along with offices and retail on the land. That would be in addition to the 5,000 to 6,000 homes planned for Crystal Falls, of which about 1,300 have been built.

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Leander could get new town center in Crystal Falls

From Hill Country News, January 9, 2009...

Leander may soon get an upscale town center that could rival one in the ritzy Dallas suburb of Highland Park. The Crystal Falls Town Center could be the same architectural quality as the Westlake Medical Center, but it would be a centralized place for retail, office space, medical practices and multi-family units.

The Crystal Falls Town Center would be a unique mixed-use development. But first, it must get through all the planning stages.

“It's going to come in stages,“ said Clay Bebee, an Austin-based developer who was part of the development team that built the Westlake Medical Center. “We don't have a deal yet and I can't give a timeline. It could drag on forever or strike up quickly.”

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