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La Marque is experiencing a housing boom with a 31 percent growth rate from 2010 to 2020. New home construction continues the subdivisions of Borondo Pines, Saltgrass Crossing, Delany Cove and Painted Meadows. But, the growth isn’t only on the west side of town.
The east side of La Marque is home to established neighborhoods with big lots and tree-lined streets. There were 250 recent home starts in La Marque on the east side alone. Residential lots that have sat undeveloped for decades are transforming into beautiful new homes.
Texas City’s quality of life and advantageous position has primed the area for population growth. The recent census numbers shows that Texas City has eclipsed the 50,000-population mark, growing at a rate that is the second fastest in Galveston County. It is no secret that the Houston region continues to rapidly grow south along Interstate 45, putting Texas City directly in line for further population expansion.
The city welcomes prospective homebuyers to browse the range of home styles in order to fit their needs. The community offers higher-end homes, complete with boat houses on private canals, quality single-family homes with unmatched amenities, multiple-acre homestead properties and historical homes.
Grand Cay Harbor is unique community that brings Galveston Bay to your back door, with most houses having a complete boat dock and house. The homes at Grand Cay sit on private canals, providing residents with unfettered access to Moses Lake and Galveston Bay.
New residents looking for quality schools, walkable neighborhoods and quality houses, Texas City has you covered. Four new residential subdivisions offer all of these and even more for prospective residents. Cobblestone and Central Park Square are two new single-family neighborhoods being developed north of Mainland City Centre. Both neighborhoods are being built by reputable national builders that include Arizona-based Meritage Homes and Houston-based Colina Homes. Along Texas Highway 3, Pearlbrook and Marlow Lake are new communities being built out by College Station-based Stylecraft Homes, and Arkansas-based Rausch Coleman Homes.
Lago Mar
New single-family developments include the well-known Lago Mar subdivision located along Interstate 45. The community encompasses 2,033 acres and, upon completion, will add 4,000 homes to Texas City.
Lago Mar provides homeowners with a traditional sense of neighborhood, wellplanned amenities and a location that offers quality schools and proximity to employment, retail and entertainment centers. Lago Mar features contemporary designs by some of Houston’s most outstanding new home builders. With homes from the $200s – $500s, each home builder is carefully selected based on their meticulous artisanship and ability to provide floorplans, elevations and amenities residents want to come home to everyday.
Lago Mar is a master planned community, complete with golf cart trails, a manmade lagoon with a beach, and future opportunities for a grocer alongside a boardwalk that will be complete with unique shopping and dining options.
Trails at Woodhaven Lakes
Trails at Woodhaven Lakes is the newest development in La Marque and will feature a single-family neighborhood along with active senior cottages and a resortstyle assisted living facility. The 83-acre development aims to provide a blend of
different housing types designed to allow family members of different generations to live near each other.
Residents will enjoy 20 acres of lakes and green space, with more than 1.5 miles of off-street trails, pocket parks, barbecue and picnic areas, and a splash pad. There will be approximately 246 single-family homes, 22 “cottages” geared toward active adults, and a 9-acre, 160-unit, resort-style retirement community all within the same development.
A 3.5-acre commercial reserve on the corner of Delany and Texas Avenue will be able to accommodate a future restaurant, retail, medical or other commercial uses as the rooftops continue to grow exponentially in this area.
The development will bring about 70 full-time jobs to the City of La Marque, ranging from managerial positions to nurses, caretakers, maintenance personnel, cooks, and the like. No medical procedures will be performed in this community, as it is not a nursing home. The developer hopes and complete construction by 2023.
