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April 10, 2008 281-275-2724
Sugar Land Partners with Developers to Bring Home HBJ Landmark Awards
Sugar Land, TX – A City partnership with Southern Land Company, Cherokee Investment Partners and Newland Communities resulted in two Houston Business Journal (HBJ) Landmark awards.
The Imperial Sugar Refinery Site project won an award in the category of “2008 Land Deal,” with judges citing the numerous partners in the deal and resolution of multiple challenges through cooperation among public and private entities.
The deal included Imperial Sugar’s 160-acre refinery site and 500-acres owned by the Texas General Land Office. Austin-based Cherokee Investments Partners, LLC and Southern Land Company are developing the 660 acres into a vibrant mixed-use development.
Cherokee Investments Partners, LLC negotiated a redevelopment agreement with the City in July 2007 that guided the project’s future and provided a location for a future Sugar Land heritage museum.
The Telfair – Phase I project won a Landmark Award in the category of “2008 Residential Development.” Specific mention was made to the “master-planned community’s transformation of former prison land.”
Telfair was recognized for its classic southern-inspired architecture and 283-acres of recreational amenities situated within the 2018-acre community. The master plan calls for an eventual capacity of 3,000 homes and incorporates more than 328 acres for mixed-use and commercial development.
The historic 1939 Central State Farm building is centrally located in Telfair. The developer, Newland Communities, donated the building to Sugar Land in support of the City’s ongoing partnership with the Houston Museum of Natural Science to transform the structure into a branch museum facility that could open in 2009.
Two other Sugar Land-based projects were also finalists for Landmark Awards: Bechtel Equipment Operations in the category of “Headquarters Move” and Three Sugar Creek for “Office Building Development.”
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