They say the best things come to those who wait! If that’s true, then current and future residents of Tucker Hill are poised to see some of the biggest changes and growth since this single-family community broke ground in 2007. Located in McKinney, Texas, Tucker Hill is modeled after Southern Land Company’s award-winning Westhaven development […]
Written by: Frank F. Turner, FAICP, Urban Opportunity, Principal Southern Land Company consultant on the public/private partnership between SLC and the City of Plano. I once heard a developer say that a public/private partnership is nothing more than getting government to pay a portion of the project’s cost. True, most public/private partnerships do involve public financial […]
Matt Magallanes is a co-founder and current President of the Westhaven Foundation. In this Q&A, he explains why they formed it and how the organization improves the quality of life for residents at Southern Land Company’s flagship community. SLC: Why did you originally start the Westhaven Foundation? MM: Two other residents and I wanted to […]
This holiday season, we’re thankful for the 275+ employees who make Southern Land Company (SLC) a successful company every day. We’re also thankful for our leaders who have led the company for 30 years, provided a top workplace and have always held true to value of charitable giving. Southern Land Company is on track to […]
By Tim Downey “Last month, I had the honor of celebrating the 30th anniversary of Southern Land Company with our local employees at the beautiful botanical gardens at Cheekwood. My wife Denise was there to support me, as she has for the past four decades. During the event, we celebrated the Southern Land employees […]
At Southern Land Company (“SLC”) we pride ourselves on our innovative single family, multifamily and commercial developments, but the road to our unique and beautiful communities truly starts from the ground up—and the workers who lay the foundation. On Friday, Oct. 22, we held a “Safety First” lunch at Hillsboro’s Metro fire station on Richard Jones […]
Southern Land Company partnered with Hillsboro High School’s art department to create a colorful construction site barricade at 4000 Hillsboro. Southern Land Company provided all the painting supplies and materials, while Hillsboro High School provided the talents of more than 75 art students to craft the 30 landscape and city themed murals for the site. […]
Southern Land Company’s stellar employees provide the company with a wealth of expertise internally, but we also partner with a number of excellent professional experts to support our work. One of those is MarketGraphics Research Group, a Franklin, Tenn.-based firm that monitors interesting trends in the new home industry. The firm provides research critical to […]
Green Hills locals came together on Saturday, September 24 to celebrate one of the neighborhood’s public green spaces in the first ever Green Hills Park Festival, presented by two non-profit neighborhood organizations – Alliance for Green Hills (AGH) and Friends of Green Hills Park (FOGHP). The free event provided food trucks, music and a sunset […]
Baby Boomers, who set the standard for idyllic suburban life, are now redefining the American Dream in a major way. Specifically, they are moving out of the suburbs and into cities. This means they are downsizing, shifting from single-family homes to multifamily apartments. “The fastest-growing segment in multifamily is the Baby Boomer,” says Cecelia Nguyen, […]