Southern Hills at Craig Ranch by Ashton Woods plans to have its GRAND OPENING in the next week!


I remember back in January of 2014, I was chatting with David Craig and he mentioned to me that Nick DiGiuseppe, a well known real estate developer, has the land behind Lowes under contract and is projected to close in February 2014. (See the picture I posted back in January 2014 below regarding an update on the Craig Ranch development)

Well fast forward to May 2016 and pre sales will begin for that land! Southern Hills at Craig Ranch community by Ashton Woods is ready!

What’s CRAIG RANCH?

When looking for a new home, I always tell clients to start with choosing the community, then select a lot, then a builder. In that order. And it would be very difficult for anyone to choose any other community over Craig Ranch!

Craig Ranch is David Craig’s vision of 2,200 acres where he is creating, in his own words, “New Urbanism.” 

To explain, lets start with a master-planned business, retail and residential community.  Now add in to the mix luxury home builders, boutique shops, restaurants, high end affordable office space and topography that most Texans did not know existed in Texas. Okay, now that pretty much sums up Craig Ranch! 

He is ACTUALLY making a development where you can live, work and play! 

To be more specific: TPC Craig Ranch golf course, luxury estate homes, villas, townhomes, the Cooper Aerobics Center, The Ballfields at Craig Ranch, DrPepper Stars Center at Craig Ranch, The Beach at Craig Ranch are many of the special features of Craig Ranch but I could go on and on and on and on…

The Craig Ranch development is located in McKinney’s golden corridor which offers easy access to the Sam Rayburn tollway and also an easy commute to Dallas, Plano, Frisco and the DFW airport. 

Craig Ranch is in the North East quadrant of the “Four Corners.” The four corners is where Frisco, Plano, McKinney and Allen borders all converge. 

Southern Hills UNBELIEVABLE Location

Southern Hills at Craig Ranch is by far the best location in relation to Highway 121 of any new home community since Richwoods opened in 2012. But did you know Southern Hills almost never happened? 

When the City Coucil was approached with the proposal to rezone the land from commercial to residential, there was a tremendous amount of opposition from the city staff. 

Informational brochure for the proposed Southern Hills community. Not final Approved Plat.

The City Council’s approval granted several variances to the subdivision ordinance due to the way the final plat is layed out to help limit the traffic. 

Ashton Woods 

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Ashton Woods was recently recognized as the nation’s 4th largest private builder in 2013. Their goal is to have a homebuilding experience that is more personal, more collaborative, and more empowering than any of their homebuyers ever could have imagined. 

Ashton Woods feels that Southern Hills will offer a life with the best of everything, including the highly acclaimed Frisco ISD schools for the kids. And they might just be right!  

The community will consist of 441 single family homes, according to the final plat map with the City. The builder is saying over 300 homes, which is true. 

Above is the final approved map for Southern Hills Phase 1, that is currently with the city, and I have Highlighted the different lots on the plat map that I am guessing will be the different sections looking at the lot sizes. 

They plan to have three product lines within Southern Hills offering 40, 50 and 60 foot wide lots. There will also be premium golf course homesites available! (See below) 

The homes plan to range from near 2,000 square feet to over 3,600 square feet. There will be a variety of 1, 1.5, and 2 story plans. The pricing of these homes is projected to start near $400,000! No typo! New home, located in Craig Ranch and Frisco ISD!

Ashton Woods will feature about 24 distinct home plans. Every plan was designed with beautiful architectural details and luxurious appointments.

Within the Southern Hills community there are plans to have a series of parks, play areas and trails throughout. In fact, the trails will eventually connect to the six city trail system being developed in the region!

Above is the entrance from the North side off of Collin McKinney. What I really like about Southern Hills is that is truly has rolling hills! It is also secluded just enough but also right by all the conveniences as well!  

So Brad, how do I get more info? 

Ashton Woods is having a VIP Preview event being held this next week on the dates below to share plans, pricing, lots and design feature information. The two dates for the event are Friday April 29th 6pm-8pm or Saturday April 30th 9am-11am .

I know this because my wife and I are very interested and will be at the first night! No joke! 

Ashton Woods has had a tremendous amount of interest for Southern Hills at Craig Ranch so they have some guidelines for potential buyers below: 

• Customers attending the event will be given an opportunity to submit their information to schedule a VIP personal appointment to gather more information as well as on opportunity to contract. We will be utilizing a lottery system to prioritize the order in which customers can schedule their appointment.

• A prequalification letter from a lender will be required to set a VIP contract appointment. An incentive towards closing costs will be offered for customers who finance through our preferred lender. Wells Fargo will be at the VIP Preview event to address questions as well.

There are more guidelines, but I would recommend you call them today to get on the VIP Preview List!

But there is more!