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Dez Bryant, WR of the Dallas Cowboys to be featured on the cover of Rolling Stone! 

Aug4

  
Mr. 70 Million dollar man is starting to make things happen outside of the NFL Football world!

“105.3 the Fan announced he will be featured on the cover of Rolling Stone in the next couple months!”

They did not disclose the details regarding the story, but one would think its a life story. 

Dallas Morning News ran it as well here! http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/2015/08/report-cowboys-dez-bryant-to-appear-on-cover-of-rolling-stone.html/ 

I’m pretty sure he will be a face of the Cowboys if not the NFL in the near future. 

Can’t wait until they get here to Frisco!

  

Brad Holden – Holden New Homes – Licensed Texas Real Estate Broker

Toll Brothers at Richwoods Glen in Frisco “RELEASES” 10 Lots!

Aug3

  Toll Brothers at Richwoods Glen in Frisco released 10 lots for sale (starting to sign contracts on August 10th.)

Toll Brothers has a very large interest list of prequalified buyers for this section and they plan to set up meetings with them according to how early they filled out their forms. 

Prices aren’t finalized but I know lot premiums on the new lots range from $5,000 up to $35,000. 

  I wouldn’t be surprised if Toll Brothers raised their current prices by $50,000 because they have been waiting for around three months. 
Incentive plans to be around $15,000 for options or upgrades. 

For anyone that is already been pre approved by their lender, if you use me as your realtor on the purchase I will give you a $17,000 rebate that you can help offset the new price increase! 

Text or Call Brad Holden today at (469) 733-2723 for more info on Toll Brothers at Richwoods in Frisco!

  

Brad Holden – Holden New Homes – Licensed Texas Real Estate Broker

ANNOUNCING: Lava Cantina in The Colony, Texas – an 1,800 seat Concert Venue and Restaurant plans to Open in 2016!!!

Jul23

  Lava Catina coming to The Colony, Texas is the 2nd biggest announcement I have made in my career. (Only second to the Dallas Cowboys moving their headquarters and practice facility to Frisco!)
  The easiest way to describe Lava Cantina in The Colony is a Hard Rock Cafe mixed with The House of Blues! What a great concept! 

The Project Manager for The Colony Lava Cantina, Chris Harmon, said “This will be a game changer for North Dallas. A full size concert venue right at your doorstep!” I agree 100%!
  Frisco, Plano, The Colony, Allen and McKinney has had a need for a concert venue for a very long time! To have an 18,000 square foot venue like Lava Cantina that brings high quality Mexican and Creole Fusion and Live Rock & Roll in a 1,800 seat venue right down the street will be absolutely amazing! 
  Until now, we suburbanites, have had to drive to Downtown Dallas or Grand Prairie for an indoor concert and now it will be such a convenience only 10 minutes away. 

Who is behind Lava Cantina?

Steve Vaughn & Ian Vaughn.

  Steve Vaughn has been in the music industry for 40 years and Ian Vaughn worked for Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers and worked his way up to the position of COO. (And as many of you already know that Cane’s has some of the highest quality chicken fingers you will ever find as well as a cult following!)  

 

Lava Cantina in Baton Rouge

Steve and Ian Vaughn (father and son by the way) wanted the first Lava Cantina to open in the Dallas area but when they heard of the space available on Perkins Rowe in Baton Rouge, it just made sense. And boy were they right! It’s packed every night. They have live music every Thursday through Saturday nights. 

When Lava Cantina opened in Baton Rouge in April of 2013, they were pleasantly shocked and surprised with how busy they were with the original crowds. Take that and multiply it by 10 and that is what I predict for the opening here in The Colony! 

  
Since opening, the menu has been tweaked. Now the focus is on a “Creole Mexican fusion” — dishes such as boudin balls made with chorizo, enchiladas and burritos filled with alligator or smoked duck and tacos stuffed with fried catfish and shrimp.

  

The goal of Lava Cantina is to give diners an experience like being backstage at a rock concert, with live music and restaurant staff dancing to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” Which sounds amazing! 

The Lava Chef

 
Chef Patrick Stark, the Stark Raving Chef, is currently the Executive Chef at Sundown at Granada and he has been chosen to Rock Lava Cantina’s guests taste buds. From everything I have read, he will do just that!

The Stark Raving Chef started opening restaurants for a giant corporation after Culinary School. Patrick set up, staffed, trained, and operated new sites for several years and then migrated into food research and development as well as corporate site troubleshooting. 
  
He then decided to get out of the the corporate kitchen world and moved to Dallas where he created his own private dinner party service called “The Stark Raving Chef”. 

Patrick’s dinner parties entertained many Dallas celebrities and wealthy business personnel. The Stark Raving Chef’s private in house services included creating menus per customer desire/request, grocery shopping, cooking, serving, clearing, cleaning and of course entertaining. 

At the Granada Theater in Dallas Texas, he planned to take dining and music to a whole new level, until Lava Cantina approached him. 

Location of Lava Cantina

  

The Nebraska Furniture Mart made some big waves in DFW with their new store in The Colony. They decided to develop the entire 400+ acres with 3.9 million square feet of retail, entertainment, dining and attractions.

  
Grandscape is and will be one of the largest and most unique mixed-use real estate developments in the country. 

  
Lava Cantina has 121 visibility and will be on a highly sought after water feature. Many of these sketches are what is planned for Grandscape. 

  

Everybody deserves to be treated like a Rock Star from time to time, and I’m pretty sure that Lava Cantina will not only feed your appetite with high quality food but give you a one of a kind experience! 

  

Brad Holden – Holden New Homes – Licensed Texas Real Estate Broker

Why the Canals at Grand Park in Frisco Matters. 

Jun27

 

The Canals at Grand Park in Frisco 

The Canals at Grand Park in Frisco will primarily be a residential development. It will incorporate a multigenerational community concept with single family houses, a “Cadillac” senior-living facility, flats and townhomes. 

The more than $300 million dollar project is a master-planned community developed by Arcadia Realty Corp. and Charter Properties. 

  
Here are 5 Reasons why The Canals at Grand Park in Frisco matters. 

#1 Location

In real estate, location is number 1! With Grand Park finally starting to come together with its super close access to the Tollroad and all the conveniences you could imagine at Main and the Tollroad, there might not be a better location in Frisco! 

  
Arcadia originally bought 62 of the 152 acres of the property on Legacy in 2010, before development as a whole picked back up after the economic downturn of 2008. 

They realized they needed more property to make it happen and subsequently partnered with Charter Properties to form a larger community and make their vision ultimately come to fruition. 

The Canals at Grand Park, a multiple generation community, will be a first for Frisco and possibly all of North Texas! 

  
#2 Watermere – The “Cadillac” of Senior Living

For a long time Frisco has talked about the need for additional senior assisted living centers, and now the top of the line Watermere is underway. 

Yes, there have been some new assisted living complexes pop up but clearly not enough for the tremendous growth that Frisco has seen lately especially from relocations. 

  

Watermere has proven itself in Southlake! The property they have there is stunning in both architecture and service. What they plan for Frisco is equal if not better. It will be a 5 story building and beautiful when residents are coming or going. 

  
The choices that surround future residents of the Watermere at Frisco will be endless. Watermere plans to be dedicated to a hassle-free living environment in which residents can enjoy all the benefits of a safe, attractive community.

  

I personally think that residents will enjoy their independence with dignity, and allow them to “age in place” with different levels of services that they offer to assist with health progression. And having family members practically as a neighbor should make everything much easier! 

#3. Luxury Frisco Builders

Here is where I come into play! The builders that the developer has selected are ALL who I would recommend to friends and family. 

  
There are 5 different levels/areas and I will briefly explain the layout here, but will dive into detail when sales start. 

  The Northern Portion of the community is made up of 40 foot ,45 foot, and 55 foot wide lots.  This area will feature Villas and Townhomes. 

The Villas 

  Cambridge Homes

Cambridge Homes model is underway and is already showing the unique exterior and very well laid out floor plan than Cambridge Homes has proven for many years. I have always thought Cambridge Homes is one of the closest builders to a true custom home that you could choose. 

   
     Cambridge Homes offers open plans with unique structural options as you can see above. Currently Cambridge floorplans will be from 2,300 to 3,800 square feet and start pricing around the $400’s.

I love Cambridge and know that they will stand behind their product!  

Text or call me today at (469) 733-2723 and I will make sure you get one of the first appointments when they open up their pre sales for the community. 

  Darling Homes

Darling Homes is another name very well known here in Frisco and also well respected. They plan to use the same product that they have built at Austin Waters in Carrollton which they called “New Urbanism” and the community looks great! 

Townhomes

  CB JENI Homes

CB JENI Homes is a strange name for a builder, but for the owner Bruno, it means everything! Each letter is for him, his wife, and his kids! Very cool! And they definitely know how to build townhomes with their many developments and beautiful use of space in the units.  

 

CB Jeni in The Canals at Grand Park plan to start at 1,700 square feet and go up to 2,500 square feet and open sales in the high $200’s!

  The Southern Portion of The Canals at Grand Park will be the Manors and the Estate Homes. 

Manors

  Drees Homes

Drees Homes plan to build in the Manors and start at 2,500 square feet and go up to 4,800 square feet. Prices will be around the $550’s at the pre grand opening prices. 

Estate Homes 

  Southgate Homes

Southgate Homes is another builder I am a huge fan of. The owner Jay is super smart and has years of experience of delivering an amazing home. Mostly his homes are custom and the exteriors are unbelievable. 

Square foot starts at 3,200 square feet up to 5,000+ and pricing starts in the high $600’s. 

Southgate is a builder that will meet all your expectations exactly how you like them. 

#4. Amenities

  Plans are for two amenity centers with open areas, pools and a fitness center. See the sketches below.

   
  

 

#5. Water Features  

  YES! The Canals!

Real Canals that will give a very unique and beautiful feature every time you come home to your dream home!

For more about the Canals at Grand Park text or call Brad Holden at (469) 733-2723 today. 
  Brad Holden – Holden New Homes – Licensed Texas Real Estate Broker

UPDATE on K Hovnanian Homes (KHOV) at Richwoods Crossing in Frisco . . . My Clients will get up to $55,000 discount!!! 

Jun27

 Yes, that is not a Typo!  

My clients will receive up to a $55,000 discount if they use me as their realtor on a new contract with K Hovnanian Homes at Richwoods in Phase 22!

K Hovnanians incentive is a $10,000 allowance towards design upgrades. Another $5,000 in upgrade allowance if buyers finish their design selections within 45 days after the effective date of the contract. 

Their preferred lender is KHAM. And if a buyer uses them for their loan the buyer will receive another $4,000 towards closing costs. 

  And after that I will get you additional incentives. 

Text or call Brad Holden today at (469) 733-2723 if you have a lot hold and plan to sign a contract today or this weekend. Or if you would like to be the first people I call when a North or East facing lot opens up!


  
Brad Holden – Holden New Homes – Licensed Texas Real Estate Broker

K Hovnanian (KHOV) Homes at Richwoods in Frisco OPENS Phase 22 TODAY!!

Jun27

  K Hovnanian (KHOV) Homes at Richwoods in Frisco OPENS sales TODAY in Phase 22!

  
Of the 25 lots, there are over 20 lot holds and Kim and Moira with K Hovnanian Homes will be calling the holds and asking to set an appointment to write a contract. 

Each hold has 48 hours to respond and set up a meeting to sign the contract then they will go to the next hold if there is many. This works very well for KHOV and makes it a much easier process for everyone. 

If you are one of the lot holds and plan to sign a contract, know that I give the highest rebates at Richwoods in Frisco and will make sure you do not leave money on the table in the negotiations. 

As your representation, I not only live in Richwoods and will be your neighbor, but have 12 years of experience in the building of new construction and will attend your walk through to resolve any issues that arise. 

Text or call me today at (469) 733-2723 if you plan to sign a contract with (KHOV) K Hovnanian Homes at Richwoods in Frisco. 

 Or if you are interested in a specific lot, I have asked K Hovnanian to let me know if a North or East facing lot becomes available! 

 Brad Holden – Holden New Homes – Licensed Texas Real Estate Broker

Krispy Kreme Donuts Opens TODAY in Frisco on Preston!

Jun16

 Just when you think Krispy Kreme has left Frisco and will never be back, here they are again! 

People lined up from the grand opening today at 5:30am. The first person in line received Free Donuts every week for a year! The next 99 people received free Krispy Kreme donuts each month for a year as well. 

  I’m pretty sure that this drive thru line will always look like this for many days, weeks, months and years to come for Krispy Kreme! 

Welcome back to FRISCO Krispy Kreme! 

Krispy Kreme Number: (972) 668-3500

Address: 3551 Preston Road Frisco, Texas 75034

Hours: 5:30am-9:00pm

  Brad Holden – Holden New Homes – Licensed Texas Real Estate Broker 

Landon Homes at Richwoods in Frisco raises prices $34,000 in Phase 22! 

Jun13

  The real estate market in Frisco is out of control! 

Landon Homes at Richwoods in Frisco on the 64 foot wide lots opened Phase 22 a little over a month ago on May 10th. And pricing from the phase before raised $34,000! ( No Typo)

Phase 22 has a total of 95 lots. Landon will have 70 and K Hovnanian Homes (KHOV) will have the remaining 25. 

  Landon has already contracted 35 of the 70 in just one month! The demand in Frisco, especially Richwoods, is out of control. 

K Hovnanian Homes plan to release their pricing and available lots for contract in a week or so. 19 of the 25 lots already have lot holds! 

 
Text or call Brad Holden today at (469) 733-2723 for the best rebate on any new home in Phase 22 at Richwoods. I can also help negotiate and confirm that you are getting either Landon or K Hovnanian Homes bottom dollar. 

(REBATES RANGE FROM BUILDER TO BUILDER BUT NORMALLY BUYERS WILL RECEIVE AROUND $15,000-$20,000 ON TOP OF WHAT THE BUILDERS INCENTIVES ARE!)

I also live here in Richwoods, so I can answer pretty much any question you might have about the builders, schools or amenities. 

  
Brad Holden – Holden New Homes – Licensed Texas Real Estate Broker

K Hovnanian Homes (KHOV) at Diamond Point Estates in Frisco Specs out remaining 11 lots to Start Close-Out! 

Jun12

 It feels like yesterday when K Hovnanian Homes (KHOV) opened Diamond Point Estates in Frisco, and now they are beginning Close-Out?  Wow! That was fast. 

Granted, the community has a total of only 51 Lots but is in an incredible location just East of Park Place Estates and directly across from the future Grand Park. Not to mention, right next to The Canals at Grand Park which is just North of Diamond Point. 

  Why does Diamond Point matter? 

The location directly off of Legacy and nearly halfway between Cotton Gin and Stonebrook gives residents east access to the Dallas Notth Tollroad. Stonebrook FINALLY has plans to open to the Tollroad towards the end of this year. 

  At Diamond Point, there are currently 18 homes that have already CLOSED out of the 51 homesites. A total of 39 have been SOLD which leaves the 11 that they have already Spec-ed out with Inventory homes, due to the incredible demand. 

AND, there is one North Lot available as of TODAY! “Text or call me ASAP if you are in the market for a North Facing Lot!”

  The spec homes that have various months of completion.  The first are projected to be ready for move in by September. And the pics above show my personal favorite, by far, the Westhaven Plan. 

This plan has it all. With 4 Bedrooms, a Study, 4.5 Bathrooms, Gameroom, Media Room and a 3 Car Garage. It flows well and has a two story entry and family room. My clients can most likely get a $43,000 discount if they use me as their realtor. 

  If you are looking for a new home in Frisco and haven’t visited Diamond Point, you definitely should this weekend. Close-Out is always a good time to buy and here is your chance. 

“Text or Call Brad Holden today at (469) 733-2723 if you have any questions or are looking for a highly sought after North Facing lot in Frisco!”

And don’t forget to ask Brad about his Buyer Rebate for clients that will save you around an ADDITIONAL $17,500 on some of the Spec Homes here at Diamond Point! That’s a total of around $61,500 that I can get as a discount if you like Diamond Point and K Hovnanian Homes!!!!  

 

Brad Holden – Holden New Homes – Licensed Texas Real Estate Broker

Emerald Homes enters Arbors of Willow Bay in Frisco, Texas

May21

 Emerald Homes started selling in the Arbors at Willow Bay in Frisco at the end of 2014. Emerald Homes is the “High End” of DR Horton Homes.   

 

DR Horton is a big land owner in this area and they sold this piece of land to Hillwood with a caveat stating that they could at any time purchase lots if they wished. So after seeing how extremely successful Highland Homes and American Legend Homes were in the first two phases, they decided to take the remaining 102 lots for themselves. 

  The majority of Emerald Homes lots are 70 feet wide with a small percentage being 64 foot wide.  Currently they have sold 19 and have 8-10 specs in different stages. 
  I was at first a little concerned with Emerald coming in, but boy was I wrong! The model home is called the Winslow and has an incredible flow while walking through the home.  
 Emerald Homes have included step ups and step downs throughout the house that really helps their plans stand out from other builders.  

 Their standards already included are truly not standard with other builders such as a stone fireplace, engineered marble surrounding the tub in the master, and countertop to ceiling mirrors in master and secondary bathrooms!

   
   I was very surprised that the closets looked like this compared to the other builders closets only consisting of rods, some shelves and trim. 

   
    And the upstairs is definitely a kids oasis with the option of this incredible balcony off the back.  

 Emerald currently is offering a $20,000 incentive for upgrades on a new build and $5,000 for closing costs if you choose their lender. On the specs I am pretty sure I can get you a better deal if the timing is better for you. 

 If you are looking in Frisco currently, definitely consider Emerald Homes at the Arbors at Willow Bay. 

“And don’t forget to ask about my 4% Total Rebate for my clients that purchase an Emerald Home at the Arbors of Willow Bay!”

BRAD HOLDEN – HOLDEN NEW HOMES – LICENSED TEXAS REAL ESTATE BROKER