Huge McKinney Land Sale is Largest in the Area This Year
A New York-based community builder and investor has purchased a huge McKinney development site. JEN Partners has acquired more than 1,100 acres north of U.S. Highway 380 near Lake Forest Boulevard. The property is one of the largest undeveloped tracts of land in that area of Collin County and is one of the biggest suburban land sales in North Texas this year. JEN Partners purchased the big residential site from Brinkmann Ranches of Collin County, the longtime owner of the land.
Previous development plans for the property called for more than 3,000 homes. JEN Partners officials confirmed the sale. The new owners plan a formal announcement of their plans for the property in the next week to 10 days, operating partner Michael Brady said in an email. JEN Partners has already been active in North Texas. “They’ve been here for a long time, mainly doing finance work for a lot of the builders,” said Ted Wilson, principal with Dallas-based housing analyst Residential Strategies. Wilson said the McKinney property the company just purchased has long been sought by builders because of its location just west of U.S. Highway 75. “It’s a big deal — there will be a lot of builder interest in the property,” he said.
JEN Partners has already sold a 126-acre portion of the property to a top local builder. Greenbrick Partners, whose builders include CB Jeni Homes, Normandy Homes and Centre Living Homes, purchased the land, according to Collin County deed records. JEN Partners is still working through entitlements for the property with the city of McKinney.
The New York-based residential community firm has invested more than $4 million in residential land and funded homebuilders around the country. JEN Partners has done developments in markets in Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Colorado, Arizona and California. The McKinney purchase comes at a time when demand is surging for residential building sites in North Texas...
