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Westport Homes To Develop Houston’s Most Unique Custom Home Neighborhood

“The Island” at Shadow Creek Ranch will fill void of custom homes on 288 Corridor

HOUSTON, TX (May 13, 2002) Shadow Creek Ranch, the new master-planned community on the burgeoning Highway 288 corridor, is helping to meet the demand for custom homes being built in that area. The principals of Shadow Creek Ranch are pleased to announce that Westport Homes, one of Houston’s most prominent custom homebuilders, will now offer homebuyers unique custom designs on “The Island”, a distinctive neighborhood in Shadow Creek Ranch almost completely surrounded by water.

“Westport Homes is a great addition to our team of builders,” said Carlo Ferreira, principal of Shadow Creek Ranch. “The Island will offer custom homebuyers a waterfront living opportunity unlike any other community in Houston. When you combine our location 15 minutes from the central business district, the medical center and the new football stadium with great homes in a very carefully planned atmosphere, the result is a very successful residential community that will attract even the most selective homebuyer. The Island neighborhood will be especially appealing to all the professional athletes, medical staff and top-level executives working in these high-growth areas of town,” said Ferreira.

With Silverlake almost completely sold out, Rodéo Palms and Shadow Creek Ranch are primed to cater to the needs of the custom homebuyer on Highway 288. “Shadow Creek’s close proximity to the central business district and the Texas Medical Center, combined with exceptional amenities and all the added conveniences offered in a master planned community,” said David Moore, president and founder of Westport Homes, “make it the obvious choice for anyone searching for a home close to Houston’s economic and entertainment hubs. I am thrilled to be a part of what I know will be the most successful community on 288.”

According to Mike Rozell, chief executive officer of Rozell Realty, “Our clients who work in the downtown, or especially in the medical center want to live in a communities that is close in distance and offers short commute times to work. Doctors are often on call and cannot afford to live too far away. As for athletes like the Texans, it’s important that they live nearby the practice facility and stadium to avoid being fined for arriving late to practice or games. That is why our agents strongly recommend they look at communities in Pearland, Missouri City or Sugar Land.”

The Island at Shadow Creek Ranch features oversized estate homesites, many of which are cul-de-sac lots, ranging from 9,600 to approximately 20,000 square feet in dimension. Nearly half of Westport’s homesites are waterfront and will offer residents scenic vistas of the glistening lakes that surround the neighborhood. Westport will offer an array of custom designs priced from the $350s to the $700s that range in size from 3,500 to over 5,000 square feet.

Founded by Moore in 1984, Westport Homes brings a unique design feature to the homes at Shadow Creek Ranch California flair. Moore’s extensive homebuilding career began along the California coastline in 1983. His award-winning designs have been wowing homebuyers in Texas for the past nine years and have earned him the coveted PRISM award three times, from the Greater Houston Builders Association for his dedication to home building excellence. Most recently, Westport Homes received the 2002 PRISM Award for Custom Home of the Year in the $750 to $1 million category, for 14 Wilmington, a 5,356-square-foot, two-story custom home in the Waters of Avalon.

Westport Homes will begin construction on their show home at Shadow Creek Ranch this summer. To reserve your custom homesite, please call Westport Homes at 281-240-4414.

About Shadow Creek Ranch
A 3,300-acre master-planned, water-themed community, Shadow Creek Ranch is located just 15 minutes south of downtown Houston’s central business, cultural and entertainment district and features nearly 300-acres of lakes. Upon completion, Shadow Creek Ranch will be home to approximately 36,000 residents living in nearly 12,000 single-family, multi-family and senior housing residences. The community will also include commercial, industrial, civic and recreational sites such as schools, churches, medical facilities, day care, City Hall Annex, police and fire stations, grocery stores, shopping center, banks, library, and multiple day-care centers creating an estimated 5,000 jobs within the community.

For more information on Shadow Creek Ranch call 281-412-0399 or visit the web site at www.shadowcreekranch.net.