Friendswood Development Company has announced plans for new sections, builders and amenities in its master-planned West Ranch community located in the City of Friendswood.

West Ranch, open since mid 2007, is located along FM 518 and is currently home to nearly 150 households, nature trails, a recreation center and nature preserves.

New sections that will showcase one of the community’s newest builders are scheduled to open this month.

Highland Homes has joined West Ranch as the newest member of the builder team and will offer designs in a section of 80 x 135-foot home sites. Highland Homes which will soon be joined by a second builder, will open a new model and offer a variety of one- and two-story designs priced from the $350,000s. Also planned to open this month is an estate section of home sites that average 120 by 140 feet in size, and will feature new homes by Trendmaker Homes and an additional builder that will soon be announced. A number of home sites in this section will back up to a nature preserve that includes Chigger Creek.

“The new sections opening in West Ranch offer some of the largest home sites within the community and reflect home buyers’ desires for much larger back yards,” said Tim Fitzpatrick, Community Development Manager for West Ranch, “The addition of Highland Homes, one of Houston’s finest builders, is a great compliment to our community.”

Highland Homes joins Trendmaker Homes and Village Builders in the 766-acre West Ranch located in the Exemplary rated Friendswood Independent School District. New homes are priced from the $290,000s to the $700,000s.

Within West Ranch are 100 acres of nature preserves, trails, a resort style swimming pool, parks, and a fishing pier.

For more information, visit the website at www.WestRanch.com.

About Friendswood Development Company:

Friendswood Development Company introduced Houston’s first master-planned community in 1962 with the opening of Clear Lake City and followed with a number of well-known and highly successful communities that are home to generations of residents. Today, the Friendswood Development Company name stands behind a number of active master-planned communities spanning from the north to the south areas of the Houston market, offering new homes that range in price from the $140,000s to more than $1 million. For more information, visit www.FriendswoodDevelopment.com.