CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A new home development is planned for the city's westside with almost a thousand homes to be constructed.
It's the first major home development in decades in this part of the city as leaders look for ways to expand and grow.
The site for the development is located off Saratoga Boulevard between Old Brownsville Road and Greenwood Drive.
The plans call for 965 family homes.
"This will be one of the largest master plan communities in the city and we're real excited to bring this to the westside," Braselton Development VP Bart Braselton said.
Braselton Development along with their partner D.R. Horton are behind the project that will be called the Saratoga Ridge subdivision.
"Including a build-to-rent section, which will only be the second in the city, we are looking to bring the most affordable priced new homes in the city," he said.
The westside makes up a huge chunk of the city, but is sometimes overlooked when it comes to future development. Braselton sees the potential and said the area is ripe for opportunity.
The challenge is making sure the infrastructure is in place.
City leaders on Tuesday helped pave the way.
City council members voted to amend the city's water master plan for the addition of a waterline to serve the proposed future site.
The amendment adds 1,460 linear feet of master plan water lines along Saratoga to meet the need of an estimated demand on water of 833,760 gallons per day.
Councilman Roland Barrera said the planned development will not only bring growth but also benefit the school district.
"Those homes the ad valorem for the school district is going to go to West Oso ISD," he said.
That will provide more taxes to fund the district's programs to help improve their schools.
Barrera who serves District 3 compared the project to the growth the London community has recently seen.
"Neighborhoods invite commerce," he said. "In the London area where you initially had a few homes out there now you see a restaurant, insurance agency, ice cream shop, more commerce, more activity, so that way more developers or small businesses want to be where the public is."
"The roof tops always come first, we've also set aside future commercial locations right in the front," Braselton said.
If everything goes to plan, they could break ground early next year.