Windy Hill Development

What Windy Hill Development does

Windy Hill Development is a private, Houston-area real estate development company founded in 2010 by Randy and Rachael Hall that acquires, entitles, and develops master-planned residential communities in the Greater Houston metropolitan area. The company's core offering is finished, development-ready residential lots sold wholesale to national and regional homebuilders, with the company handling site selection, regulatory approvals (including MUD and Public Improvement District creation), permits, and infrastructure delivery before lot handoff. Its active portfolio spans 11 projects, 3,300+ acres, and more than 10,000 planned lots across communities such as Mesa Vista, Indian Springs, Esperanza, Freedom Trail, Gulf Breeze, Diamond Oaks, Bayou Bend, The Grove, and a newly announced Waller community, with finished-home price points ranging from approximately $180,000 to more than $450,000.

The business model is B2B and transaction-based: Windy Hill sells large lot packages (frequently hundreds of lots per transaction) to homebuilders including Lennar, D.R. Horton, PulteGroup, KB Home, Meritage Homes, M/I Homes, and Rausch Coleman Homes. Notable takeouts include Lennar's purchase of all 630 Mesa Vista lots and 336 acres at Esperanza, and D.R. Horton's 92-lot Indian Springs purchase in March 2026. The company does not build homes itself; its competitive moat is built on deep Texas-specific regulatory expertise (MUD creation, entitlement, special finance district applications), a senior team with 35–40 years of development, legal, and city management experience, and durable multi-cycle relationships with the largest U.S. public and private homebuilders.

Windy Hill operates with a small core team of 1–10 employees, scaling its development pipeline through a land-banking and development capital partnership with Connor Investment Real Estate and a post-closing community management alliance with Southern Property Management Group. The company has no public listing, no disclosed external funding rounds, and is controlled by the Hall family as Principal/CEO and Principal.

Name

Windy Hill Development

Legal name

Windy Hill Development

Website

https://windyhill.land

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Windy Hill Development is a private Houston-area land developer that acquires, entitles, and develops master-planned residential communities, selling finished lots wholesale to national homebuilders including Lennar, D.R. Horton, and PulteGroup across 10,000+ planned lots in the Greater Houston market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Real Estate Land Development

NAICS

Land Subdivision (2372), Site Preparation Contractors (23891), Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction (237110)

SIC

Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Land Development & Subdivision Homebuilding (Build-to-Sell Communities) (IMAFABAL)

Keywords

• Residential land development
• Master-planned communities
• Entitled lot sales
• Homebuilder partnerships
• Horizontal infrastructure development

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Lot Sales to Homebuilders: Primary revenue stream from selling finished, entitled residential lots to national and regional homebuilders. Lots are sold wholesale to builders who then construct homes for retail sale to homebuyers. Revenue is transaction-based, derived from land acquisition, entitlement, and infrastructure development.
2. Community Development Services: Due diligence, site selection, entitlements, permits, and infrastructure development services that add value to raw land before lot sales. Company manages development process from acquisition through initial lot delivery.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Windy Hill Development is a residential land development company that acquires raw land in the Greater Houston area, secures municipal and special district entitlements (including MUDs and PIDs), installs horizontal infrastructure, and delivers finished lots to national and regional homebuilders. The company's portfolio consists of master-planned communities ranging from 138 to 442 acres, supplying between approximately 600 and 1,670 lots per community to builders such as Lennar, D.R. Horton, and M/I Homes.

Product overview

Windy Hill Development is a land development company that creates master-planned residential communities in the Greater Houston area. The company's portfolio includes multiple named communities such as Indian Springs, Mesa Vista, Freedom Trail, Gulf Breeze, Esperanza, Diamond Oaks, Bayou Bend, The Grove, and the Waller Community. These communities range from 138 acres to 442 acres and offer between 600 to 1,700 lots, with homes priced from $180,000 to $450,000. The company partners with national homebuilders including Lennar, D.R. Horton, M/I Homes, Rausch Coleman Homes, Pulte Homes, KB Home, Meritage Homes, and others. Windy Hill Development handles site selection, entitlements, permits, and infrastructure development, while homebuilders construct and sell homes to end buyers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Indian Springs A 138-acre master-planned community located near the shores of Lake Houston within Crosby ISD, offering approximately 600 finished residential lots to homebuilders including D.R. Horton (92 lots, March 2026), Lennar, and M/I Homes for affordable single-family homes.
• Mesa Vista A 140-acre development east of Wayside Village in Houston, providing approximately 750 lots with 40' x 120' average sizing under a new MUD, delivered to Lennar as the sole builder.
• Freedom Trail A 430-acre single-family development on the Houston Grand Parkway at FM 686 in Dayton ISD, Liberty County, planned for approximately 1,200 homes near the City of Dayton's light industrial hub.
• Gulf Breeze A 224-acre master-planned community within Santa Fe ISD in Hitchcock, Texas, delivering approximately 700 finished lots with infrastructure funded through a newly created Public Improvement District.
• Esperanza A 425-acre master-planned community in unincorporated Ft. Bend County near Needville, Texas, totaling 1,670 lots at full buildout, sold in large parcels to Lennar and Rausch Coleman Homes (approximately 440+ homes).
• Diamond Oaks A 205-acre master-planned community within Alvin's ETJ, supported by Brazoria County MUD #89, planning approximately 600 finished home sites.
• Bayou Bend A 235-acre Brazoria County master-planned community in Liverpool on County Road 191 and Highway 35, delivering approximately 700 lots at an average 50' x 120' footprint.
• The Grove A 300-acre master-planned community in Austin County near Cat Spring, Texas, located on the northwestern corner of FM 1094 and Frazer Road, with family-friendly amenities including walking trails and recreational parks.
• Waller Community A new master-planned residential community near Waller, Texas, planned for approximately 1,000 lots ranging from 30' to 60' wide, zoned to the Waller Independent School District.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 10,000 lots planned across Houston metro
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Southern Property Management GroupcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 12 February 2025Strategic alliance for community management services across all Windy Hill Development communities. Southern Property Management provides responsive property and association management including amenity maintenance, landscaping, and community engagement. Manages Indian Springs, Esperanza, Diamond Oaks, and Mesa Vista communities.
• LennarcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrimary builder partner purchasing lots across multiple communities. Major transactions include: all 630 lots at Mesa Vista, lots at Indian Springs, and 336 acres at Esperanza. One of the largest national homebuilders in the US.
• D.R. HortoncoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNational homebuilder partner purchasing lots for single-family development. Purchased 92 lots in Indian Springs community (March 2026) for homes starting at $235,000.
• Rausch Coleman HomescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional homebuilder purchasing 112 acres (later expanded) in Esperanza community near Needville. Building approximately 440+ homes in the development over 10 years.
• M/I HomesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNational homebuilder purchasing lots in Indian Springs community. Building 3-bedroom homes starting at $240,000.
• PulteGroupminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBuilder partner listed among company builder relationships for lot sales.
• KB HomeminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBuilder partner listed among company builder relationships for lot sales.
• Meritage HomesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBuilder partner listed among company builder relationships for lot sales.
• Blackline EngineeringminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProject engineer for Mesa Vista community development ensuring community infrastructure quality.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• The Howard Hughes Corporation: Developer of large-scale master-planned communities such as The Woodlands, Summerlin, and Bridgeland. Directly comparable in business model: acquires raw land, creates entitled master-planned communities, and sells finished lots to homebuilders.
• Forestar Group: D.R. Horton-controlled land acquisition and development subsidiary operating across multiple Texas markets. Directly comparable as a residential land developer selling entitled lots to homebuilders; notably, Windy Hill's Director of Land Chris Tysdal previously held senior roles at Forestar.
• Five Point Holdings: Public master-planned community developer operating large entitlement-driven projects in California and Florida. Directly comparable as a land developer that creates infrastructure-ready communities and sells lots to homebuilders under long-term programs.
• Johnson Development Corp: Houston-area master-planned community developer with multiple active communities in the Greater Houston region. Directly comparable as a Houston-focused land developer selling lots to national homebuilders, with similar scale of project pipeline and similar buyer relationships.
• Landsea Homes: Texas- and Florida-focused homebuilder and land developer (formerly including the Land Tejas Houston master-planned communities). Directly comparable as a Houston-area residential developer operating master-planned communities and selling lots to builders and end-buyers.
• Crescent Communities: Master-planned community developer active in the Sun Belt including Texas markets. Directly comparable as a residential land developer that creates amenitized communities and sells lots to homebuilders, with comparable project scale and builder relationships.

Broad incumbents

• Brookfield Residential: North American homebuilder and master-planned community developer operating amenitized communities across the Sun Belt and Texas. Broadly comparable as a broad incumbent developer-builder that captures land development economics similar to those Windy Hill targets in Houston.
• Lennar: Second-largest US homebuilder and Windy Hill's largest single builder partner (purchased all 630 Mesa Vista lots and 336 acres at Esperanza). Broadly comparable as the national incumbent that both buys lots from developers like Windy Hill and operates its own LNR land business.
• Tri Pointe Homes: National homebuilder with significant Texas operations and an integrated land development platform. Broadly comparable as a broad incumbent that controls land positions across multiple Sun Belt markets and sells/operates master-planned community lots.
• D.R. Horton: Largest US homebuilder and a key Windy Hill customer (purchased 92 lots at Indian Springs and runs the Forestar land subsidiary). Broadly comparable as the incumbent homebuilder that vertically integrates land development and homebuilding, capturing economic value Windy Hill helps create.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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