Wolff Companies News Releases

In recognition of his commitment to quality development, numerous community endeavors, and support of the creation and preservation of green spaces in Houston, David S. Wolff, president and chairman of Wolff Companies, received the Scenic Visionary Award during Scenic Houston’s Annual Benefit Dinner held at the River Oaks Country Club on October 19, 2023.

Wolff Companies and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) held ground-breaking ceremonies today on the U.S. 290 Beacon Hill Interchange, which will create significant access improvements along U.S. 290 in Waller. The access improvements include:
• an off-ramp for a new 290 interchange, named Beacon Hill Boulevard, located west of FM 362;
• a mile-long U.S. 290 frontage road, connecting Beacon Hill Boulevard to James R. Muse Parkway;
• an auxiliary lane from the entrance ramp from FM 362 to the Beacon Hill exit; and
• a U-turn under U.S. 290 at James R. Muse Parkway, to aid traffic flow from Beacon Hill toward Houston.

Carolyn W. Dorros, executive vice president at Wolff Companies, will be recognized among the honorees of Bisnow’s third annual Women Leading Real Estate (WLRE) in Houston event on December 8, 2022, where she will also be one of the featured speakers. The initiative recognizes top-level executives and industry leaders who shape commercial real estate. The core purpose of Bisnow’s award program is to enhance the participation of women in commercial real estate and promote industry diversity. The event will provide education, networking, and resources for professional development.

Wolff Companies announced today the acquisition of an additional 22.7 acres of land along U.S. 290 in Waller County from the McCaig Family Limited Partnership. A portion of the tract, which is situated east of Beacon Hill and approximately 1,200 feet west of FM 362, will be dedicated to drainage and detention improvements, with nearly 11 acres of the land available for future commercial development. Together, the 521 acres in the original Beacon Hill development, along with the latest acquisition and the 43-acre tract at the corner of James R. Muse and U.S. 290 purchased in January 2021, will create a 587-acre master-planned environment, including a business park and a residential subdivision, in the growing submarket.

Hines, the international real estate firm, has acquired 78 acres in Wolff Companies’ 564-acre, mixed-use Beacon Hill development along highway U.S. 290 in Waller, Texas for a build-to-suit project. NAI Partners’ John Simons, Gray Gilbert and Chris Haro represented Wolff Companies in the transaction, which is the first industrial sale in the development. Wolff Companies previously sold 270 acres to Long Lake Ltd. to develop a residential subdivision in the northern section of the master-planned community. The sale price was undisclosed.

AHS Residential has acquired the last remaining parcel in Wolff Companies’ Ten Oaks, an 83-acre master-planned development situated at the west end of The Energy Corridor, the central business district in the greater west Houston metropolitan area. AHS plans to develop three 12-story apartment towers with 576 units on the 6.6-acre site.

Houston-based Wolff Companies today launched its new website at www.WolffCompanies.com. The new site features a modern, functional layout designed to articulate the company’s commitment to quality and creating long-term value, 50-year track record of developing land in the path of Houston’s growth as well as its current land development projects.

Houston’s largest privately-owned homebuilder, Long Lake Ltd., and its development arm, Woodmere Development Co., announced today the opening of their Lake Ridge and Briarwood model homes and sales office in the residential section of Beacon Hill, a 564-acre master-planned environment in Waller County currently under development by Wolff Companies.

Wolff Companies announced today it has awarded a $2.9 million contract for the construction of Beacon Hill Boulevard as well as related underground utilities in Beacon Hill to Beyer Construction.

A continued swell of interest and five recent closings leave only six available farms remaining at Wolff Companies’ Gates Ranch, a 1,500-acre community of family farms in historic Washington County, Texas. In the past three months, the last two community estates in Phase II were sold in addition to three estates in the final Phase III.