Construction is just beginning on the 32-acre Parc Lake Estates subdivision off N. Eldridge Parkway, southeast of Grant Road.

When completed, the private gated community will include 64 lots built on 150-by-80-foot plots of land. MHI Coventry and J. Patrick Homes are constructing the houses, which start at $360,000.

Joe Watson, partner with Axis Point Developers, said the builders began selling lots several months ago, and the first nine homes are expected to be finished within the next month.

As for the amenities, there are three lakes inside the community to go along with an adjacent 30-acre pond built by Harris County.

"What's significant about this project is that more than 90 percent of the lots are on the lakes we've built or the county's lake," Watson said. "About 25 to 30 percent of the lots are facing a heavily wooded forest in the floodway, which means it will never be built on. It's one of those odd developments where almost every direction you look you have forest or lake."

The community also features an outdoor amphitheater constructed with limestone blocks that looks over a 1.4-acre wetland Watson is expanding as part of the development.

"It will be a remarkable park and an unusual asset because we are trying to enhance the wetlands," Watson said. "We are in the process of planting butterfly and hummingbird plants, along with cypress trees."