Manvel’s residential development has expanded in recent years with the addition of several ongoing and planned master-planned communities, including Pomona, Valencia, Del Bello and Meridiana.
According to the developer
Russell Bynum, senior vice president of Hillwood Communities, the developer behind Pomona and Valencia, said Manvel’s location and regional growth made it a key investment area.
“Manvel was the next logical growth zone based on the growth that occurred in Pearland in the early 2000s,” Bynum said. “The location of both Pomona and Valencia are ideally situated in Manvel with direct access to State Hwy. 288 and in close proximity to the Texas Medical Center.”
The city’s approval of a development agreement allowing for a diverse mix of lot sizes and housing types also helped make development feasible, Bynum said.
Zooming in
Manvel’s population increased by nearly 41% between 2018-23, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
The city’s approach to managing that growth is centered on zoning, infrastructure capacity and location of development, including where master-planned communities are built, Mayor Dan Davis said.
Along the city’s major corridors, land is zoned for light commercial use, while much of the city remains zoned for open single-family residential development, Davis said.
“There are a few pieces of land left where, if development comes in and they’re looking to do 60-foot lots, 70-foot lots or even 50-foot lots, those could be good opportunities,” Davis said. “Those areas already have drainage accounted for, water and wastewater infrastructure in place, and nearby thoroughfares that can handle additional traffic.”
