The Preserve at Harveston set to begin construction

Residential construction is set to begin in the next two weeks on The Preserve at Harveston, the 95-acre, first phase of Mike Wampold and John Fetzer’s planned 1,200-acre TND straddling the Bluebonnet Boulevard extension. Some 350 homes are planned for The Preserve, 93 of which will be constructed on a 33-acre tract that will be the first part of the first phase, Fetzer says. Five local builders have been selected for the project: Colby Constructors, Distinctive Homes by Watson, Dupree Construction, Fetzer Properties of Louisiana and Unified Construction Group. They were selected after a careful vetting by Wampold and Fetzer from about 20 contractors who were interested in working on the project. “We went out and just looked at their product and in most cases we kicked the tires pretty good,” Fetzer says. “We just felt these five were the ones we wanted to start with.” Homes, which are being designed by LRK’s Mike Sullivan, will be priced in the low-to-mid $300,000 range for smaller homes, and close to $400,000 for larger properties. Earlier this week, Wampold and Fetzer filed a revised concept plan for The Preserve with the Planning Commission, adding more than 600 acres to the total project. The added land was always intended to be part of the development and will be used mostly for trails and a nature preserve, Fetzer says. It is included in the revised concept plan because part of the land will run through The Preserve. The Planning Commission will take up the request in May. —Stephanie Riegel