South of Houston, near Richmond, a brand‑new master‑planned “mini city” is starting to look less like a rendering and more like a real place. Austin Point, the Signorelli Company’s 4,700‑acre community, has opened its first phase with a new community center and model‑home tours. Phase One is slated for 421 homes, with roughly 120 houses already finished and early buyers moving in. When the dust finally settles, developers say the project is supposed to blend housing, workplaces and sweeping stretches of parks and trails into one walkable community.
First Phase Debuts With Community Hub And Model Row
Austin Point celebrated the grand opening of its community center on Saturday and invited prospective residents in to tour a dozen model homes, according to the Houston Chronicle. The paper reports that about 20 families have already moved in and that the community has logged 67 home sales in its early weeks.
The 1824 Aims To Be The Neighborhood’s Living Room
At the heart of the first phase is The 1824, a roughly 2.5‑acre social hub wrapped around a 2,800‑square‑foot café and outdoor event lawn. Austin Point notes that Tomball‑based Honor Society Coffee Co. will run the on‑site food‑and‑beverage space and that the hub is intended to host concerts, food trucks and regular community programming.
Developer Vision: Scale, Mix Of Uses And Price Points
Developer materials sketch out a long‑term plan for roughly 14,000 residences, about 3,600 acres of mixed‑use commercial space and around 1,000 acres reserved for parks, trails and open space, per The Signorelli Company. Marketing for the project shows Phase One home prices starting in the low $200,000s and running into the $900,000s, with a mix of builders and home styles across the first 125 acres. Signorelli has pitched Austin Point as a long‑range, multi‑phase town that will take years to fully build out.
Early Sales And Move‑Ins Start To Fill The Streets
The Houston Chronicle reports that about 120 homes in Phase One are complete, with 67 sales recorded so far and roughly 20 families already living on site. That early sales pace is enough to put the model homes and sales offices firmly on the radar for buyers scouting the Fort Bend corridor.
Schools, Roads And A Big Footprint For Fort Bend
Local reporting and developer documents point to an on‑site elementary campus for Lamar Consolidated ISD, with a school expected to open in the coming years, according to Covering Katy. Industry coverage also describes Austin Point as the largest master‑planned development announced in Fort Bend County in decades, a scale that will put pressure on area roads, utilities and school capacity as build‑out moves ahead, reports Houston Agent Magazine.
What Comes Next For Austin Point
Model homes remain open to visitors, and builders are slated to keep construction rolling through 2026 as additional sections open up. Signorelli officials say the community will grow in multiple phases over many years. In the near term, sales events, programming at The 1824 and ongoing infrastructure work around FM 762 and future parkway intersections will play a big role in how quickly Austin Point starts to feel like a self‑sustaining town.
Hoodline covered Austin Point when sales launched in 2025 and has tracked the project’s progress. This latest update reflects the opening of the community center and the first wave of move‑ins. For anyone eyeing a move or simply watching Fort Bend’s rapid growth, Austin Point now offers a first, concrete glimpse of the developer’s long‑term vision.
