Round Rock officials have signed off on changes that clear the way for KB Home to expand the Salerno subdivision by roughly 330 new houses, built across a 71.88-acre property the company recently purchased on the city's northeast side.
The approval, reported by Community Impact Newspaper, covers changes needed for KB Home to build 181 single-family homes in a first phase and 149 more in a second phase. KB Home also sought to annex the property into Salerno's existing municipal utility district, according to the same report. The expansion comes as Salerno nears completion of its original 1,200-home buildout, the outlet notes.
A Shift From Townhomes to Single-Family Construction
The 71.88-acre tract has a more complicated history than a simple land purchase. Brad Dushkin, director of planning and development services for the City of Round Rock, said the property's original development plan had called for a townhome development followed by single-family homes, but according to Community Impact's report, the original developer eventually found the project no longer feasible, per Dushkin's account.
That shift tracks with an earlier version of the project. Developer Verona Finance LLC pursued zoning and annexation for a townhouse development of up to 710 units on a 71.64-acre tract. That earlier plan also included 13.6 acres of open space and 2,230 linear feet of trails, and at the time the land sat within the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction, outside Round Rock's limits, before the tract was annexed into the city in 2023.
Salerno's Growth Fits a Broader Round Rock Building Boom
The Salerno expansion lands amid a wave of large-scale residential growth on Round Rock's northeast side. A separate project reported by the Houston Chronicle outlined plans for 900 single-family homes on a 230-acre tract nearby, with construction expected to start in summer 2026 and houses priced from the high $400,000s to the low $500,000s. That piece also noted the Salerno MUD was under construction near County Road 110 close to its intersection with University Boulevard.
The Chronicle's report further detailed that the Round Rock City Council approved annexing land and creating Round Rock Municipal Utility District No. 3 at a June 12 meeting last year, with the developer estimating the district's total cost at roughly $77.1 million. Those figures describe a different project than the Salerno expansion, but they illustrate the scale of utility-district-driven housing growth unfolding across the same part of the city.
