As if the real estate in McKinney Texas’ Stonebridge Ranch wasn’t amazing and beautiful enough, Jeffory Balckard, developer and president of The Blackard Group is developing the Adriatica at Stonebridge Ranch. This is a vision that you need to see for yourself! You may find yourself moving to McKinney Texas.
Blackard’s vision for the Adriatica comes from the harbor village of Supetara on the island of Brac in Croatia. This Mediterranean harbor town is being transported to Adriatica at Stonebridge Ranch and is estimated to cost over $250 million. So far, the “Kastel” (castle), a 28,000 square foot office building, a retail structure housing Starbucks, The UPS Store and a Spa has been completed and are open for business.
The Front of the Kastel in Adriatica
If you think the Adriatica is only for work and play, then you’re sadly mistaken. George Fuller, a local Luxury home builder in the DFW Metroplex is building a residential area in the village, with 75 villas and 297 condominiums and lofts available. The designs are beautiful and the homes will be very close to the water.
A central feature of the community that my kids will love is the village harbor and will provide a mooring place for a scale replica of an Old World sailing ship… the “Dubrovnik”. Argh!
Attention to detail is the central to the replication strategy Blackard has for Adriatica. At a time when one neighborhood looks like the next, Adriatica will feature works of art created specifically for the village, including a hand-carved stone fountain requiring almost a year to complete.
Like I said before, this is an amazing development that you will have to see for yourself! You can read more on the Adriatica’s official website at www.adriaticamckinney.com
Aerial view of the area today
Future aerial view of the Adriatica
I can’t wait until this development in McKinney’s Stonebridge Ranch is completed. I live less than a mile away and have the privilage of officing in the Kastel so I will be sure to post more when exciting changes happen.
For those of you that are not familiar with Stonebridge Ranch, it is located in McKinney, Texas in the north east corner of the DFW Metroplex. It is primarily residential with some commercial near the center. It’s an amazing place for relocation and even when the housing market is slow in the surrounding areas, it’s almost always a hot real estate market here.
October 26th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
All of your current advertising is wasted if you don’t give directions to this wonderful
place! How about an area map?