Cypress Ranch

This is a story of collaboration and resiliency. In 2018, VP of Development Services Ryan Plate had the vision to create the right balance of residential and retail for county planners who were looking for something acceptable for a 164-acre site.

Officials approved Ferber's plan including 330 multi-family units, 134 townhomes and 132 single-family homes behind the commercial site. “We had to work with our property owner and land brokers, the county, consultants, homebuilder, apartment developer, and a multitude of retail tenants,” states Plate. “We were thrown curveballs at every stage of the development process, including a COVID lockdown starting two months before our projected closing date, but we persevered thanks to the hard work our Ferber team, the commitment and support of our partners, leaders Paul and Shields Ferber, as well as the trust put in us by our clients.”

Plate shares that nothing was easy about this project. “The Comp Plan Amendment and re-zoning was one of our many challenges as well as drainage design, rebuilding a traffic signal, neighborhood outreach and coordination, and the many nuances of the leases and contracts. We succeeded.”