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“I think this trend is happening for a few reasons,” says
Dorsey, whose father is a builder. “First, it’s price. People
don’t want to spend a lot of money on a house – they
want to travel and have more life experiences.” Coerver
concurs. “They want to have a more flexible lifestyle, and
there’s an element of conservationism. People are into the
‘green’ movement and reducing your physical footprint.
It’s what’s driving electric cars, too.”
Thomas Dorsey
Starting at $289,000 for a residence with two bedrooms
and two-and-a-half baths, the houses are “small” by Texas
standards, but they’re still strong on features you’d find
on higher-end homes, including mahogany doors, bronze
gutters, red oak wood flooring, granite/marble/slate
options for kitchen and baths, and Whirlpool and Jenn-Air
appliances. They’re also big on energy efficiency.
“It’s not an obvious play for the Energy Corridor
neighborhood,” says Coerver, the financial guy in the
partnership, “but in the places where there would be high
demand, like Montrose or the Heights, the land prices are
too expensive to pull it off. Our thought is that with everything that’s going on on the west side, with CityCentre
becoming the real geographic center of Houston, and new
people moving there all the time, we can create a new
style of living that hasn’t been there before.”
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