Down-to-Earth Luxury

Dave Perry-Miller & Associates present 5 luxury ranches around Dallas

The Dallas-Fort Worth area demonstrates a dichotomy between luxury homes and down-to-earth living. Perhaps no other home genre complements this complexity better than the luxury ranch.

From Royse City to Saint Jo, Dave Perry-Miller presents some of the most beautifully pragmatic working ranches in the state.

Destination: Italy
Located on a whopping 550 acres approximately 50 minutes south of Dallas in a city called Italy, this working cattle ranch is situated atop rolling hills of prairie grass. This limestone ranch home was built along Chambers Creek and Houston Creek and has anything a cowpoke could want: exercise room, game room, oversized covered porch with living area and dual infinity pools with water slide.

Adventure in Saint Jo
This custom stone home in Saint Jo is situated on 400 acres overlooking the Red River Valley. The home features a gourmet kitchen, game room, master bedroom with walkout arbor and pool with outdoor kitchen. Additional amenities include five-stall barn, equipment barn and apartment for guests. The home is surrounded by a lake, ponds and miles of hiking trails.

A Little Bit Country in Kaufman
Majestic oak trees and a 10-acre lake surround this custom ranch home located in Kaufman. The house features a gourmet kitchen, open floor plan with 12-foot ceilings, covered porches and energy-efficient variables. The property features a guest house, as well as two insulated barns and three pastures with loafing sheds.

Custom in Celina
This custom ranch sits on a hilltop with 20-mile views of Celina. The property totals 22 acres, and the home boasts antique pine floors, gourmet kitchen, media room, game room and safe room. Also onsite: a five-stall barn, animal pens, feed barn and an upstairs two-bedroom apartment.

Rural Beauty in Royse City
Forty minutes east of downtown is Royse City, and it’s where you’ll find this equestrian estate. Located on 55 acres, the home was constructed with Austin stone, rustic timbers, metal roof and Western finishes. Amenities include antique pine and travertine floors, gourmet kitchen, and pool with cabana and grill.

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Dave Perry Miller & Associates is a premier residential real estate firm with five locations that specialize in marketing the key areas of the Park Cities, Preston Hollow, Uptown, Lakewood, East Dallas and Kessler Park. Dave Perry-Miller & Associates is a member of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World and Luxury Portfolio International. For more information on luxury living, please contact an associate today at 214-369-6000. Also visit daveperrymiller.com/blog for the latest news in Dallas real estate.

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Grand Prairie expands to the south with new master-planned community

Rendering courtesy of Provident

Goodland Grand Prairie

The City of Grand Prairie is growing fast and expanding to make way for a new master-planned development south of US Highway 287 and along Tollway 360, in Ellis and Johnson counties.

The community development, called Goodland, is the result of Grand Prairie’s recent 1,500-acre annexation extending its southern border toward Mansfield. Overall, with the added land, Goodland will be a 5,000-acre site featuring 15,000 residences including townhomes, custom homes, and gated communities for 50,000 residents.

According to a release, it will be a “city within a city” and a 45-minute drive from Dallas-Fort Worth. Beyond housing, there will be shops, restaurants, schools, public and private event venues, regional sports fields and complexes, dance halls, churches, trail systems, city parks, ponds, and preserved green spaces.

“This is a significant step in our city’s development,” says Grand Prairie Mayor Ron Jensen in a statement. “Unlike many of our neighboring cities, we have the unique advantage of new development opportunities to our south that will drive the growth and prosperity of our city. We recognized the opportunity and took decisive action.”

Leading the development is Provident, a Dallas-based real estate firm that has created other master-planned communities across Dallas-Fort Worth, such as Preston Hollow Village and Hillstead in Collin County. Provident has plans to work nature into the space design with more than 1,600 acres of creek corridors and floodplain land.

Plans are ongoing for a centralized mixed-use walkable Town Center, complete with civic buildings and other commercial development. Further south on the property near Highway 67, light industrial uses and other private employment campuses are already underway, projects that will contribute vital tax dollars for city growth and future expansions.

“This level of placemaking is quite rare, and certainly not easy to execute, especially in a brand-new community," says Provident Managing Director Rylan Yowell in a statement. "We are committed to a long-term vision with a desire to be good stewards of the land."

A new four-lane road called Goodland Parkway will link Goodland to Grand Prairie at Tollway 360 and US Highway 287. It's set to open by December 2025.

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