A Canadian developer has plans for a very large development in the southeast Austin area.  Over the next 20 or so years, Carma Texas, Inc. plans to add around 7,500 single-family homes, over a million square feet of retail space and around 3,500 condos and townhomes.  The project is east of Interstate 35, just west of Highway 183 on around 25,00 acres.  The development is outside of the Austin city limits for now and nobody knows whether or not the area will be annexed over time.

This is just one of many developments announced or planned for areas in the area just east of Austin.  This is an area that is flat, making it easier to build on than areas in the hills in the western Austin area.  Large tracts of farm and ranch land at relatively affordable prices have been available over time and this is another reason that the area is attractive to real estate developers.