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Mansion Global

2025’s Luxury Home Amenity Trends

Loraloma at Thomas Ranch reimagines luxury living with amenities that blend recreation and nature. The community features a swimming hole with rope swings, wooden rafts, and platforms, creating a playful retreat. Residents also enjoy access to the 18-hole David McLay Kidd-designed golf course, emphasizing an outdoor-focused lifestyle in Texas Hill Country.

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CoStar

Developers secure financing to launch big, 3,500-home community outside Austin, Texas

Areté Collective and Wasatch Group secured $100 million to develop Thomas Ranch, a 2,200-acre community near Austin, Texas. The project will include various home types, shops, restaurants, schools, and a golf course, supporting the area’s rapid population growth.

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Austin Business Journal

Construction to gain steam at luxury Lake Travis master-planned community Thomas Ranch

Thomas Ranch, a luxury residential community near Lake Travis in Austin, is progressing with plans for custom homes and estate lots, blending residential living with nature and community-focused amenities. The high-end development targets buyers seeking privacy and Austin’s outdoor lifestyle, emphasizing modern, sustainable living.

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Development Group Inks Financing for Spicewood venture

Areté Collective and the Wasatch Group closing on a $106 million financing to support infrastructure and first-phase development at Thomas Ranch, highlighting features of the complete development, including 3,500 units across all price points, over 465,000 sq ft. of retail space, a hotel, restaurants and office spaces.  

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Forbes

Golf Real Estate’s New Golden Age: Surging Demand, Changing Lifestyles

Loraloma’s golf course, designed by David McLay Kidd, is at the heart of Texas Hill Country’s growing luxury golf community trend. With seamless indoor-outdoor living and a relaxed approach to the game, it reflects golf real estate’s new golden age—where surging demand meets evolving lifestyles focused on nature, connection, and authentic experiences.

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Golf Pass

25 new golf courses expected to open in 2025

Fresh off finishing exciting new courses, David McLay Kidd heads to Texas for golf development outside of Austin. Loraloma will be a private residential club with a modernist bent, developed by the Utah-based Arete Collective, which has also designed spaces for golf properties like Chileno Bay in Los Cabos and Baker’s Bay in the Bahamas.

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Loraloma Unveils Reservations for Golf Course Homes

Loraloma has opened reservations for 29 exclusive golf course homesites along the David McLay Kidd-designed course in Texas Hill Country. Future residents can choose from curated home plans with seamless indoor-outdoor living, all crafted by Arete Collective and Denton House. The community offers golf-front access, luxury amenities, and natural beauty.

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A Generational Opportunity to Embrace Luxury Hill Country Living

Loraloma redefines luxury living in the Texas Hill Country with a blend of stunning natural landscapes and exceptional amenities. From David McLay Kidd’s first Texas golf course to the private club’s exclusive farm-to-table dining, riverside activities, and thoughtfully designed homes, Loraloma offers an unparalleled lifestyle rooted in sustainability and community.

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Bloomburg

The Most Exciting New Golf Courses to Play in 2025

Loraloma is set to debut David McLay Kidd’s first Texas golf course in fall 2025. Designed to embrace the natural contours of the Hill Country, this course offers dramatic elevation changes and breathtaking views of the Pedernales River—an unmissable destination for golf enthusiasts.

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