Heep Ranch

This 600-acre property is located at the southern edge of Austin, where the city’s new bypass will merge with Interstate 35. The land features gently to steeply rolling terrain with stands of mature live oaks and lengthy vistas over Onion Creek to the downtown skyline. The master plan envisions a richly restricted corporate business park with a “town center” zone including restaurants, retail, hotels, and high-density multi-family housing.

The corporate sites are situated on meandering streets and boulevards that follow the natural contours of the topography, while the town center is structured on a neo-traditional grid pattern of streets and blocks at the top of the ridge. This structural contrast adds strength to the plan and contributes to a strong sense of place. A network of greenbelts with a trail system is proposed to link all the sites to the beautiful limestone-bottomed creek that wraps around the park, offering recreational opportunities to users.