MANVEL (Hillwood) – Hillwood Communities, in partnership with McGuyer Homebuilders Inc. (MHI), has broken ground on Pomona, its first Houston-area master-planned community.

Approximately 2,100 single-family homes are planned for the 1,000-acre, $700 million development. The first phase of Pomona consists of 300 homes with prices from $250,000 to $450,000.

Highland Homes, David Weekley Homes, Coventry Homes, Plantation Homes and Trendmaker Homes are the builders.

Pomona is on Mustang Bayou. Hillwood plans to leave more than 300 acres open in the form of wetlands and protective waters and also make improvements to the bayou by planting native grasses and trees.

The company is currently in contract with Alvin ISD to sell 13 acres of the property to build an elementary school.