SELECTED case studies

From Land
to Legacy

JEN Partners delivers value by transforming land into thriving communities. We have invested over $2.0 billion across over 300 residential land transactions, in parcels ranging in size from tens to thousands of acres at acquisition costs ranging from $1 million to over $100 million.
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Two Step Farm

Houston, TX

Two Step Farm

JEN purchased the Two Step Farm project from a high net worth individual under a multi-year structured sale. The transaction was sourced and managed by Tom Woliver and Mike Brady, JEN’s Houston/Dallas-based Regional Partners. JEN is completing preliminary and final engineering and is in the process of selling fully-platted subdivisions to a variety of homebuilders.

  • Type: Land Repositioning: Masterplan
  • Location: Houston, TX
  • Acreage: 2,000
  • Total Lots: 4,000
  • Builders: Coventry, Drees, DSLD, David Weekley, Highland, Perry, Partners in Building, Pulte
  • Unique Feature: Dance hall and goat stalls

Overland Ranch

Denver, CO

Overland Ranch

JEN purchased the Overland Ranch project from a private partnership of high net worth individuals in a bulk sale. The transaction was sourced and managed by Jerry Richmond, JEN’s Denver-based Regional Partner. JEN is completing preliminary and final engineering and is in the process of selling fully-platted subdivisions to a variety of homebuilders.

  • Type: Land Repositioning: Masterplan
  • Location: Denver, CO
  • Acreage: 370
  • Total Lots: 1,000
  • Builders: Richmond American, Century, Pulte, Toll Brothers
  • Unique Feature: Butterfly pavilion and pollinator gardens

Placer One

Sacramento, CA

Placer One

JEN purchased the Placer One project from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation under a multi-year structured sale. The transaction was sourced and managed by Clifton Taylor, JEN’s Sacramento-based Regional Partner. JEN completed preliminary and final engineering and is in the process of selling fully-platted subdivisions to a variety of homebuilders.

  • Type: Land Repositioning: Masterplan
  • Location: Sacramento, CA
  • Acreage: 2,200
  • Total Lots: 5,500
  • Builders: JMC Homes, KB Home, Pulte
  • Unique Feature: Centered around a new Cal-state university

Painted Tree

Dallas, TX

Painted Tree

JEN purchased the Painted Tree project from a private north-Texas landowner in a bulk sale. The transaction was sourced and managed by Mike Brady and Tom Woliver, JEN’s Dallas/Houston-based Regional Partners. JEN completed preliminary and final engineering and then sold individual fully-platted subdivisions to a variety of homebuilders.

  • Type: Land Repositioning: Masterplan
  • Location: Dallas, TX
  • Acreage: 1,200
  • Total Lots: 3,000
  • Builders: Trophy Signature, Highland, David Weekley, Tripointe, Bloomfield, Drees, Coventry
  • Unique Feature: 25 miles of trails

Hills of Minneola

Orlando, FL

Hills of Minneola

JEN purchased the Hills of Minneola project from Family Dynamics Land Company in a multi-year structured sale. The transaction was sourced and managed by Richard Jerman, JEN’s Orlando-based Regional Partner. JEN completed preliminary and final engineering and then sold individual fully-platted subdivisions to a variety of homebuilders.

  • Type: Land Repositioning: Masterplan
  • Location: Orlando, FL
  • Acreage: 1,400
  • Total Lots: 3,000
  • Builders: Meritage, Pulte, Ashton Woods, Dreamfinders
  • Unique Feature: Rare hillside views in Florida

Harvest Queen Creek

Phoenix, AZ

Harvest Queen Creek

JEN purchased the Harvest Queen Creek project from a joint venture between Macerich (the mall operator) and Circle G Development (a local developer) in a bulk sale. The transaction was sourced and managed by Mike Jesberger, JEN’s Phoenix-based Regional Partner. JEN completed preliminary and final engineering and then sold individual fully-platted subdivisions to a variety of homebuilders.

  • Type: Land Repositioning: Masterplan
  • Location: Phoenix, AZ
  • Acreage: 420
  • Total Lots: 1,250
  • Builders: Beazer, Gehan, Landsea, Pulte, David Weekley, Lennar, Richmond American
  • Unique Feature: Agricultural themed playgrounds and barn

Chamblee

Atlanta, GA

Chamblee

JEN served as Lotbanker on this property. JEN has completed over 20 Lotbanking transactions in the Atlanta metro area.

  • Type: Lotbanking
  • Location: Atlanta, GA
  • Acreage: 11
  • Total Lots: 53
  • Builders: Private homebuilder
  • Unique Feature: Inner loop Atlanta location

Verrado parcel

Phoenix, AZ

Verrado parcel

JEN served as Lotbanker on this property. JEN has completed over 50 Lotbanking transactions in the Phoenix metro area.

  • Type: Lotbanking
  • Location: Phoenix, AZ
  • Acreage: 60
  • Total Lots: 238
  • Builders: Public homebuilder
  • Unique Feature: Mature masterplan location

Highlands

Southern CA

Highlands

JEN purchased the property from a private individual in a bulk sale. The transaction was sourced and managed by Paul Onufer, JEN’s Pasadena-based Regional Partner. JEN completed final engineering and land development and then sold finished lots to DR Horton.

  • Type: Land Repositioning: Subdivision
  • Location: Southern CA
  • Acreage: 52
  • Total Lots: 79
  • Builders: DR Horton
  • Unique Feature: Infill Corona location

Mangold

San Antonio, TX

Mangold

JEN purchased the property from a private individual in a bulk sale. The transaction was sourced and managed by Trey Marsh, JEN’s San Antonio-based Regional Partner. JEN completed final engineering and land development and then sold finished lots to Perry Homes.

  • Type: Land Repositioning: Subdivision
  • Location: San Antonio, TX
  • Acreage: 112
  • Total Lots: 354
  • Builders: Perry Homes
  • Unique Feature: Accessed by newly constructed state highway
Our property seems to me the most beautiful in the world. It is so close to Babylon that we enjoy all the advantages of the city, and yet when we come home we are away from all the noise and dust.  

Letter to the King of Persia in 539 B.C.

(first known expression of the suburban ideal)