October 16, 20205 yr I never once, in all the times I've been through/around Leander, thought "they really need a lagoon and boardwalk", but I guess somebody did. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/williamson-county/leander-announces-1-billion-development-that-includes-4-acre-lagoon-10-acre-boardwalk/ Quote City leaders in Leander announced plans this week to build a new billion-dollar development that will include a hotel and lagoon. The 78-acre mixed-use project is called Leander Springs, and it’s set to be built at Farm to Market Road 2243 and the 183A toll road. As part of an agreement with Leander Springs LLC, city leaders approved $22 million in tax breaks. Quote The current plans include a four-acre lagoon surrounded by 10 acres of boardwalk. On top of retail, restaurants and office space, the proposal includes building 1,600 homes. During a news conference Thursday at Leander City Hall, Mayor Troy Hill said, “This is the type of project that doesn’t come along very often, and, for Leander, it’s one more aspect of making us the best town in Central Texas, possibly the whole state of Texas.” Quote The city laid out milestones that the project should meet during its development to receive rebates on property taxes, sales taxes and hotel occupancy taxes. For instance, during the first phase, a news release from the city stated that Leander Springs must have 35,000 square feet of commercial development and completed the lagoon by Dec. 31, 2023 to get the property and sales tax rebates. The project must also include development of 400 homes during that same time period. “Our conservative approach in the Leander Springs agreement helps make this project feasible for the developers while serving as a low risk opportunity for the city,” city manager Rick Beverlin said in a news release. “The deal allows us to immediately share in the economic benefits on a property that should provide excellent returns if developed to its best and highest use.” The Leander Lagoon, folk! I like how there's so few folks on it, when we know if they somehow pull this even halfway off, it'll look like this
October 17, 20205 yr Author 9 minutes ago, Dewey said: Does this come with a monorail? Still going to vacation in Cedar Park Monorail to Cedar Park, gondolas to downtown Austin.
October 17, 20205 yr “Our conservative approach in the Leander Springs agreement helps make this project feasible for the developers while serving as a low risk opportunity for the city,” We can pocket the gains and socialize the losses!
October 17, 20205 yr Popular Post We have a pool, and a pond. I think the pond would be good for Leander.
October 17, 20205 yr Lol. Is someone going around to suburbs offering this plan up? Texas city just built one and I think a city right north of Houston was talking about one as well Texas city’s 12 acre lagoon - I give it five years before it fails Edited October 17, 20205 yr by Xian
October 17, 20205 yr 25 minutes ago, Deej said: We have a pool, and a pond. I think the pond would be good for Leander.
October 17, 20205 yr 51 minutes ago, Xian said: Lol. Is someone going around to suburbs offering this plan up? Texas city just built one and I think a city right north of Houston was talking about one as well Texas city’s 12 acre lagoon - I give it five years before it fails Texas City put the goon in lagoon.
October 17, 20205 yr Author 59 minutes ago, Xian said: Lol. Is someone going around to suburbs offering this plan up? Texas city just built one and I think a city right north of Houston was talking about one as well Texas city’s 12 acre lagoon - I give it five years before it fails If you slack off on the maintenance just a little bit, hello green lagoon!
October 17, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, Xian said: Lol. Is someone going around to suburbs offering this plan up? Texas city just built one and I think a city right north of Houston was talking about one as well Texas city’s 12 acre lagoon - I give it five years before it fails Driving down to Galveston earlier this year my gf tiktok pulled up some big ass lagoon and she said it looked badass. I had no clue what she was talking about and assured her she was very wrong. about some badass lagoon in Texas City lol. Why are these a thing and I find it odd that Frisco or Plano don't have one yet.
October 17, 20205 yr Author 6 minutes ago, Zepol87 said: Why are these a thing and I find it odd that Frisco or Plano don't have one yet. They will eventually. I am guessing that real estate agents/developers sold them on it, to make unattractive areas look hip and fun. And maybe keep a few tourist dollars in the area, rather than somebody making a weekend trip somewhere. Too bad they'll be bordered by shitty strip malls that could be in any city in Texas with a population of more than 100,000.
October 17, 20205 yr There's a housing development in a north dallas suburb (The Lagoon at Windsong Ranch) that has one of these. Same company builds all of them as they have a few patents on the design. Looks kinda cool but I wonder about the long term maintenance required particularly when the pond liner needs to be replaced. Edited October 17, 20205 yr by Viking
October 17, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, Deej said: We have a pool, and a pond. I think the pond would be good for Leander. For the love of Christ, does surly ever retire anything?
October 17, 20205 yr You won’t find a complete set of chromosomes at any of these water parks. The only positive is that they keep a large number of undesirables away from polite society for a little while.
October 17, 20205 yr Lol. Is someone going around to suburbs offering this plan up? Texas city just built one and I think a city right north of Houston was talking about one as well Texas city’s 12 acre lagoon - I give it five years before it fails How long until the acid rain turns the water grey and rots out the liner? Texas City put the goon in lagoon. How long until the urban utes that killed stroworld take this place down too?
October 17, 20205 yr 6 minutes ago, woohorn said: How long until the acid rain turns the water grey and rots out the liner?How long until the urban utes that killed stroworld take this place down too? Shit, id be worried about ground seepage. There is a lot of unmarked disposals In that part of the world. You know, like back in the 50s when uncle jimbob at the refinery awarded his nephew’s newly setup “company” the contract to dispose of a few barrels of tank bottoms after that one turnaround. Well who knows if nephew David didnt just decide to dump it all in that forgotten cow pasture down FM 2002. Speaking of which, have you seen Jimbobs new Cadillac? Who’d of thought he could afford that on a PM salary? basically what happened with DuPont in West by god Virginia
October 17, 20205 yr Author 1 hour ago, Viking said: There's a housing development in a north dallas suburb (The Lagoon at Windsong Ranch) that has one of these. Same company builds all of them as they have a few patents on the design. Looks kinda cool but I wonder about the long term maintenance required particularly when the pond liner needs to be replaced. What patents could they have on said design? I could see if it was some kind of specialized filtration system that's going to keep that extremely clean or something. It's a great gig, because maintenance will never end. I'm assuming that since Leander is coughing up a bunch of tax breaks, it will be open to the public, unlike a lot of these other lagoons throughout Texas. It's going to be the Caddyshack pool.
October 17, 20205 yr 4 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said: What patents could they have on said design? I could see if it was some kind of specialized filtration system that's going to keep that extremely clean or something. It's a great gig, because maintenance will never end. I'm assuming that since Leander is coughing up a bunch of tax breaks, it will be open to the public, unlike a lot of these other lagoons throughout Texas. It's going to be the Caddyshack pool. I didn't dig up the patents so I'm not 100% certain but I believe I remember seeing one was for a much more efficient filter that allowed the water to be turned over a lot less frequently than a normal pool. These things are huge and turning them over at a normal pool rate (2-4 times a day) would require massive pumps, filters, and electricity.
October 17, 20205 yr 3 hours ago, Viking said: I didn't dig up the patents so I'm not 100% certain but I believe I remember seeing one was for a much more efficient filter that allowed the water to be turned over a lot less frequently than a normal pool. These things are huge and turning them over at a normal pool rate (2-4 times a day) would require massive pumps, filters, and electricity. So it's piss?
October 17, 20205 yr If Leander wants a Lagoon I say go for it. We should start a city council thread for the craziness that is Leander and Cedar Park.
October 17, 20205 yr So after the 10-year maintenance contract expires and the "new & improved" Leander city council shops the contract around, during the RFP period...the lagoon becomes the world's largest mosquito hot tub. That project renderings make it look awfully dependent on retail and office leases. Great time to pitch that to taxpayers. Is there any competent governing entities left in Texas? Did I miss a meeting?
October 17, 20205 yr 11 hours ago, Deej said: We have a pool, and a pond. I think the pond would be good for Leander. Obviously the city leaders have thoreauly pondered the idea.
October 17, 20205 yr Every bedroom community thinks they’re a real town and just need that one thing to put them over the top as a destination city. Just own it. You exist because you’re fucking cheap. If asked by a stranger where they live, the vast majority of your residents say Austin. They know no one will know where they are talking about if they utter your name or they are largely ashamed of you.
October 17, 20205 yr 10 hours ago, woohorn said: How long until the acid rain turns the water grey and rots out the liner?How long until the urban utes that killed stroworld take this place down too? This is why you pay a little extra for the TruCoat
October 17, 20205 yr "Now good people of Leander, let's talk rustproofing. These municipal lagoons will rust up on you like that! Shut up Gil, just close the deal.."
October 17, 20205 yr The one in prosper has only existed for a year or two, and they had to shut it down for a while late last year/early this year and basically redo a bunch of the floor. Seems like possibly not a great sign for the longevity/upkeep of these things. They sure as hell tried to keep it quiet, too.
October 17, 20205 yr 16 hours ago, atomheartbevo said: I never once, in all the times I've been through/around Leander, thought "they really need a lagoon and boardwalk", but I guess somebody did. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/williamson-county/leander-announces-1-billion-development-that-includes-4-acre-lagoon-10-acre-boardwalk/ The Leander Lagoon, folk! I like how there's so few folks on it, when we know if they somehow pull this even halfway off, it'll look like this Is this the same outfit that was going to build something similar in Rockwall?
October 17, 20205 yr Every bedroom community thinks they’re a real town and just need that one thing to put them over the top as a destination city. Just own it. You exist because you’re fucking cheap. If asked by a stranger where they live, the vast majority of your residents say Austin. They know no one will know where they are talking about if they utter your name or they are largely ashamed of you. And they will tell you it’s only a 10 min drive to Austin
October 17, 20205 yr 13 hours ago, Zepol87 said: Why are these a thing and I find it odd that Frisco or Plano don't have one yet. Is Rowlett? close enough?https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2019/11/25/construction-starts-on-rowletts-crystal-lagoon-project-on-lake-ray-hubbard/
October 17, 20205 yr Like, do cities not realize that if one is in every suburb their goal of getting tourist to come and pay for it isn’t going to work? Edited October 17, 20205 yr by Xian
October 17, 20205 yr Like, do cities not realize that if one is in every suburb their goal of getting tourist to come and pay for it isn’t going to work? Round Rock already has that giant indoor water park that is set to open. It’s what, 15 miles away?
October 17, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, CooterBrown said: Round Rock already has that giant indoor water park that is set to open. It’s what, 15 miles away? Don't forget Typhoid Texas in Pflugerville.
October 17, 20205 yr 16 hours ago, deadshank said: Texas City put the goon in lagoon. Texas City- come for the drivebys. Stay for the explosions
October 17, 20205 yr 3 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said: Texas City- Stay for the explosions Too soon (for me anyway) 😜
October 17, 20205 yr 8 minutes ago, Armybrat said: Too soon (for me anyway) 😜 My bad AB. But they do have other small explosions too
October 17, 20205 yr 44 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said: My bad AB. But they do have other small explosions too I was in San Antonio when the big one went off. We supposedly heard it, but I was probably too busy playing Cowboys & Indians to notice it.
October 17, 20205 yr Author Looking at that pic again I would like to see people renting little sailboats to sail around a 4-acre "lagoon". I would almost pay to watch that. And you can bet that, should this get built, that this will be the photo that adorns the Leander city website.
October 17, 20205 yr Looking at that pic again I would like to see people renting little sailboats to sail around a 4-acre "lagoon". I would almost pay to watch that. And you can bet that, should this get built, that this will be the photo that adorns the Leander city website.The reality will be a Hampton Inn with a McDonald’s and CiCi’s Pizza for dining options. Only $39.99 for all day access!
October 17, 20205 yr I was in San Antonio when the big one went off. We supposedly heard it, but I was probably too busy playing Cowboys & Indians to notice it. What was Custer like?
October 17, 20205 yr Seems like a good idea with all the droughts we have. They can use it as reserve drinking water
October 17, 20205 yr Author 18 minutes ago, Updawg said: Seems like a good idea with all the droughts we have. They can use it as reserve drinking water heh https://www.leandertx.gov/publicworks/page/stage-2-water-restrictions-effect-0
October 18, 20205 yr 17 hours ago, atomheartbevo said: Looking at that pic again I would like to see people renting little sailboats to sail around a 4-acre "lagoon". I would almost pay to watch that. And you can bet that, should this get built, that this will be the photo that adorns the Leander city website.
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