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Speakers and Panels
The Deal Engine
Partnerships, Capital Strategy, and Scaling Communities in 2026
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Phillip Huffines
Co-Founder, Co-Owner
Huffines Communities
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Carson Nunnelly
Managing Director
Starwood Land
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Andrew Pieper
SVP
Hillwood Communities
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Frank Su
VP, Land Acquisitions
Meritage Homes
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Greer McDowell
Partner
Axim Partners
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Ryan Mills
Senior Manager
Launch Development Finance Advisors
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Sanjay Bapat
Partner
Allen Boone Humphries Robinson
Coalitions for Growth
Infrastructure Funding, Resource Strategy, and the Future of North Texas MPCs
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Rylan Yowell
President
Provident Communities
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John Marlin
CEO
MA Partners
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Sean Terry
VP, Entitlements
Centurion American
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Darrel Amen
VP, Land
Brookfield Residential
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Hugo Morales
President
Main Square Development
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Michael Libera
Managing Director
SAMCO Capital Markets
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Dustin Kinder
CEO
Maverick Water Group
The Resident Premium
Homes, Amenities, and Community Features Activating the Resident Experiences
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Kyle Johnson
Acquisitions Manager, West and Central Regions
Walton
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Rob Nixon
SVP, Real Estate – Central Region
Walton Global
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Jim Henry
EVP of Community Development
Southern Land Company
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Jennifer Johnson
Founder, President
Olivia Clarke Homes
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Scott Theeringer
President & CEO
M&A Development
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Jodi House
Principal
TBG Partners
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Katie Ward
President - West Region
FirstService Residential
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Lynsey Synek
Director of Client Services
The Beck Group
Remarks From the Podium
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Ross Martin
Shareholder
Winstead
Why You Should Attend this DFW MPC CRE Event
What We’ll Cover:
North Texas MPC Market Snapshot: Current performance across DFW master planned communities, including lot absorption, permitting cycles, builder activity, inventory conditions, and demand trends by submarket.
Scaling Communities Through Capital and Partnerships: How developers and investors are structuring deals today to finance large-scale MPCs, including joint venture models, lender expectations, risk allocation, and strategies for long-term phasing and delivery.
Infrastructure and Resource Strategy: How roads, utilities, drainage, and long-term water and power capacity are shaping where MPCs can grow, with a focus on infrastructure funding tools, public-private coordination, and timing constraints that impact deliverability.
Resident Experience as a Differentiator: How community design is evolving, including the amenity features and programming that actually drive absorption and pricing power, along with placemaking strategies that build identity and long-term stickiness.
Product Mix and Affordability Pressure: How home types, floorplans, and design choices are shifting across price points, and how teams are balancing buyer expectations with construction efficiency, cost realities, and long-term value.
Mixed-Use, Density, and the Next Generation of MPC Planning: How MPCs are integrating retail and services and higher-density nodes to create convenience and activation, and what planning and design choices make these components successful in the DFW context.
Constraints, Risk, and Keeping Projects Moving: The real bottlenecks affecting MPC delivery today, including entitlement timelines, construction costs, labor and material volatility, and utility delays, and how teams are mitigating risk while maintaining speed.
Coalitions and Long Range Planning: How cities, counties, and regional stakeholders are aligning on growth plans, development standards, and infrastructure priorities to support multi-year MPC delivery and reduce friction over time.
Operations, HOA Strategy, and Protecting Long Term Value: How community management, services, maintenance standards, and resident communication strategies are impacting satisfaction, retention, and long-term asset performance as MPCs mature.
How You'll Do More Business: Join Bisnow for a deep dive into the trends transforming North Texas’ master planned community landscape. From financing models and partnerships to infrastructure and design innovation, conversations will explore what’s fueling the region’s continued growth. Bisnow convenes the top minds in development to uncover where the next generation of communities will rise.
Who You’ll Meet: Owners, developers, investors, brokers, city and government officials, consultants, architects, engineers, attorneys, accountants, lenders, and technology leaders driving North Texas’ commercial real estate and community development landscape.
Why You Should Attend: Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to identify opportunities, build your network and expand your business. With the largest audience of commercial real estate professionals in the world, no one knows how to help your business more than us. Join Bisnow as we jump into the market to analyze its strengths and strategize on its areas of opportunity. You don't want to miss this event!
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DFW Master-Planned Community News & Projects
Thousands of homes — plus a new H-E-B — slated for northern D-FW
5 North Texas master-planned communities that take living to a new level
Six Master Planned Communities in Dallas-Fort Worth Recognized Among the Nation’s Top 50
Starwood Capital Group Acquires 7 DFW Communities As Part Of $800M Deal
Dallas, TX Ranks Number Two For New Construction Home Builder Permits 2025
The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2025: Mid-Year Update
Terra Nova Development: Large-Scale Master-Planned Community Proposed for Kaufman County
Venue
Southfork Ranch Conference Center
3700 Hogge Road
Parker, TX 75002
Same as building, free parking.
Agenda
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2:00 PM
3:00 PM
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Breakfast and Networking
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3:00 PM
3:05 PM
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Opening Remarks With Winstead
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3:05 PM
3:50 PM
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Coalitions for Growth
Infrastructure Funding, Resource Strategy, and the Future of North Texas MPCs |
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3:50 PM
4:35 PM
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The Deal Engine
Partnerships, Capital Strategy, and Scaling Communities in 2026 |
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4:35 PM
4:50 PM
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Networking Break
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4:50 PM
5:35 PM
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The Resident Premium
Homes, Amenities, and Community Features Activating the Resident Experiences |
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5:35 PM
6:00 PM
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Closing Networking
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