GOP leaders claim the development markets to undocumented people and is plagued by crime. One of its owners refutes the allegations and says he’s ready to show lawmakers that Colony Ridge isn’t different than any other rural Texas community.
The Terrenos Houston building in New Caney. The developer of Colony Ridge has become the target of allegations that it's marketing land to undocumented immigrants and the development is plagued by crime.near Houston rejected allegations by conservative media and state elected officials that the development is a “magnet for illegal immigrants” whose streets are overrun by crime.
Harris said the company is helping people — many of them Latino — buy property. He defended their marketing, which he said is focused on the Houston area, because that's where the bulk of his buyers live. Reports that the developer does mass advertising in Mexico, South America and Central America are false, he said.
Colony Ridge is a collection of subdivisions that cover about 33,000 acres and is home to roughly 40,000 people, Harris said. Harris said the land they sell — “dirt,” as he called it — comes with water and sewer lines, paved roads and stormwater drainage. The company will finance land purchases, he added, typically with a 20-year note at a 12.9% interest rate.
A. Carrasco, 52, stands at the counter of his store on Oct. 2 in New Caney. Carrasco said his family’s business began as a traveling fruit stand before they opened the shop in March.“I love it here, the weather, the environment, the space, everything,” he said from behind the counter of his store, where baskets were filled with avocados and candied fruits. “Undocumented people are everywhere, not just here. They drive violence? There’s violence everywhere too.
Sergio Placencia Rojas, 56, sits in his vehicle in New Caney. He described the Colony Ridge development as “tranquil” and joked that the only crime in the area was his property taxes.Still, Colony Ridge has attracted steady criticism over the years from neighbors, who alleged in a lawsuit that Colony Ridge’s development had led to flooding in nearby Plum Grove in areas that did not previously flood. The city and the development eachin the long-running suit.
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