Fulshear's next wave: Cross Creek West, Heritage Bend and the tollway

Cross Creek West opens a north tract with $1.1M custom homes, Heritage Bend starts its first section, and the Westpark Tollway pushes west through Fulshear.

For years, the story west of Houston was simple: Fulshear filled in. The next chapter is taking shape north and west of downtown Fulshear, and it looks different from the last one. Lots are getting wider, a $1 million custom tier is arriving inside a master-planned community, and the tollway that serves the area keeps moving west.

Three pieces of recent news explain where things are heading: a new tract at Cross Creek West, the first construction at Heritage Bend, and the Westpark Tollway extension along FM 1093.

Cross Creek West opens its north tract

On Sept. 1, Johnson Development announced it is starting the north tract of Cross Creek West, its 1,258-acre master-planned community along FM 359 north of downtown Fulshear. The developer expects to deliver nearly 250 homesites to builders by the end of 2026. The community is planned for more than 3,000 homes in total, and about 300 homesites remain in the south tract.

The bigger change is the mix. The south tract has mostly offered 45- to 60-foot homesites. The north tract runs from 45 feet up to 80 feet, with builders assigned by width:

• 80-foot: Partners in Building, custom homes in a gated neighborhood, with prices expected to start at about $1.1 million
• 70-foot: Highland Homes and Newmark Homes
• 65-foot: Toll Brothers and David Weekley Homes
• 60-foot: Highland Homes and Ravenna Homes
• 55-foot: Westin Homes
• 50-foot: Newmark Homes and Coventry Homes
• 45-foot: Perry Homes

Toll Brothers, David Weekley Homes and Partners in Building are new to the community. Johnson Development says model homes are expected to open in spring 2027.

“With over 160 home sales this year, Cross Creek West has grown quickly, and this new phase will meet that demand,” said Sam Seligmann, vice president and general manager, in the release.

Existing amenities named in the announcement include The Waterhole (pool, fitness center, playground, tennis and pickleball courts), Twilight Park with pickleball courts, Silly Goose Park, the Zoomies Dog Park and The Links putting green.

Why it matters: the closer-in land is running out

Covering Katy’s Sept. 15 report puts the expansion in context. Sister community Cross Creek Ranch has sold all of its roughly 6,180 homesites, and several of the area’s older master-planned communities are complete or close to it. The same report notes Fulshear’s taxable property value rose 22% to $3.9 billion in fiscal 2024.

When the established communities sell out, new supply has to come from farther out, and developers are using that moment to add larger lots. For a buyer, that means more choice in the 65- to 80-foot range than the Fulshear new-home market has typically offered, plus a newer section to compare against resale homes in the finished communities nearby.

Heritage Bend breaks ground near FM 1093

A few miles south, Hines’ Heritage Bend is moving from paper to dirt. Hines acquired the nearly 3,000-acre site in January 2025, near FM 1093 and the future Texas Heritage Parkway, west of Katy and near Fulshear. According to Covering Katy, Highland Homes broke ground July 9, 2026, on its 188-acre section.

Highland plans 554 homes there, starting with 204 homesites on 50-, 60- and 70-foot lots. Infrastructure work in the section continues through 2026, with the first homesites and home sales expected around early 2027.

At full build-out, eight builders (Highland Homes, Perry Homes, Toll Brothers, Village Builders by Lennar, Dream Finders Homes/Coventry Homes, Westin Homes, Newmark Homes and Beazer Homes) are slated to build more than 7,000 homes. Planned amenities include a 5-acre recreation center with a clubhouse and water feature, a playground, and trails across more than 800 acres, with Texas Heritage Parkway extended through the community.

Put the two together and more than 10,000 planned homes sit in just these two communities. That pipeline will shape the west Fort Bend new-home market well past 2027.

The Westpark Tollway keeps moving west

Roads decide how far out people are willing to drive, and the Westpark Tollway extension is the one to watch here. The Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority’s roughly $72 million project extends the tollway 4 miles along FM 1093 to Charger Way, funded by toll revenue.

The first 2-mile stretch opened Feb. 28, 2026, more than eight months ahead of schedule, letting drivers skip the signal at FM 1463, Community Impact reported. At that time, the remaining stretch to Charger Way was expected to finish in fall 2026, and additional segments as far west as Simonton were under discussion. If you are timing a move or a commute, check the toll authority’s latest update before relying on the full extension.

Downtown Fulshear has its own decision ahead. A city-commissioned study by Gannett Fleming found an underpass carrying the tollway beneath downtown “feasible from an engineering perspective,” at an estimated $51.8 million (about $10 million more than a typical section, before utility relocation), per Community Impact’s Jan. 22 report. Funding was not determined, and the city hoped to share costs with the toll road authority.

What the resale numbers show

New supply is arriving into a resale market where closings are down from a year ago. Our Fulshear market report covers ZIP codes 77441 and 77423. In the 12 months through early October 2026, per HAR.com data updated Oct. 5, 2026:

• 1,747 homes closed, down 11.1% from the prior 12 months
• Median sale price of $465,000, against $471,000 a year earlier
• Median 35 days on market, with 674 homes for sale, about 4.6 months of inventory

The upper end moved the other way. Closings at $750,000 and above rose to 233 from 199, a gain of about 17%. That is a small slice of the market, but it lines up with developers adding wider lots and a $1 million custom tier.

The Fort Bend side of Katy (ZIP codes 77494, 77450 and 77493) is larger and steadier. Per the same HAR.com data, 4,979 homes closed over 12 months (down 3.9%) at a median of $390,000, with 2,130 homes for sale and about 5.1 months of inventory. See the full Katy market report for month-by-month detail.

What to take from it

If you are buying, the choice west of Houston is widening: finished communities with resale homes, new sections like the Cross Creek West north tract with builder models arriving in 2027, and Heritage Bend further out on a longer timeline. Compare full monthly cost, not just price, since new sections can carry different tax and assessment setups than finished ones.

If you are selling in an established Fulshear or Katy neighborhood, expect new construction to be part of every buyer’s comparison over the next few years. Pricing against what is actually closing nearby matters more than ever.

A good next step: browse current homes in the area with our Houston home search, then compare them against the Fulshear and Katy market reports above.