Homebuilders Continue to Capitalize on Austin’s Growth

AUSTIN, TX—Trendmaker Homes Austin, a member of the TRI Pointe Group family of premium regional homebuilders, has named Bryan Havel as division president. Havel brings nearly 14 years of homebuilding experience to the position in which he will focus on elevating the company’s growth and operational expertise.

“As a long-time ‘Austinite,’ Bryan has a wealth of local market experience and comes to Trendmaker Homes with an impressive background across multiple new home building disciplines,” said Doug Bauer, TRI Pointe Group CEO. “He played a vital role in his last two professional positions, turning homebuilding startups into major players in the Austin market. Under his leadership, we’ll continue to create a ‘best places to work’ culture and anticipate building a sizable division of approximately $250 million in annual revenue in future years with both self-developed and finished-lot opportunities.”

With 766 lots owned or controlled as of December 31, 2019, Trendmaker Homes Austin’s growth plans look to capitalize on a metro that ranked number one nationally for overall real estate prospects and number six for homebuilding prospects, according to PwC and Urban Land Institute. The company’s strategic plan of developing near employment centers, transportation and schools, coupled with the strong resources of TRI Pointe Group, allows it to take advantage of this active housing market.

“Austin recently was named the number job market in the country for the second year in a row, which is obviously a great sign for population growth and homebuilding prospects,” Havel tells GlobeSt.com. “Prime market conditions meet an expert, well-supported team in Trendmaker Homes, which is really exciting.”

This ranking by The Wall Street Journal named Austin the hottest job market among the country’s 53 largest metro areas. The Journal looked at five metrics for each of these metro areas: average unemployment rate in 2018, labor-force participation rate in 2018, change in employment and change in labor force for the fourth quarter of 2018 from a year earlier, and change in average weekly wages from the first half of 2017 to the first half of 2018.

Havel’s most recent position was division president at William Lyon Homes where he led company growth efforts in both the Austin and San Antonio markets. He also held finance leadership positions at CalAtlantic Homes and its predecessor Standard Pacific Homes.