And, there are no plans afoot for any other type of marketing byDiscovery Land Co., based in South San Francisco, says MichaelLorence, who on this day is wearing the hat of salesrepresentative. The upscale, gated community is the firstresidential development for Circle T Ranch, where FidelityInvestments is nearing completion of the first phase of a corporatecampus.

Vaquero isn't just for everyone: pre-development,invitation-only, private-equity memberships cost $60,00 apiece forthe 200-acre, 18-hole course, designed by Fazio Golf CourseDesigners Inc., also of Scottsdale. The Vaquero development is partof a growing portfolio of 11 similarly designed gated golf clubcommunities in California, Montana, Arizona and Hiawaii, where thedeveloper is readying to open its Kukio Bay Beach Club in Kona.

Lorence says Discovery Land is always looking for land, but atthis time is not planning any other projects in the Lone StarState. This project was just right for the time, he tellsGlobeSt.com. "Hillwood was looking for a good partner as we werelooking for a project. It just gelled," he says of the undertaking,which has 288 residential lots broken down into 76 detached golfvilla homes, ranging in size from 3,000 sf to 4,500 sf, on 1/4-acrelots and 212 custom home sites from one-half acre tothree-plus-acre grand estate parcels. Lot prices range from$150,000 to $1 million, with home costs upward of $600,000.

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