WOLF LAKES VILLAGE IS PLANNED AS A EUROPEAN VILLAGE IN BEAUTIFUL TEXAS HILL COUNTRY
Stunning Old World European Architecture and Landscaping
HEB Grocery Store and Seton Medical Center
Varenna Lakeside — Multifamily Community Open and Leasing
Rise510 - Multifamily and Townhomes Open and Leasing
Strategically located at the corner of I-35 and Highway 29, Wolf Lakes Village is located in one of the fastest growing cities in the nation and is only 30 minutes north from downtown Austin.
Wolf Lakes Village is planned to be an authentic expression of Europe reflecting unique architecture, art, culture, and life experience. The stone on the buildings, the central plaza, arched bridges, Old World architecture, sparkling fountains and a thousand other special historical touches are intended to transport people to another place and time.
The vision of Wolf Lakes Village is to incorporate the designs and best practices of ancient villages that have stood the test of time and never go out of style. It is expected be a place where the extraordinary setting of heritage trees, beautiful blue lakes, extensive hike and bike trails, spacious lawns, lovely fountains, and exceptional landscaping capture the eye and excite the imagination.
At the heart of the Village, a plaza featuring a landmark bell tower, shops, cafes and restaurants are planned. It is intended be a place of music and celebrations and a place of connection with the people who live, work and play here.
Amenities planned at Wolf Lakes Village — Two to Three Lakes, Outdoor Amphitheater, Wedding Chapel, Parks and Green Space, Hike and Bike Trails, Ice Skating Rink, Seasonal Events, Music Venues
The Concept Master Plan calls for destination:
Retail
Restaurants
Hotels
Cinema
Multi-family and town-homes
Medical
Professional Office Space
Corporate campuses
Population: 100,000+ (2025)
Strong Growth — the number one fastest growing city in America for multiple years
Tourist Destination with a gorgeous lake; the delightful San Gabriel River; Blue Hole, a scenic lagoon on the San Gabriel River; a dazzling array of parks; multiple recreational opportunities; an abundance of golf courses and hike and bike trails; historic Southwestern University; year round popular events; and voted the most beautiful Town Square in Texas
Wolf Ranch Town Center located across University Avenue from Wolf Lakes Village, with 95 stores and restaurants at the southwest corner of I-35 and Highway 29
Wolf Ranch by Hillwood, a 1,120 acre master planned residential community adjacent to Wolf Lakes Village — projected 2500 homes and 8,000 residents at full build-out expected by the end of 2028.
Wolf Lakes Village, a unique mixed-use development strategically located at the corner of I-35 and Highway 29 with a traffic count of approximately 103,000 VPD
BORN IN 1921, JAY WOLF WAS THE VISIONARY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL GEORGETOWN BUSINESSMAN WHO ACQUIRED AND ASSEMBLED THE PROPERTY WHICH TODAY IS WOLF RANCH TOWN CENTER—THE PREMIERE PLACE FOR LIFESTYLE SHOPPING—AND WOLF RANCH HILLWOOD—THE MASTER PLANNED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. JAY WOLF ALSO ACQUIRED A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY FOR WOLF LAKES VILLAGE. HIS PERSISTENT PASSION FOR RISK AND ADVENTURE STARTED AT AN EARLY AGE AND CONTINUED THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. JAY WOLF’S SUCCESS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO HARD WORK, A LOVE FOR LAND, AND FAITH IN GOD.
Concept Image of future Wedding Chapel, Event Center and Bell Tower
Iva Wolf McLachlan is the President, General Counsel and Managing Partner of Wolf Lakes, LP and Wolf Legacy, LP in Georgetown, Texas. For more than 25 years Iva has worked to develop three of the largest, most economically beneficial real estate developments in Georgetown, Texas.
Iva’s first major project is the 100-acre Wolf Ranch Town Center, a 670,000 square foot retail development built by Simon Property Group. The lifestyle center is a highly successful retail development and a popular regional destination. Iva’s second major project is the 1120-acre Wolf Ranch Hillwood master-planned residential community. Hillwood Communities, a Perot Company, partnered with Wolf Legacy, LP to develop the project with full build-out of approximately 2500 single family homes expected by the end of 2028, over 1200 apartment units, Wolf Ranch Elementary School, and planned commercial users. Wolf Ranch overlooks the San Gabriel River and features two world class Amenity Centers with a gym, a kid’s splash pad, swimming pools, pickleball courts, playgrounds, event lawns, and miles of nature trails, and green spaces.
Iva’s third major project is the 164-acre Wolf Lakes Village. She and her husband Donald are working to create something extraordinary that does not exist anywhere in Texas or anywhere else in the United States—a large mixed-use Hill Country village with a European flair.
Iva also developed Wolf Ranch North, a four acre retail project, with Simon Property Group.
Iva won the 2016 Georgetown Chamber of Commerce Cornerstone Award for Economic Development.
Iva received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce in 2019.
Iva served on the Advisory Board of Southwestern University and Baylor University.
Iva and Donald support local philanthropies including Brookwood in Georgetown (BiG), a vocational community for adults with functional disabilities, the Caring Place, and the Georgetown Area Community Foundation, which meets a variety of needs in the Georgetown community. Iva also worked with the Chapman, Patience and Wolf families to donate the Oil Mill property to Habitat for Humanity—which provided land for twenty-five new homes.
Iva and Donald are founding and charter members of City Church Georgetown.
Iva McLachlan graduated cum laude from Baylor University with a B.A. degree in History and Speech and a J.D. degree from Baylor University School of Law.
Donald McLachlan is the Vice-President of Wolf Lakes, LP and Wolf Legacy, LP in Georgetown, Texas. McLachlan’s role and responsibilities comprise strategic decision making, financial analysis, project management, legal document creation, integrated marketing and corporate communications.
Donald was a trial lawyer for ten years specializing in business, real estate, banking, asset protection and insurance litigation. His clients included Fortune 500 companies American Standard, BorgWarner, and SBC Communications.
Donald has 15 years of experience in real estate development. Donald is a Partner in the Wolf Limited Partnerships and serves as legal counsel, project manager, and business and financial advisor to the Wolf Limited Partnerships.
Donald founded SilverQuest Consulting Group LLC in 2002, a management consulting firm with expertise in strategic planning, operational excellence, organizational transformation, and leadership development. He has experience in the following industries – financial services, higher education, manufacturing, retail services and non-profits. His client list includes Raytheon, Baylor University and July Business Services.
Donald has donated hundreds of hours of consulting services to help small businesses and non-profit organizations grow and become more successful, and in particular, Brookwood in Georgetown. His charitable work includes three years serving on the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award program.
Donald served as a member of the Advisory Board at Baylor University.
Donald is the co-founder of City Church Georgetown where he served as Chairman of the Elder Board.
Donald earned a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Baylor University, a Juris Doctor from Baylor University School of Law, and a Master of Divinity with Biblical Languages from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth.
DESIGN CONSULTANT—Jeff Blackard—The concept of Wolf Lakes Village began with a conversation with Jeff Blackard, President and CEO of Blackard Global, Inc. Jeff introduced us to a breakthrough development strategy called Neo-Retroism, which means the recreation of Old World Village characteristics in a New World development environment. Jeff became our design consultant for Wolf Lakes Village and helped us incorporate Neo-Retroism as the overall design platform and guiding principle for every element of our project.
PROJECT MANAGERS—Brian Birdwell and Daniel Hart—We want to acknowledge our talented and resourceful Project Managers, Brian Birdwell and Daniel Hart with Vision 360. It’s impossible to overstate the enormous contribution that Brian and Daniel have made to the success of Wolf Lakes Village. They’ve solved countless complex problems, navigated us through a mountain of governmental regulations, managed all the numerous Contractors on the site, and kept everything on track and on time. We are extremely grateful to Brian and Daniel for their amazing work which has produced extraordinary results for Wolf Lakes Village.
CONTRACTORS—Joe Bland Construction, Pape-Dawson Engineering, SEC Planning, Maverick Hardscapes, and Perfect Cuts Landscape and Maintenance—We want to recognize and express our immense gratitude to our excellent Contractors who have done a fantastic job to help us build Wolf Lakes Village and make it an exceptionally beautiful place.
ATTORNEYS—Thomas Baird and Juli Bryan—We can’t say enough about their invaluable advice and wise counsel throughout every step of developing Wolf Lakes Village. They are brilliant at drafting and reviewing complicated Contracts, Easements, Restrictive Covenants and many other legal documents. They have guided us through a legal jungle and been in the trenches with us fighting numerous legal battles. We are exceedingly grateful for their faithful work and guidance during our development of Wolf Lakes Village.
Wolf Lakes Village is planned to be an authentic and detailed expression of Europe reflecting its unique architecture, art, culture, and life experience. The stone on the streets, the central plaza, the arched bridges and a many other special historical touches are intended to transport people to another place and time and make them feel like they are in a magical place.
The plans for Wolf Lakes Village are to incorporate the designs and structures and best practices of ancient villages that have stood the test of time and never go out of style. These proto-type villages evolve organically based on the day-to-day needs of the residents. They never lose touch with the forces that integrate and unify their community and bring lasting joy and contentment. Wolf Lakes Village plans to focus on meeting and nurturing those essential community needs driving long term sustainability.
The plans for Wolf Lakes Village are to arouse wonder and inquisitiveness and attraction that elude explanation or comprehension. It is intended to be a place of unsurpassed beauty and romance expressed in the art and architecture that soars upward in the bell tower, draws inward to the cathedral and wedding chapel and reaches outward in the streetscapes, building facades, stone structures, art installations, walkways and pathways. It is expected be a place where the extraordinary natural setting of heritage trees, crystal blue lakes, spacious lawns, abundance of flowers and landscaping captures the eye and excites the imagination. It could be a place to fall in love, to celebrate love, to commit to love and to create memories of love through one-of-a-kind experiences, events, relationships, and adventures.
Wolf Lakes Village is intended to be a place to find God—in a worship service, a wedding chapel, a concert or a quiet place of meditation among the trees or along the lake. It is planned to be a place to experience tranquility of mind and heart though an integrated lifestyle and meaningful relationships with other residents and workers and people who pass through the village every day of the week.
Every element of Wolf Lakes Village is planned to be surprisingly delightful and bring enchantment to children and adults of every age. The magic especially occurs when all the elements work together at the same time—like a horse drawn carriage ride at Christmas time along cobblestoned streets in the central plaza where people can hear a choir singing, see the fountain exploding in a kaleidoscope of colors and eat special holiday treats with their beloved family and friends. The magic is expected be the melody that engages the senses, the harmony that blends it all together, and the rhythm that creates energy and movement.
VARENNA LAKESIDE - 336 Unit Garden Style Three Story Multi-family Project located between these four streets - Wolf Ranch Parkway, Legacy Crossing, Sunset Vista Drive and Bella June Drive. Developer/Builder is Hines. The project is now leasing.
For more information go to Varenna Lakeside
Rise510 - 301 Unit Garden Style Three Story Multi-family/Townhome Project located north of Sunset Vista and adjacent to Wolf Ranch Parkway. Currently leasing. Developer/Builder is Novak Brothers.
FUTURE PROJECTS - We plan to have additional rental options in other locations on our site. We will announce new projects on our website.
TOWNHOMES/CONDOS - We plan to offer townhomes and condos for rent. If we decide to move forward with townhomes and condos for purchase, we will publish project information and details on the website.
SINGLE FAMILY HOMES - We are not planning to offer Single Family Homes on our site. One of the themes of our Concept Plan is a high level of density which is more suited for multi-story condos and townhomes.
WEST LAKE AND WATER QUALITY POND - NEXT TO VARENNA LAKESIDE AND RISE510
Georgetown Neighbors Magazine’s Feature Story of the Wolf Lakes Village Developers, Iva and Donald McLachlan
EAST LAKE AND WATER QUALITY POND
ROUNDABOUT FOUNTAIN AND ROMAN COLONNADES
INFRASTRUCTURE – Wolf Lakes, LP began construction of infrastructure on May 1, 2021, and we have now completed all infrastructure for the current projects and approximately 60% of all infrastructure for the entire site including:
Wastewater Line (Under I-35)
Regional Water Quality/Detention Pond (West Side)
Regional Water Quality/Detention Pond (East Side)
Wolf Lakes Drive — from Memorial Drive to Legacy Crossing
Legacy Crossing — from Wolf Ranch Parkway to Wolf Lakes Drive
Bella Lago Drive — from Wolf Lakes Drive to I-35 Frontage Road
Bella June Drive — from Legacy Crossing to Sunset Vista Drive
Memorial Drive — from Wolf Lakes Drive to Dolce Vita
Signage, Entry Monumentation, Fountains, Roman Colonnades, Roundabout, and Landscaping
Utilities — electric, gas, water, fiber optics
ASCENSION SETON - 60,000 square foot Medical Office Building and Ambulatory Surgical Center
HEB - 121,000 square foot Beautiful Flagship Grocery Store and True Texas Barbecue Restaurant opened June 2023
Josh Schroeder, Mayor of Georgetown, and Iva Wolf McLachlan, President of Wolf Lakes, LP, with HEB representatives at the Grand Opening of the Wolf Lakes Village HEB in June 2023
