Magnolia Lagoon - Landscape, Civil, and Machine Room

Magnolia Lagoon is a new construction project located at 200 Strawberry Spring Drive in Magnolia, Waller County. The facility is designed as a public lagoon featuring a swim-up bar, several restrooms, and a dedicated machine room. The machine room houses a workshop, restrooms, and staff areas. The total estimated cost for the project is $25,548,513, covering a building footprint of 4,544 square feet.

The owner of record is Magnolia Lagoon Ventures, LLC. The design firm of record is Project Luong. Meghan Broussard Simecek is the registered accessibility specialist. The project is privately funded and situated on private land for private use. It is outside the FEMA 1-percent-annual-chance floodplain, which is designated as zone X.

TDLR completed plan review in March 2025. Construction was scheduled to begin in March 2025 with a target completion date of April 2026. The TDLR status is listed as Review Complete. However, TDLR has not yet recorded a final inspection, so the current state of the site is not confirmed in the public record.

Project Scale and Context

The estimated cost of $25,548,513 places this project in the top quarter of new construction filings in Waller County. The median estimated cost for new construction in the county is $1,200,000. The scheduled build window of 396 days is longer than the county median of 273 days. The cost per square foot is $5,622, which is above the county median of $75 per square foot.

Project Luong has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $61,215,000. These include the Amandera Community Center in Richmond and the Edgewood Community Center in Houston. Magnolia Lagoon Ventures, LLC has one other registered project totaling $160,000. Other new construction projects in the area include Magnolia Office Park, Butler Bakery & Coffee, and Magnolia Market.

The ZIP code 77355 has a population of about 31,727 according to U.S. Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates. The median household income is $101,270. The median owner-occupied home value is $329,700. Housing in the area is predominantly owner-occupied. The Waller County unemployment rate was 6.1 percent in July 2026, higher than a year earlier.