HollyWood Brings 1.5 Billion Dollars to Manor Texas

Manor Texas a sleepy little town 12 miles Northeast of downtown Austin Texas is known mostly for Manor Downs one of the few Horse tracks in Texas and a Down Home Restaurant called the 290 Cafe. In 2000' Manor had 1,204 people and by 2005' 1,877 people. Manor is continuing to grow. There are at least 10 different New home builders currently building in Manor.

As of yesterday Manor is climbing to the next level in growth. It was announced that a major development is coming to Manor. Consisting of Residential, Retail, Commercial spaces, and anchored by a $125 million 200 acre Studio consisting of movies, television and many other medias. It will have the largest sound stage and largest outdoor water tank for film production in North America. It will include back lots and the residential areas will surround the studio. The residential areas will surround the studio and sounds like they will be built in a design that can fit with the movies that might be filmed there. Read more about it here http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=182591 

Also it is said this will create over 8,000 jobs in Manor and bring to the city over 8,500 new residences! Here is another great site with pictures detailing the development! http://www.villamuse.com/

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