Haythem Dawlett - Land Development Blog

Haythem Dawlett, a highly recognized and respected developer is proud to host the Lake Travis In-the-Water Boat Show at the Rough Hollow Yacht Club & Marina. Located in the exclusive Rough Hollow Lakeway waterfront community overlooking Lake Travis, the prestigious event will take place October 3-5.

The In-the-Water Boat Show, one of the Austin Boat Show’s signature annual events, marks the traditional end of the boating season and the beginning of the boat-buying season for watercraft enthusiasts and dealers alike.

This year’s event will feature some of the top sailboats, sport and motor yachts, cruisers, runabouts, wakeboard boats and other performance boats ranging from 22 feet to 60 feet in length from Central Texas’ most acclaimed boat dealers.

Please visit www.austinboatshow.com for the Schedule of Activities.

Rough Hollow Yacht Club & Marina offers a wide spectrum of concierge and seasonal valet services designed to revolutionize and simplify the yachting experience. Following the model of presitious clubs across the country, amenities include an amphitheatre, resort-style pool, fitness center, yacht store and tram to the marina, with plans for a clubhouse, fine dining, day spa, coffee bar and deli and corporate offices.

The dynamic facility is among the top amenities of the Rough Hollow Lakeway community, developed by Haythem Dawlett of Legend Communities and Crescent Communities of Texas. The 270-acre development features six distinct neighborhoods offering an array of elegant garden home, villa and custom homes priced from the $350s to over $3 million. In addition to the Yacht Club & Marina, residents take advantage of numerous nearby recreational venues including championship golf, tennis, hiking and biking trails, and scuba diving.

Haythem Dawlett donated $25,000 to the Lake Travis Education Foundation (LTEF) as a Presenting Sponsor.  He also donated a champagne cruise and purchased action items – totaling $4,750 towards the event.

Couples, and even friends, leaned towards one another when posing for photographs putting their heads together, so to speak.  What a fitting commentary for the major fundraiser of the Lake Travis Education Foundation, an event that not only put a lot of heads together but also a lot of dollars together for the benefit of the students, teachers and staff of the Lake Travis Independent School District.

Realistically, board members knew the prospect of raising the desperately needed funds at this year’s Crystal Ball would pose a tough challenge, as giving generally slows during an economic downturn. President Lisa Johnson noted that organizers worked doubly hard to reduce costs whenever possible. Donations from businesses and individuals were generous, as usual, and auctioneer Scott Swenson performed his typical magic, inciting several bidding wars over high dollar auction items.

The District faces enormous pressures as growth of the student body population continues its relentless pace, making the work of the Lake Travis Education Foundation indispensable to the welfare of the district.  $260,000 in grants and scholarships will be awarded in May of this year, bringing the total to over $1.75 million to date.  If you would like to put your head together with the volunteers who dedicate time and talent to the LTEF, visit www.LakeTravisEducationFoundation.org

Haythem Dawlett brings 20+ years of project planning, construction, sales and marketing know how to diverse recreational, master planned residential and mixed use communities featuring lake and golf course luxories, as well as retail, office and multi-purpose commercial projects in CA, Texas and Colorado.
With sales offices in Austin, Texas and California, Dawlett and his colleagues have gained accolades from numerous highly-prestigious local and national industry groups including the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Urban Land Institute (ULI), National Association of Home Builders and the City of Austin Green Builder Program.

As a developer, Haythem Dawlett has placed a superior emphasis on giving back to the communities where they operate through business, civic and charitable contributions.
Dawlett is active in the Central Texas commonwealth, with an emphasis on supporting Lake Travis civic, business, education and sports initiatives. His endorsement has contributed to the rapid growth and improvement of facilities and programs involving the Lake Travis Education Foundation, Lake Travis Elementary and Lake Travis High School. Haythem Dawlett currently serves on the board of TexArts, and is involved with other non-profit charities including Any Baby Can, A World for Children and Green Santa.

Haythem Dawlett, a principal with local land development and construction company SDC Austin Communities, says the residential components will be developed at 30 percent to 40 percent less impervious cover than allowed by a 1997 settlement reached between a previous landowner and the City of Lakeway. Terms of that deal allow for more than 3,000 homes to be built.

The partnership’s local land manager, Haythem Dawlett, says plans for the land include:

• Neighborhood-scale retail.
• Roughly 2,000 homes priced at $300,000 to more than $1 million.
• A yacht club-style marina with the capacity for 274 vessels.
• A swimming park with waterfalls.
• Senior citizens’ housing.