Alosant Announces Two New Partnerships in Texas

As the Texas housing market continues to boom, real estate developers are seeking innovative ways to elevate their communities, making them more attractive to potential buyers. One way developers are achieving this is by creating branded community apps with Alosant, a leader in next-generation PropTech solutions for master-planned communities.

The company, which already powers apps for more than 70 of the country's most innovative and fastest-growing communities, positively impacting the lives of nearly 200,000 residents, recently announced new partnerships with Caldwell Communities, Oxland Group and Lennar on projects throughout Texas.  

"We're excited to work with these developers on their transformative communities, which offer an elevated, amenity-rich lifestyle," said April LaMon, the company's Co-Founder and CEO. "Our goal is to provide an innovative smart solution that maximizes residents' ability to connect and interact with the communities in which they live."

Founded in 1990, Caldwell Communities is a fully integrated real estate services and development firm. The branded Caldwell app will feature six communities throughout Texas, each with its own unique events and amenities. Communities include TowneLake at Cypress, Copper Bend at Cypress, Willowcreek Ranch at Tomball, Mission Ranch at College Station, Chambers Creek at Willis, and Highlands at Porter. The app will also promote LiveWell, a multi-community virtual resource dedicated to providing enrichment through Caldwell-wide lifestyle programming such as yoga and cooking classes. Non-residents can use the Guest View to reserve various co-workspace solutions. Prospects can log in to the app to discover what living in the community will feel like.

Located 30 miles north of Dallas and just three miles north of Downtown McKinney, Painted Tree is planned as three distinct districts. Developed by Oxland Group, the community will utilizeaugmented reality technology to create immersive experiences along trails, highlight art installations and help prospects navigate the various districts. The trailside community will be home to approximately 3,000 homesites at build-out.

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In the first half of 2022, the company launched smartphone apps for 30+ communities and real estate developers across North America.

Each branded app is available to download via the App Store or Google Play.

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FAQs

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1. How does Caldwell Communities use Alosant across multiple Texas communities?

Caldwell Communities uses a branded app powered by Alosant to support multiple Texas communities in one connected digital experience. The Caldwell app is designed to feature communities including Towne Lake at Cypress, Copper Bend at Cypress, Willowcreek Ranch at Tomball, Mission Ranch at College Station, Chambers Creek at Willis, and The Highlands at Porter.

Each community can have its own events, amenities, and resident experience, while still being part of the broader Caldwell Communities app. This helps Caldwell support a multi-community lifestyle strategy without losing the unique identity of each community.

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2. What technology does Caldwell Communities use for lifestyle programming?

Caldwell Communities uses an Alosant-powered branded app to support community-specific events, amenities, resident engagement, guest access, and multi-community lifestyle programming. The app also promotes LiveWell, a Caldwell-wide virtual resource designed to provide enrichment through programming such as yoga and cooking classes.

This app strategy aligns with the broader Caldwell approach to create lifestyle-focused communities with resort-style amenities, lakes, trails, landscaping, recreational facilities, and programming that help neighbors connect. Caldwell Communities describes its work as building “extraordinary communities that enrich lives.”

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3. How does the Caldwell app support residents, prospects, and guests?

The Caldwell app supports residents, prospects, and guests by tailoring the app experience to how each audience interacts with Caldwell Communities. Residents can access community-specific events and amenities, prospects can log in to discover what living in a Caldwell community feels like, and non-residents can use the Guest View to reserve select co-working spaces.

For Caldwell, this creates one branded platform that can support different audiences across a portfolio of communities, including Towne Lake, The Highlands, Chambers Creek, Mission Ranch, Willowcreek Ranch, and Copper Bend.

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4. Why is a branded app valuable for Caldwell Communities?

A branded app is valuable for Caldwell Communities because it helps connect multiple communities, lifestyle programs, amenities, and audiences through one digital platform. Caldwell has developed more than 10 master-planned communities and emphasizes thoughtful design, inviting architecture, strong amenities, and lifestyle programming that bring neighbors together.

By using Alosant, Caldwell can give each community a dedicated experience while also supporting broader Caldwell-wide programming like LiveWell.

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5. How does Painted Tree use Alosant to create immersive community experiences?

Painted Tree, a trailside community in McKinney, Texas, uses an Alosant-powered app to create immersive digital experiences for prospects and residents. Developed by Oxland Group, Painted Tree is planned around three distinct districts connected by trails, parks, pools, gathering spaces, and natural open space.

Through the app, Painted Tree can use augmented reality to highlight art installations, guide prospects through the community’s districts, and create interactive moments along the trail system.

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6. What technology does Painted Tree use to help prospects explore the community?

Painted Tree uses a branded community app powered by Alosant to help prospects explore the community’s districts, trails, art installations, and lifestyle experiences. The app is designed to support augmented reality experiences and navigation across the community.

This fits the Painted Tree identity as a community built around outdoor discovery. Painted Tree is located about 30 miles north of Dallas and just west of I-75 near downtown McKinney, with three distinct districts connected by trails to parks, pools, woods, water, and gathering spaces.

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7. How does the Painted Tree app support trails, art, and outdoor living?

The Painted Tree app supports trails, art, and outdoor living by helping residents and prospects discover destinations across the community. With augmented reality and interactive mapping, the app can create immersive experiences along trails, highlight art installations, and help users navigate the different districts in Painted Tree.

The Painted Tree website describes the community as a daily invitation to get outdoors, with trails through mature woodlands, rolling prairie, and water’s edge. The community features hundreds of acres of natural open space and a trail-connected design intended for walking, biking, gathering, and discovery.

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8. Why is Painted Tree a good fit for a branded community app?

Painted Tree is a good fit for a branded community app because the resident experience is built around exploration, nature, districts, trails, art, and outdoor amenities. The app gives Painted Tree a mobile-first way to help prospects and residents understand the community beyond a traditional map or brochure.

As a trailside community in McKinney developed by Oxland Group, Painted Tree is planned with approximately 3,000 to 3,400 homesites at build-out and a connected trail system that links districts, homes, parks, pools, and gathering places.

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