Private company

Friendswood Development Company

Real estate company based in the United States

Friendswood Development Company is a real estate development company operating in Greater Houston. The company is a subsidiary of Lennar. The company is best known for developing Kingwood, a 15,000-acre master-planned community northeast of Houston with more than 20,000 homes, developed over a 40-year period.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Friendswood Development Company is a real estate development company operating in Greater Houston. The company is a subsidiary of Lennar.2

The story

The company was founded in 1962 as a subsidiary of Humble Oil, now ExxonMobil.

In 1963, the company established Clear Lake City, its first project.

In 1970, The company developed Kingwood master planned community.

In 1991, the company broke ground on the first new office building in Houston in 5 years.

In June 1995, Exxon put the company up for sale.

In December 1995, Lennar acquired the company for $110 million.

In 2014, the company expanded several of its communities.

In 2015, the company announced 3 new communities in northeast Houston.

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In 2016, the company opened Knoll Park, its first development in urban Houston.

In 2017, the company launched its third residential development in Houston.

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