September 30, 2026

By Mary Beth Gahan

A 300-acre piece of property north of Cross Timbers Road between Shiloh Road and Red Rock Lane has been the site of two proposed residential communities in the last five years, but remains undeveloped. That could change soon.

Longtime owner Charlie Cummings held the deed to the land in 2022 when an application was submitted to build 218 homes on the land. The environmental conservation commission recommended denial for the development’s open space management plan and tree removal permit for 28 specimen trees. The rezoning was tabled indefinitely at the planning and zoning commission.

Late that year, Cummings sold the land to a company owned by Tyler Radbourne. His development, Eden Ranch, was planned to have 158 homes on lots of one acre and three-quarters of an acre, an orchard, greenhouses, and grazing areas. The town council approved a master plan amendment and rezoning application in November 2025.

But the development was in jeopardy months before it came forward for a vote. Radbourne’s companies, RVFW LLC and RVFE LLC, filed for bankruptcy in January 2025. The lender, Knight Family Ventures, foreclosed on the property in February of this year and legal issues between the two parties have played out in Denton County courts.

This month, Knight Family Ventures submitted a plan with Coram Deo Academy to develop nearly 300 acres of the property with a private school, athletic facilities, and 86 homes. It’s currently under review by the town.

The concept plan shows a school campus in the middle of the property with access from Cross Timbers Road. Coram Deo Academy, a classical Christian private school, currently has a campus off Wichita Trail.

There would be eight buildings with a total of 135,000 square feet. They include a sanctuary and classroom space. There is also a plan to build a football field and track, baseball field, softball field and tennis courts. They would be lighted, according to court documents.

The school does not own the property currently. It was purchased by 924 Management, LLC with the intention of gifting the land to the school, according to those familiar with those conversations.

The residential portion of the development would wrap around the school. It would have 86 homes and all lots would be at least two acres. There would be a gated entrance from Red Rock Lane and an emergency gated access from Shiloh Road.

It would be called Knights Landing, the same name as developments built by the Knight family in Bartonville, Denton, and Arlington.

The park land to be given to the town would be the same as Eden Ranch proposed, 9.35 acres on the southeast side of the property.

Another Knights Landing development was proposed a couple of miles south of this property last year. The application was withdrawn after Cross Timbers residents brought up concerns about flooding and poor drainage in the area.

The current proposal, once reviewed by town staff, will have to gain final approval from the town council. It is in the Cross Timbers Conservation Development District, which has stricter development standards than the rest of town.