LIVE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE
Imagine a new real estate development that rejuvenates the land to a more natural state by opening its canal system to the Gulf creating healthy salt water circulation, protecting its central freshwater ponds, and reintroducing Texas Wildscaping to the property. This masterplan moves towards greater harmony with nature, working with the land and the sea.
We follow the natural history of Padre Island and re-imagine the gateway between the beach and the bay with over 240 acres of opportunity – creating a place unlike any other.
Welcome to Whitecap NPI.
CONSERVATION IS AT OUR CORE
Whitecap NPI is a magical place where you will relish living in a wildlife sanctuary and sharing this wonder with your family and friends. To learn and to teach your children and grandchildren joy and respect for the magnificence of nature firsthand. To be the conservators of so many species and be inspired by the poetry of birds in flight year-round.
A Unique Freshwater Habitat
Central to the creation of this new master planned community is the Whitecap Preserve.
The Preserve’s freshwater lakes are at the heart of Whitecap providing one of the only landing areas to migrating birds who flock here after long months at sea searching to prepare themselves for their next journey.
The Preserve’s shallow ponds are a lifeline friend for as many as 380 species. Waterfowl like bufflehead and American wigeon; grebes and pelicans; herons, ibis and cranes; raptors like turkey vultures and merlin; as well as pigeons, wrens, blackbirds, mockingbirds, wood-warblers, and quail.
Mother Nature's Plan
The Preserve symbolizes the extraordinary diversity of habitat that marks Whitecap NPI as a place where Mother Nature helps inform our community plan and living experience.
Her influence touches the island’s heart and soul here with Her mosaic of oak mottes, salt marshes, dune meadows and a little piece of desert all packed into a single island just 1.8 miles wide.
She is our inspiration as a master planner.
CREATING A CANAL-SIDE COMMUNITY
The development’s guiding principles shine as a beacon of ecological design within the Gulf Coastal Plains of Texas. Integrating a series of trails and dryland coastal hammocks into preserved freshwater ponds and ecosystems, the community becomes a haven for dozens of local and migratory species.
Future planting palettes and designs adapt to the diverse natural conditions on-site, from coastal marshes to desert coastal landscapes. Home gardens and public green spaces seamlessly blend into a regenerated corridor of ecological zones, mindful of existing challenges like drought, intense winds, and saltwater spray.
Homeowners are encouraged to embrace an ethic of care, preserving and restoring the extraordinary nature of this place.
