Your City Hall. Your Library. Your Gathering Place.

Manor voters made it clear: this community deserves a permanent civic home. A new City Hall, Public Library, and Gathering Lawn — designed for the people of Manor, delivered through a public-private partnership with Hunt Real Estate, and built to last for generations.

Your City Hall. Your Library. Your Gathering Place.

8+ Acres

Civic Campus

NOV 2023

Voter-Approved Bond

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Signature Civic Spaces


84ac

Master Development Context
(City's campus sits within Shenandoah's larger site)

What's Being Built

Three Civic Spaces. One Community Campus.

The City of Manor's 8+ acre civic campus is anchored by three signature spaces — each one directly serving Manor residents and together forming the civic and cultural heart of a new mixed-use district.

Manor Town Center 3D Rendering of City Hall Corner

A permanent, purpose-built home for Manor's city government — consolidating City services and administrative offices into a single, accessible facility at the center of the community.

Location: Civic Parcel P1 — prominent view corridor from US-290

Function: City administration, Council chambers, public service counters, community meeting space

A state-of-the-art public library — authorized directly by Manor voters in the November 2023 bond election — that will serve as Manor's community learning hub, gathering space, and public resource center for residents of all ages.

Authorization: Voter-approved, November 2023

Function: Collections, children's and teen spaces, digital resources, programming rooms, community study areas

A generously scaled, activated public lawn fronting City Hall and the Library — designed for festivals, farmers markets, concerts, and everyday gathering. The Gathering Lawn connects the civic campus to the broader pedestrian network of Manor Town Center.

Location: Adjacent to City Hall and Library, connected to Town Center pedestrian spine

Character: Flexible lawn, canopy trees, event infrastructure

Supporting Infrastructure

The City's program also includes Phase 1 roadways (including HWY 290 access), wet utilities, surface parking, pedestrian spine, and bike and greenway connections — the enabling infrastructure that ties the civic campus and first phase of development together as an integrated district.

Delivery Partnership

How This Gets Built

The City's civic campus is delivered through a public-private partnership (P3) — a proven model that brings private expertise and efficiency to public infrastructure while protecting Manor taxpayers. Risk is shared, delivery is faster, and accountability is built in.

Public Owner

City of Manor

Sets the program, owns the assets, and ensures the campus serves Manor residents. City Council provides governance oversight at every milestone.

P3 Developer — Civic Campus

Hunt Real Estate

Delivers the City's 8+ acre civic campus — City Hall, Library, Gathering Lawn, and enabling infrastructure. Part of Hunt Companies, founded 1947. Proven P3 track record across Texas municipalities.

Master Developer — 84 Acres

Shenandoah Development Group

Private landowner and master developer of the full 84-acre Manor Town Center site. SDG's broader mixed-use development creates the neighborhood surrounding the City's civic campus.

Design & Build Team

Design-Builder: Hensel Phelps

Architect: PGAL

Master Planner: Lake|Flato

Landscape: dwg.

Civil: Kimley-Horn

Financial Advisor: KeyBanc Capital Markets

Full Transparency

Read the Strategic Roadmap

The Strategic Roadmap, adopted by City Council on May 6, 2026, covers the City's technical approach, financial strategy, legal structure, and governance for the civic campus. It is a public document. Full transparency is a commitment, not a policy.

Read the Strategic Roadmap

© 2026 City of Manor. Delivered in partnership with Hunt Real Estate.
Master Development by Shenandoah Development Group.
Renderings by Lake|Flato / PGAL / dwg.
All rights reserved.

Gallery

Explore our vision for the future of downtown Waco through a collection of images and video. 

All assets in this gallery are approved for media use with credit to City of Waco and Hunt Development Group.

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