Marcus Hiles - Mansions at Stone Hill

One of Western Rim Properties’ most popular developments is the Mansions at Stone Hill, located just north of Austin, Texas. Marcus Hiles, founder and CEO of Western Rim Properties, designed the Mansions at Stone Hill to be a perfect complement between an energetic culture and the resilient beauty of the Texas landscape. Here residents can enjoy the feel of a rural life, yet a vibrant, vivacious city is just a few miles down the road.

 The Mansions at Stone Hill feature a 370-unit apartment complex with options available for both luxury and senior living. Hiles and Western Rim selected this Pflugerville location due to its proximity to Austin as well as important social locations like Home Depot, Target, Best Buy, 24-Hour Fitness, several fast-food restaurants, and a movie theatre. On site itself, residents have access to a social lounge with HDTV entertainment, an ultramodern fitness center, and a resort-style pool. A key component of the Western Rim Properties philosophy is to create a community spirit within the development, and the Mansions at Stone Hill provide that spirit in abundance.

Aside from immediate amenities, the Mansions at Stone Hill are also close to various cultural festivals, boutique shopping, fine dining restaurants, quality golf courses, and beautiful local parks. The area north of Austin is home to prosperous companies like Dell and Samsung, whose nearby headquarters make up a significant portion of employment in this location. Economic prosperity is on the rise here,which brings with it more job opportunities. Additionally, all of Marcus Hiles’ development properties are close to top tier academic schools for all ages.

Sources: http://www.mansionsstonehill.com
https://communityimpact.com/austin/news/2012/01/04/mansions-at-stone-hill-apartment-construction-slated-to-begin-in-february/
http://www.marcushiles.net/marcus-hiles/marcus-hiles-mansions-at-stone-hill-and-the-art-of-luxury-living/
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Marcus Hiles - Wine and Collecting

Aside from creating and constructing some of the most innovative real estate developments in Texas, Marcus Hiles, founder and CEO of Western Rim Properties, has another main passion: wine. When building his house just outside of Colleyville, Texas, Hiles had a unique wine cellar built complete with an underground stream. The stream helps keep the cellar at the perfect atmospheric temperature for the preservation of his vintage wine collection, estimated at an approximate value of $15 million dollars.

The Marcus Hiles collection is renowned for its spectacular Bodeaux and Burgandy Chateaux selections. In 2010, a portion of Hiles’ collection --- 6,500 bottles --- was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong for a total of $7.7 million. Included in the sale was the collection of 1,030 bottles of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti valued at $1.8 million alone, making it the biggest collection of this wine ever offered by Sotheby’s Asia. Hiles’ superb taste in wine drew the commendation and approval of Serena Sutcliffe, Worldwide Head of Sotheby’s Wine Department. The majority of the sale’s proceeds went to construct computer labs and fund afterschool programs for inner-city children.

Hiles is famous for buying wine upon its initial release, before the wines were made available to general consumers, and preserving it in his temperature-controlled cellar. These rare bottles of wine run upwards of hundreds of thousands of dollars each.

Best known as a successful real estate mogul, Marcus Hiles has also funneled his skills and abilities into amassing an incredible collection of rare, vintage wines that is unparalleled.

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