Las Colinas

Spanish for, "the hills," Las Colinas is a 12,000-acre master-planned community known worldwide for its quality as a major business center. As a superb example of a high quality, master-planned community of balanced commercial, residential and environmental land uses, Las Colinas is the recipient of an Urban Land Institute Award for Excellence.

Founded in 1972 by cattle rancher Ben Carpenter, the area was originally known as El Ranchito de Las Colinas, "the little ranch of the hills," and was a weekend getaway for the Carpenter family. With the construction of the nearby Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, Carpenter envisioned Las Colinas as a mixed-use urban center that would rival downtown Dallas with office towers, lakes, and residential development.

The Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas is ideally located in the heart of the Las Colinas Urban Center.

The community is also home to the state's only five-diamond resort, the Four Seasons Las Colinas, home of the PGA Tour's HP Byron Nelson Championship.