Drive down Virginia Parkway past the old Beach & Tennis Club right now and you will see chain-link fencing where the pool used to be, a construction entrance where the loop road used to curve, and a sign pointing residents to a temporary HOA office a few doors down. A few miles over, one of the two golf courses is roped off mid-renovation while the other stays open. Neither closure has anything to do with the other, and neither one is on the schedule you'd guess if you only skimmed the SRCA newsletter once this spring.
That's the thing worth understanding if you live here: Stonebridge Ranch is running three separate renovation clocks at the same time, on three different timelines, for three different reasons. Treat them as one big "under construction" and you'll misjudge how long any of it actually lasts. Here's what each clock says, and where the neighborhood has been spending its evenings while it waits.
The Beach Club: gone until May 2027
The biggest and most visible of the three broke ground on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at the club's longtime home at 6201 Virginia Parkway. SRCA Board President Jon Dell'Antonia, Beach Club Project Manager and Board Director Bob Edgar, McKinney Mayor Bill Cox, and General Manager Rachael Robinson all spoke at the ceremony, which was held on the site of the previous club. The project team includes Millis Development & Construction, Kimley-Horn, and Conduit Architecture + Design.
The new version is designed to replace the original with a beach-entry pool, dedicated children's areas, expanded playground equipment, shaded seating and picnic spaces, and fire pits. It's expected to open in May 2027, which means residents are looking at roughly thirteen months without the amenity that has anchored the community's social calendar for over three decades.
"This new version should serve as the signature feature for Stonebridge Ranch for years to come."
That's Dell'Antonia's framing of the project, and it's a useful way to think about the wait: this isn't a patch job, it's a full rebuild of the community's most-used gathering space, done once so it doesn't need to be done again for a long time.
The golf courses: a shorter, quieter closure
The second clock started earlier and moves faster. In February 2026, officials from Invited Clubs announced that the final phase of a multi-year renovation at The Clubs of Stonebridge Ranch was underway, led by World Golf Hall of Famer Lanny Wadkins and golf course designer Kurt Bowman. One course is closed during this phase while members retain access to the other, and the closed course is expected to reopen in the fourth quarter of 2026.
That matters for how you plan a golf-centered fall. The Dye Course, designed by Pete Dye and opened in 1988, and the 27-hole Hills Course, designed by Arthur Hills, have always operated as a pair. Right now they're not. If you golf here, the question isn't "is Stonebridge open," it's "which course, this month," and the answer changes as the year closes out.
The quiet one: the Community Room and the HOA office
The third closure gets the least attention because it doesn't come with a groundbreaking ceremony, but it's the one most likely to catch a resident off guard mid-plan. The Community Room, which sits next to the Beach Club and has hosted events like Coffee, Cars & Cycles, the Easter Bunny meet-and-greet, and Stonebridge Ranch 101, has been unavailable since April 2026 because it sits inside the Beach Club construction zone. The room normally holds up to 66 people with two bathrooms, a kitchen sink counter, and enough tables and chairs for a real gathering. If you were counting on booking it for a shower, a scout meeting, or a committee event, it isn't an option until further notice.
The SRCA office moved too. As of March 2026, the association's staff is operating out of a temporary location at 7290 Virginia Pkwy, Suite 2400, rather than the usual spot at 6201 Virginia Parkway. If you're heading over for a resident ID, a modification request, or anything else that requires an in-person visit, the old address will put you in a construction zone instead of an office.
Three clocks, side by side
| Amenity | Status | Since | Expected return | What people are doing instead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beach Club | Fully closed for rebuild | April 28, 2026 | May 2027 | Stonebridge Lake, City-maintained trails, neighborhood pools within individual villages |
| Golf (one course) | Closed for final renovation phase | February 2026 | Q4 2026 | Playing the open course, dining at Pete's or the Hills clubhouse without a tee time |
| Community Room | Closed, inside construction zone | April 2026 | Not yet announced | Off-site venues for showers, meetings, and private events |
| HOA Office | Temporarily relocated | March 2026 | Returns to 6201 Virginia Pkwy after construction | 7290 Virginia Pkwy, Suite 2400 |
Where the neighborhood is actually spending its evenings
With the Beach Club down, the clubhouses have picked up more of the social traffic than usual. The Dye Club runs Fajita Tuesdays at Pete's, its on-site restaurant, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. for $40 per person. Over at the Hills, Wednesday nights bring Pasta Night at The Twenty-8 Grille, a live-action pasta station running from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Neither requires a tee time, just a reservation.
For anyone who'd rather be outside than at a table, Stonebridge Lake near the old Beach & Tennis Club site is stocked for catch-and-release fishing, with largemouth bass, bluegill, channel catfish, and white crappie all documented in the water. Watercraft isn't permitted on the community's lakes and ponds except where SRCA has specifically authorized it for certain homeowners, but the walking path along the lake dam is open and offers some of the best water views in the neighborhood. The City of McKinney also maintains the hike-and-bike trail network that threads through Stonebridge Ranch's more than 500 acres of open space, connecting villages without needing a car.
And for the nights people want to leave the neighborhood entirely, downtown McKinney is close enough to be a regular habit rather than an occasion. The historic square carries more than 120 shops and a dozen-plus restaurants, from coffee counters to chef-driven dining rooms. The old Collin County Courthouse, reborn in 2006 as the McKinney Performing Arts Center, still runs a 480-seat theater for shows and lectures. Bike the Bricks, Oktoberfest, and Home for the Holidays remain the square's three biggest annual draws for residents who want a reason to head downtown on a weekend.
What to actually do with this
If you're planning something that depends on the Beach Club or the Community Room, plan around May 2027, not around whatever end date you assumed from the groundbreaking headline. If your plans depend on golf, check which course is open before you build a weekend around it, since that answer is shifting month to month through the rest of 2026. And if you need to visit the SRCA office in person, save yourself the trip to 6201 Virginia Parkway and head to the Suite 2400 location instead until the association announces a return date.
None of this changes what Stonebridge Ranch is. It's still one of the largest and longest-standing master-planned communities in Texas, spread across more than 5,000 acres and 70-plus villages, with homes ranging from the mid $300s to well over $2 million. What's changed, for now, is which door you knock on while the biggest piece of it gets rebuilt.
Stonebridge Ranch has always been a community that reinvests in itself. This is just the season where three of those reinvestments happen to land at once. If you're thinking about what comes next for your home here, whether that's staying put through the rebuild or exploring what else Collin County has to offer while the Beach Club comes back online, Afshan Moosa and the Moosa Realty Group team know this neighborhood block by block. Your Move. Our Mission.
