What land development for a community includes

Developing the land for a residential community means turning raw land into habitable ground: layout, earthworks, potable water, drainage, electrification, pavement and green areas. In Saltillo, Coahuila, Urbanizadora Server — part of a group with more than 47 communities developed since 1998 — has carried out this work since 2002. Pavement follows SICT standard N-CMT-4-02-001/21, in force since October 6, 2021, and the networks connect to the system run by AGSAL, a mixed company set up in 2001.

Key facts

• Land development includes layout, earthworks, utility networks, pavement, sidewalks and green areas.
• Pavement is built in three layers: sub-base, base and asphalt surface course.
• The sub-base and base follow SICT standard N-CMT-4-02-001/21, in force since October 2021.
• Paver sidewalks comply with NMX-C-314-ONNCCE-2014, in force since April 2015.
• The Sierra de Zapalinamé supplies most of the water for Saltillo, Ramos Arizpe and Arteaga.

What does land development for a community include?

Land development is the set of works a developer carries out before selling lots or building homes. It includes:

• Layout and earthworks: laying out streets, blocks and lots, and grading the land.
• Potable water and drainage: underground networks connecting each lot to the municipal system.
• Electrification and street lighting: poles, wiring and fixtures along public streets.
• Pavement: in three layers — sub-base, base and asphalt surface course — under N-CMT-4-02-001/21 from Mexico's Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation, in force since October 6, 2021.
• Sidewalks and curbs: of pavers or concrete; pavers for pavement use follow NMX-C-314-ONNCCE-2014, in force since April 6, 2015.
• Green areas: common spaces the community delivers already developed.

Without these works, a plot of land is just that: land. Development is what turns it into a serviced lot.

A community's potable water and drainage network connects, in Saltillo, to the system operated by AGSAL (Aguas de Saltillo), a mixed public-private company set up in 2001. Whether a community already has that connection, and not just a promise of one, is part of what tells apart a developed lot from one that is not yet.

What are the stages of land development?

The typical order starts with what stays buried and ends with what is visible:

1. Layout and earthworks: streets and blocks are laid out, and the land is graded.
2. Underground networks: potable water, sanitary drainage and electrification, before paving.
3. Pavement: sub-base, base and asphalt surface course, in that order, over the networks already installed.
4. Sidewalks and curbs: of pavers or concrete, alongside the pavement.
5. Green areas: the last step, on already developed land.

Paving before installing the networks would mean breaking up the pavement later, so the order between stages 2 and 3 is rarely reversed. Green areas close the sequence because they sit on finished ground, once the heavier earth-moving and trenching work is done.

Who develops land for communities in Saltillo?

Within Grupo Server, two companies handle this. Urbanizadora Server, since 2002, focuses on land enablement and development for residential communities. Server Construcciones, the group's founding company from 1966, has developed land and paved roads since that same year, in addition to building bridges and industrial buildings.

The residential division, Server Vivienda, was incorporated in 1998 as Inmobiliaria Server de Coahuila and has developed more than 47 communities across the state, from affordable to premium residential. Land development is, in that sense, the first step of each of those projects.

Why does land development matter to someone buying a lot?

Because it determines what the buyer gets on the day they sign. A lot still in the development stage may not yet have potable water, drainage or pavement in front of it; an already developed lot does. The community's declared stage — development under way or delivery complete — is, for that reason, as relevant as the lot's area or price when comparing options.

Sector XII — Misiones, within Las Misiones in Saltillo, is advertised at stage 1, land development, with 106 lots on the plan —100 residential, from 200.00 to 389.32 m², as of September 3, 2026—. Details on areas, prices and availability are on the Sector XII lots page.

Before signing, it is worth confirming in writing which development stage the lot is at — layout, networks, pavement or full delivery — and which specific works are already installed in front of that particular lot, not just somewhere in the community.

The most critical utility for a community is, almost always, water. In the Saltillo region, the Sierra de Zapalinamé — a state protected natural area since October 15, 1996, and a State Natural Reserve since October 13, 2017 — is, according to its own decree, the watershed that supplies most of the water for Saltillo, Ramos Arizpe and Arteaga. Whether a community already has its potable water network installed does not depend only on the developer: it depends on that watershed continuing to supply the city.

How does Grupo Server help?

Urbanizadora Server has enabled land for communities in Saltillo since 2002, and Server Construcciones has developed land and paved roads since the group's founding in 1966. To see developed lots for sale, you can review Grupo Server's housing page or write in through the contact page.