Start with the right questions.
Understand the land, market, constraints, and ownership objectives before the plan takes shape.
Faith. Family. Development.
A vision for the land.
The leadership to deliver it.
Experienced development leadership for landowners, developers, builders, and investment groups. From the first land decision to the details that bring a community to life.
Based in Texas
MORE THAN LAND.
A place with purpose.
01 / OUR APPROACH
A developer’s mindset.
A partner’s commitment.
The best projects connect the vision with the realities of delivery.
Chapel Knox brings those pieces together: strategic vision, land strategy, market positioning, entitlement and municipal coordination, public finance, builder alignment, infrastructure, operational expertise, and the character of the community itself.
We work alongside ownership and project teams, providing senior-level leadership where it matters most—whether that means guiding a full development program or taking responsibility for a focused assignment.
Bring the pieces together.
Align consultants, municipalities, builders, and stakeholders around a practical development strategy.
Stay close to execution.
Translate decisions into clear priorities, coordinated teams, and a path forward.
02 / HOW WE HELP
Vision is the start.
Execution is the work.
Comprehensive development leadership. Targeted expertise. Additional senior-level capacity for your team.
View our company flyer (PDF)01Development leadership & execution
Hands-on leadership to keep the development program aligned with ownership’s objectives.
- Owner’s representation and fee development
- Project management and consultant coordination
- Due diligence and acquisition support
- Infrastructure strategy and phasing
02Entitlements & public finance
Establish a workable framework for approvals, infrastructure, and long-term project delivery.
- Entitlements and municipal strategy
- Development and strategic partnership agreements
- Public finance and MUD reimbursement coordination
- Public-private partnerships and stakeholder engagement
03Community vision & placemaking
Give a community a clear identity and a meaningful place in the market.
- Visioning workshops and charrettes
- Master planning and land planning coordination
- Amenity strategy, lifestyle, and activation
- Brand positioning and community storytelling
04Builder & product strategy
Connect the builder program and housing mix to the buyers a project aims to serve.
- Builder recruitment and opportunity presentations
- Product segmentation, lot programming, and pod strategy
- LOI and contract coordination
- Builder relations and due diligence support
05Commercial & mixed-use strategy
Plan the uses that support a complete community and contribute to its long-term value.
- Retail and mixed-use positioning
- Grocery-anchored commercial strategy
- Multifamily and institutional-user coordination
- School partnerships and employment discussions
06Investor & operational support
Support the decisions, materials, and operating structures that carry a project forward.
- Investor presentations and financing coordination
- Landowner advisory and strategic planning
- HOA formation and operational guidance
- Community team structure and long-term operations
From a shared vision to a workable plan
Good places begin
with good conversations.
Charrettes bring the right people into the room early. We help connect planning, product, amenities, infrastructure, and market positioning—so the vision informs the decisions that follow.
Talk about a visioning session03 / EXPERIENCE THAT INFORMS THE WORK
Built on real
development experience.
Institutional experience.
Entrepreneurial attention.
Mike Miller’s career spans master planned communities, residential land development, and commercial positioning. That experience shapes how Chapel Knox approaches each new assignment.
23Developed projects across Mike’s career
5,000+Lots developed across Mike’s career
$250M+Lot sales revenue across Mike’s career
$35M+Commercial sales revenue across Mike’s career
SELECTED CAREER EXPERIENCE
The GrovesAustin PointYoung RanchHarper’s PreserveAvalon communitiesMoxieCanvas
Experience includes work performed in prior roles and with other development organizations.
04 / MEET CHAPEL KNOX
Mike Miller / Founder
Your project.
Personal commitment.
From Acquisition to Disposition.
Mike brings experience across acquisitions, entitlements, land planning, public-private partnerships, builder negotiations, placemaking, and community operations.
Chapel Knox makes that experience available to landowners, developers, builders, and investment groups through flexible engagements built around the needs of the project.
Mike and his wife, Kirby, live in Cypress with their four children. Chapel Knox is named after their fourth child. As a family, they enjoy their kids’ sporting events, Aggie football, traveling, and playing with their dog, Macey.
Industry leadershipUrban Land Institute Community Development Council Chair, Green
EducationUniversity of Virginia · Bachelor in Architecture and Urban Planning
Texas A&M University · Master of Land & Property Development
LET’S GET TO WORK
What’s next
for your land?
Evaluating an opportunity, shaping a community, or adding development leadership to your team? Let’s start a conversation.
mmiller@chapelknox.com832.525.7433Cypress / Houston, Texas