mixed-use development

‘The Next Significant Development’ in DFW: Billingsley Plans Nearly 500‑Acre, $3B Mixed‑Use Project in Allen and Fairview

by | May 25, 2023
“The corners of I-75 and SH-121 are one of the last great undeveloped intersections in DFW," Lucy Billingsley, partner at Billingsley Co., said. "To do it justice, we intend to build something really spectacular here." The first phase of the project, Sloan Corners, will be a transformation "from hayfields to a regional employment hub," city of Allen officials said.
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Historic Cedars Corner Building in Dallas Gets New Life–and Becomes Home to These Black- and Women-Owned Businesses
by | Apr 3, 2023
In 1923, the building was home to the Newland Hotel and a Piggly Wiggly grocery story in The Cedars neighborhood directly south of downtown Dallas. Now known as Cedars Corner, its first floor is an incubator of sorts for a distinctive collection of Black and women-owned businesses committed to bringing life back to the historic space. Meet the owners and see what they're cooking up.
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Grand Prairie Entertainment Corridor Attracts Bass Pro Shops, BigShots Golf, and More
by | Dec 21, 2022
The EpicCentral Corridor in Grand Prairie includes new mixed-use development Mayfield Groves, which has landed three anchors to add to the city's entertainment district.

City Manager Steve Dye said the city welcomes the new businesses "as we continue to selectively build out our EpicCentral corridor along State Highway 161.”
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Frisco’s New Firefly Park Development Gets Dream Hotel As Anchor
by | May 25, 2022
Slated to break ground next year, Firefly Park will add "a significantly different, cool vibe to Frisco," says the city's mayor. Developer Kyle Wilks of Wilks Development hired Amsterdam-based UNStudio to develop the master plan in collaboration with Sasaki Associates.

That European influence is showing up in the 230-acre project's walkable, park-laden layout—and in the architecture's future-forward look. The Dream Hotel will be designed with hints of the region, with a design philosophy “both surreal and contemporarily chic."
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Pegasus Park: Lyda Hill Philanthropies Unveils Details of 23-Acre Hub for Biotech Innovation, Social Impact in Dallas 

by | Jul 13, 2020
The mixed-use social purpose project—designed to boost local biotech, nonprofit, and corporate innovation—has been in the works for years. Expected to open in early 2021, the future-focused campus is located near the Dallas Medical District.
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Monarch City Ready to Take Mixed-Use Development Into the Next Century
by | Oct 22, 2019
Howard Hughes' massive 261-acre project in Allen is rising from what used to be grasslands. And, much like its namesake butterfly, soaring growth could drive the area's economy for decades to come.
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ThriftBooks’ Dallas Used Book Fulfillment Center to Become Its Largest in the Country
by | Jul 16, 2019
By tripling the facility’s size and adding new automation tech, ThriftBooks says it will be able to process 50 million books a year in Dallas.
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CityLine: A Development That’s Built to Last
by | Jan 1, 2016

With CityLine, KDC and its design and construction partners aren’t just developing a
master-planned community for today—they’re keeping tomorrow very much in mind. That means a commitment to sustainability....

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Raytheon's new campus will be secured by a 6-foot fence and have 24-hour manned guard shacks at all three entrances.

Raytheon at CityLine: Creating a High-tech Command Center

by | Jan 1, 2016

Raytheon isn’t one to move around a lot. In fact, its current Jupiter Road complex in Garland, which houses its Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS) operations, dates back to the 1950s. But things are about to change—in a big way.

The defense contractor will join State Farm as an office anchor of CityLine, occupying a new three-building campus KDC is developing at the southwest corner of State Highway 190 and Wyndham Lane in Richardson....

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CityLine Plaza: The focal point of the initial phase will be CityLine Plaza, a centrally located urban plaza designed by the Office of James Burnett, the landscape architect of Dallas’ Klyde Warren Park. The natural looking landscaped plaza will offer open space for outdoor concerts and festivals, shaded gathering spots for meetings or meals and walkways for pedestrian experiences.
CityLine: A Place to Walk About
by | Jan 1, 2016

Most cities grow in random fashion, evolving bit by bit over time. Imagine having the opportunity to design a community for more than 16,000 people—from scratch....

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State Farm at CityLine: Kind of a Big Deal
by | Jan 1, 2016

In April of 2012, execs from State Farm got in touch with their longtime North Texas real estate brokers, Randy Cooper and Craig Wilson of Cassidy Turley, to talk about a top-secret expansion the company was considering....

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CityLine: Building a City Within a City
by | Jan 1, 2016

It’s hard to appreciate of the size and scope of CityLine without a little perspective. Consider that in 1940, a century after Richardson was first settled, the small town was home to just 740 people....

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