BY COLBY FARR
29-acre site to see housing project
Affordable apartments get zoning approval Plans are underway to develop an affordable apartment community as part of a public-private partnership between The NRP Group and the McKinney Housing Finance Corporation. The full story McKinney City Council members unanimously approved zoning and annexation terms for a 15.7-acre parcel. The NRP Group is planning to develop an apartment complex consisting of 288 units, said applicant representative Bob Roeder of McKinney-based law firm Abernathy Roeder Boyd Hullett. His presentation included a site map that showed plans for nine residential buildings, a clubhouse, pool, courtyard and a playground. Developers are planning to offer units with rents capped at 30% of the area median income, at 60% AMI and 70% AMI, Roeder said. Monthly rents could start at $660, the presentation stated.
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McKinney-based Morphic Development is pursuing the development of more than 100 single-family homes in north McKinney. What happened? McKinney City Council members approved annexation and residential zoning for 29 acres of land during a Jan. 20 meeting. The land, located north of CR 124 and west of CR 161, could see development of up to 111 single-family lots, Morchic Develop- ment co-founder Sam Franklin said. Homes are expected to range from 1,900 square feet to 3,200 square feet, he said. Meritage Homes is the proposed builder on the project, but that could change in the future, Franklin said.
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What they’re saying Teshia Bilecki-Blanton, who lives near the site, said she was “deeply concerned” about the pro- posal. Roadways around the location are “narrow, rural and already strained,” she said. Council member Patrick Cloutier said affordable housing is a “huge pressure point” for council members and that more was needed in the area. The city lacks affordable housing for residents making under 80% of the area’s median income in this part of McKinney, he said.
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