McKinney January 2022

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RENDERING COURTESY TUPPS BREWERY Tupps Brewery

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RENDERING COURTESY CITY OF MCKINNEY West Grove/The Hub

RENDERING COURTESY THE SEITZ GROUP US 380 and Hardin Boulevard

TOWN OUT ON THE McKinney is signicantly growing its options for fun and leisure, and more are on the way.

RENDERING COURTESY DISTRICT 121 District 121

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RENDERING COURTESY JORDAN REALTY ADVISORS Hub 121

The Stix Icehouse

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The Stix Icehouse: This beer garden and restaurant includes live music patios and 14 acres of land for disc golf, volleyball, swings and a treehouse. Status : opened in October 2021

District 121 : This mixed-use development features Kaizen as the anchor oce building, dining, retail and a courtyard.

Hub 121 : This mixed- use development includes multifamily, oce space, rooftop dining, retail and a music pavilion. Status: restaurants are open; other suites ready to be leased

Tupps Brewery: This 4-acre brewery features dining, an outdoor stage and play areas for adults and children. Status: completion in November

US 380 and Hardin Boulevard: This mixed-use development includes dining, retail, multifamily and oce space. Status: fully leased; other components to be constructed

West Grove/The Hub: This mixed- use development includes dining, multifamily, retail, event stage and a community park. Status: construction to begin by this spring

Status: under construction

BY BROOKLYNN COOPER AND MIRANDA JAIMES ‘Live, work, eat, play’: McKinney increases entertainment options

22-acre project began construction in 2019. The campus features a 250-unit apartment complex called Axiom Hub 121, a 100,000-square-foot oce and a two-story building that hosts coworking company Serendipity Labs. Restaurants include Elwood Restaurant and Bar and Fork & Fire. The centerpiece of Hub 121 will be a music pavilion for live performances. Jordan saidonce theweatherwarms up, the pavilion will have a grand opening with a to-be-named band. When sum- mer starts, Jordan saidhis goal is tohave weekend programming, such as family movie nights and Sunday brunches. “The idea was really to have a gather- ing place, andwhether you’rewaiting to get into a restaurant or you’re nished eating and you’re really not ready to go

McKinney Economic Development Corp. and Community Development Corp. have worked together with the city to recruit more of what many resi- dents wanted. This year will see ground breaking for Tupps Brewery as well as signicant progress on developments at the intersection of US 380 and Hardin, andmore. ‘Senseofcommunity’ Hub 121, a development at the north- west corner of Sam Rayburn Tollway and Alma Road, is partially open, and other tenants are in the process of mov- ing in. The multifamily community with dining, retail and an event stage was one of the earliest entertainment districts planned for McKinney. Developer Shane Jordan said that the

home … you’re creating some sense of community,” Jordan said. The Stix Icehouse, a restaurant and beer garden, opened in October 2021 on Eldorado Parkway, just south of the Towne Lake Recreation area. In addition to drinks and food, the restaurant has live music each week- end and 14 acres of green space where patrons can play games such as disc golf and cornhole. Co-founder Rae Phillips-Luther said she loves that people can enjoy The Stix however they would like. “The rocking chairs on the porch and live music Thursday [through] Sunday make it a perfect date night spot,” Phillips-Luther said in an email. “Brunch with friends? We have you covered… Rainy afternoon and looking

McKinney is shifting from what developer Eric Seitz called a “bedroom, commuter” community to a hotspot for entertainment options, as several major projects are underway in 2022. City leaders have been working for years to attract developments such as District 121, Hub 121, The Hub and West Grove, CityManager Paul Grimes said. When he rst stepped into his role in 2016, Grimes said the cry for a diverse dining and entertainment selection was “loud and clear.” “People were going to Frisco or Plano or Allen … and there was some frustra- tionwith that because those are tax dol- lars that were leaking,” he said. Six years later, Grimes said the

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