215-acre Lavon Farms development advances From the cover
What you need to know
The plan Lavon Farms will be broken into three subdistricts. Multifamily units will not be allowed in either Subdistrict A or C.
Subdistrict B • 1,052 multifamily units through 2-, 3- and 4-story apartment buildings • Parks and open space
The Lavon Farms development in east Plano is moving forward following final approval from city officials in December. The 215-acre mixed-use development is planned to feature more than 600 single-family residential units, 1,052 multifamily units and 37 acres of open space. The project has been “about 25 years” in the making, land owner Todd Moore said. Moore’s family bought the land in 1936 and has been operating it as a dairy farm since. “We’re executing the vision that was really provided to us by the community stakeholders,” Trammel Crow Company Principal Kevin Hickman said. Lavon Farms is a “key catalyst site” for the Envision Oak Point Plan. The master plan for the area was initially adopted in 2018, and also lays out plans for Assembly Park, Collin College Spring Creek Campus, Oak Point Recreation Center and the Plano Event Center.
Subdistrict A Subdistrict B Subdistrict C
Subdistrict C • Micro farm • Farmers markets • Assembly hall • Food trucks and restaurants • Garden center • Retail • Grocery store • Private club
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Subdistrict A • Up to 298 detached single- family homes or duplexes • Up to 232 townhomes, manor homes or small-lot single-family homes • Up to 66 stacked townhomes • Parks and open space
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Zooming out
Christina Day said. The plan features single-family lots ranging from 2,000 to 3,000 square feet, and Mayor Pro Tem Maria Tu added that developers are working with the city when under SB 15 they could legally begin building without a zoning change. “They didn’t have to come to us,” Tu said. “Instead, they want to honor the Envision Oak Point Plan.”
Developers are working with the city to conform to the vision outlined in the area master plan, even though recent legislation gives developers the right to proceed differently. The Lavon Farms property could have been impacted by recent state legislation changes, including Senate Bill 15, which would allow the construction of minimum 3,000-square-foot resi- dential lots on the site by right, Planning Director
Plano’s residential landscape, in units
106,022 are occupied and 6,351 are vacant
112,373 total housing units
Of the occupied units, 58% are owner- occupied and 42% are renter-occupied.
Lavon Farms plans to have 626 single-family residential units and 1,052 multifamily units.
SOURCE: CITY OF PLANO, RKG ASSOCIATES, INC./COMMUNITY IMPACT
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