BY JACQUELYN BURRER
What’s next?
What they’re saying
“One of my fears was that we had lost the ability to shape our city. … The fact that the property owner has found partners who ... will help us shape our city I think is something that should not be discounted.” TOSAN OLLEY, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER
Plano resident Corey Reinaker said that while he supports the proposed development, the proposal falls short of its potential and could see improvements, such as increasing unit density, improving walkable destinations and prioritizing more mixed-use retail. “The regional population is expected to continue growing in the coming years, and this site presents a significant opportunity for more families to call Plano home,” Reinaker said. Plano resident Embher Chaffin noted concerns about access to public transit stations and walk- able infrastructure, as the area master plan initially included new Dallas Area Rapid Transit service stations near the development. Council member Bob Kehr said the Lavon Farms project balances state officials’ goal to increase housing density to improve affordability with resi- dents’ concerns about multifamily development. “The state is asking us to increase density and have a place for people to live, [but] residents are
Moore said he intends to “set the tone for the development with the right architects and the right builders,” as opposed to building cookie-cutter “tract housing.” Hickman said Nov. 17 that Trammel Crow Company expects to break ground on the first phase of the project before the end of 2026. Moore added that he expects the entire project to take seven years. Moore said he was a participant in the planning process in 2018, which he said did the city “a lot of good” in prioritizing east Plano. “The east side has always been neglected,” Moore said. “It’s never been first priority on the list, and this [project] kind of moved the east side up to really gain some attention.”
“Without confirmed integration of the DART services or walkable infrastructure, I feel like a development
of this scale is going to increase our congestion across the city.” EMBHER CHAFFIN, PLANO RESIDENT
saying they don’t like multifamily [and] they’re concerned about traffic,” Kehr said. “This project kind of brings it all together, [and] … it’s preserv- ing the nature of this great spot.”
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