Frisco | July 2023

DEVELOPMENT Multifamily projects underway as ocials hope to prioritize mixed-use developments

2023 HOME EDITION

BY ALEX REECE

for apartments and negotiating with landowners to move away from apart- ment-only buildings, Cheney said. “At one point in the city of Frisco, there were 80,000 zoned apart- ments,” Cheney said. “Our count now [is] under 20,000.” “OUR PLANNING STAFF, AS WELL AS CITY COUNCILS, OVER DECADES

Mixed-use developments could become the new standard for multifamily housing in Frisco, city leaders said. One example of an upcoming mixed- use multifamily project is at Hall Park, which will feature oce towers, a hotel, a park and a residential tower. In case you missed it: Leaders said the city has been leaning away from strictly apartments-only develop- ments for decades. Mayor Je Cheney commented on the number of apartments in Frisco at a June 5 town hall, saying the city has been overall favoring single-family homes over multifamily. “Our planning sta, as well as City Councils over decades, have been hard at work at reducing the multi- family counts in our city,” he said. One decades-long city project was reducing the number of land zoned

HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK AT REDUCING THE MULTIFAMILY COUNTS IN OUR CITY.” JEFF CHENEY, FRISCO MAYOR

The Hall Park development is one example of a mixed-use multifamily project coming to Frisco. (Alex Reece/Community Impact)

“You’re not going to see future zoning approved, and haven’t seen zoning approved, for any type of proj- ect that does not meet that criteria,” Cheney said. “That is something that we’ve been diligent about.” What to expect: The “work-live- play” developments city leaders are hoping to focus on are projects that

complement the area they are located in, such as The Star or around the [Professional Golfers’ Association of America campus], Cheney said. Any new apartment-only devel- opment will be because of legacy zoning, Cheney said. “If the landowner did get zoning 20 years ago, they do have the right to act on that zoning,” Cheney said.

Going forward, Frisco residents can expect to see an emphasis on mixed-development projects with apartments and oces combined as a way to bring in more “work-live-play ecosystems,” Cheney said.

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