BY JACQUELYN BURRER & JENNA STEPHENSON
New retail along tollway remains under review Plans for new retail and restaurant space at the intersection of Dallas Parkway and Frontier Parkway remain on hold due to questions from Prosper Planning and Zoning commissioners about the project’s components and long-term vision. What you need to know The commission tabled the preliminary site plan at its Jan. 20 meeting for the second time to allow the applicant more time to incorporate the commission’s feedback. The 34.6-acre property is currently planned to include a mix of restaurants and retail, including a pharmacy with a drive-thru, smaller retail and restaurant buildings and a larger retail space. Commissioners first tabled the proposal at their Dec. 16 meeting for the applicant to incorporate commissioner feedback. However, the applicant made no changes to the site plan and submitted a
$28M project to begin this spring in Prosper Prosper residents will see more roadwork on First Street. The details At its Feb. 10 meeting, Prosper Town Council approved three items tied to the project to widen First Street from the Dallas North Tollway to Coleman Street. The work will expand the existing two-lane road into a four-lane road. Prosper Senior Engineer Lindy Higginbotham said construction on the $27.79 million project is scheduled to begin in April and projected to wrap up in November 2027. Prosper Town Council approved a $21.29 million construction agreement with Mario Sinacola & Sons Excavating Inc. for the project, along with a separate $408,815 contract for materials testing.
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“market analysis” instead, town documents state. Sagar Pelaprolu, developer for the project and managing partner at Urban Heights, said the team has worked with city staff for the past 17 months and made several revisions to their proposal to be more community-focused. “We are not trying to build what’s easiest here,” Pelaprolu said. “We are trying to build what is right for Prosper today while positioning for the growth ... in the coming years.” The preliminary site plan is expected to go back before commissioners at their March 3 meeting.
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pushed back after Director of Development Ser- vices Dusty Mcafee said city staff are still working on the project. City staff expect the dealership to support Celi- na’s economic development through job creation, tax revenue and community outreach, according to city documents. City Council will hold a public hearing and vote on the rezoning request March 10.
Celina is considering the development of a car dealership along Dallas North Tollway. Celina City Council was scheduled to consider a request from Ewing Buick GMC to rezone roughly 20 acres in the Dallas North Tollway Overlay District to allow for a car dealership at its Feb. 10 meeting. The district is Celina’s roadmap for how to use the high-value land along DNT. City Council’s discussion of the dealership was
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