Development
BY JACQUELYN BURRER
EDS campus changes move forward ahead of AT&T relocation in 2023 to a planned development to support the Texas Research Quarter, a mixed-use project anchored by a life sciences and innovation district. The current request repeals that 2023 planned development, returning the property to its original commercial employment zoning. LEGACY DR. DNT TOLL
Future development plans for the former Electronic Data Systems campus could start to take shape soon following a recent zoning decision. What you need to know At their Feb. 2 meeting, Plano Planning and Zoning commissioners approved two items tied to the former EDS campus as redevelopment plans for the property continue to take shape. The request covers 99 acres at the intersection of Parkwood Boulevard and Legacy Drive, including 5400 Legacy Drive, where AT&T plans to move its headquarters. AT&T CEO John Stankey announced Jan. 5 the company is set to relocate its global headquarters to the 54-acre campus in Plano’s Legacy District. The zoning change reclassifies the area as commercial employment, a designation intended for “corporate headquarters and research facilities arranged in a campus-like setting,” according to city documents. The site was previously rezoned
Plano Senior Planner John Kim said the applicant is “no longer pursuing [the] development” associ- ated with the 2023 zoning case. Zooming in Commissioner Bennett Ratliff called the rezoning a “revitalization of the purpose of that property,” as outlined in Plano’s comprehensive plan. Assistant Planning Director Michael Bell said the applicant is starting with reverting to the original zoning while planning to come back for future plans. “They’re being up front that they need a two-step process to do that,” Bell said.
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What’s next? The commission also approved a request to waive the two-year waiting period for initiating another rezoning on the property, allowing the land owner to quickly submit a new planned develop- ment request for the site. Plano City Council will consider the zoning request at its Feb. 23 meeting, according to the city’s zoning case website.
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