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Baylor Scott & White Health will bring retail, fitness and medical spaces to the 123.93-acre develop- ment on the southwest corner of I-35W and Robson Ranch Road. Argyle Town Council unani- mously approved the Heritage development zoning change March 18. The Heritage tract is a property that sits just east of the mixed-use Harvest development. What’s happening? With H-E-B going to the Landmark development in Denton across the street, property owner Jim Wills has a new grocer interested in the property. Now, Wills said they can “supercharge their marketing effort” and add more retail spaces that they may not have been able to with an H-E-B. “We do have another grocer that we feel very good about,” Wills said. Zooming in The only large-scale develop- ments permitted on the site are a grocery store up to 150,000 square feet and a potential six-story Argyle property to get wellness campus, grocer
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hospital not to exceed 120 feet, according to town documents. The wellness campus on 50 acres of the property will include retail, fitness and medical buildings with a building height not to exceed 75 feet. A surgical center, specialty heart hospital and an acute care hospital was also proposed, but BS&W repre- sentatives Charles Shelburne and Angel Benschneider said they would assess community needs to decide what will serve the town best. Measuring the impact According to an economic impact study presented by the developer, over a 30-year period, the development is expected to generate over $17 million in new tax revenue and over $131 million in new sales tax revenue. The development could also generate over 3,200 jobs.
Flower Mound names veterans plaza
Brown is a World War II veteran who served for more than two decades in the U.S. Army and has dedicated his retirement years to giving back to the local community, according to town documents. Construction of the $3.36 mil- lion Peters Colony Memorial Park could be completed this fall.
Flower Mound officials have chosen a name for the veterans memorial plaza that is slated for Peters Colony Memorial Park. The details Flower Mound Town Council approved naming the feature Chief Warrant Officer Douglas A. Brown Veterans Plaza in early March.
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