McKinney | February 2024

Development

BY SHELBIE HAMILTON

The Plaza at Fort Buckner development will fea- ture 150,000-square-feet of retail space for restau- rants, an entertainment venue and more, according to developer Eric Seitz of The Seitz Group. The details The retail center, located at the northwest corner of US 380 and Hardin Boulevard, is cur- rently under development. The rst phase of the project is located along the US 380 frontage and is expected to see businesses begin to open in the rst quarter of 2024, Seitz said. Businesses planned for that commercial strip include a number of restaurants along with retail and service-based businesses. Retail, restaurants coming to north McKinney corner

An additional project at the west end of the development will create space for two restaurants including CosMc’s, a beverage-led concept by McDonald’s, as well as Hawaiian restaurant Coco Shrimp, according to site plan documents. The second phase of the development will be built behind the rst phase. Businesses slated to occupy spaces being built in Phase 2 include Dave and Buster’s and EoS Fitness, Seitz said. Con- struction on the second phase of development is expected to begin in January and conclude in mid-2024, with businesses opening in those spaces in late 2024, he said. Diving deeper The Seitz Group developed the retail centers at the other three corners of the US 380 and Hardin Boulevard intersection featuring businesses such as Costco, Cinemark and At Home. The existing retail spaces have no vacancies, and there is a waiting list of potential tenants, Seitz said. The entire development has amassed $330 mil- lion in retail sales, Seitz said. The project has also

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and is just under half an acre in size, Fountoulakis said. Upgrades planned for the site include a new metal fence with stone accents and a double entrance gate with new signage. Grave markers and monument stones at the site will also be cleaned and repaired. “It’s going to be gorgeous and new, but it’s going to reect its historic nature as well,” Fountoulakis said of the project. “[The improvements are] going to be very respectful of its history. “ The $156,000 restoration project is being funded by the Seitz Group and will be completed as part of the second phase of development of the Plaza at Fort Buckner retail center, Seitz said. “By developing the four corners cohesively ... [we provided] food, restaurant, retail, tness, entertainment ... everything that a Class A shopping center anywhere in the country would be proud to have,” ERIC SEITZ, DEVELOPER WITH THE SEITZ GROUP

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1 Cava 2 Coco Shrimp 3 Cold Stone Creamery 4 CosMc’s 5 Dave & Buster’s 6 Dave’s Hot Chicken 7 EoS Fitness

8 Einstein Bros. Bagels 9 Frost Bank 10 Maple Street Biscuit Company 11 One Stop India 12 Piada Italian Street Food 13 Pickleman’s Gourmet Cafe 14 Revolution Barber Shop

15 Soak Nails 16 The Brass Tap

17 The Lash Lounge 18 The Soccer Corner 19 Torchy’s Tacos 20 Touchdown Tap House

The project is located at US 380 and Hardin Boulevard.

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added $220 million in constructed property value and has fostered the creation of 3,000 jobs. Seitz said once the northwest corner and remaining tracts are completed, the combined four corners of the intersection will include about 1.2 million square feet of developed space across six phases. Also of note Buckner Cemetery, a historic cemetery on the site of the Plaza at Fort Buckner development, will be restored by the end of the year, said Can- dace Fountoulakis, president of the Old Buckner Cemetery Association. Buckner Cemetery was founded in the 1840s

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SOURCE: THE SEITZ GROUPCOMMUNITY IMPACT

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