Plans for The Grove Frisco are moving forward.
Design consultant Kimley-Horn received approval from Frisco City Council on June 7 to build three different developments on about 328 acres of land at the northwest corner of Custer Road and Main Street.
The developments, planned by Brookfield Properties, will consist of single-family homes, a multifamily community of up to 425 apartments and retail stores, according to city documents.
The single-family home portion of the neighborhood is planned to be a combination of 7,000-, 8,500- and 12,500-square-feet lots with patios, documents stated. This area of the development will be framed by Independence Parkway on the west and Havenwood Lane on the north.
The intersection of Custer Road and Main Street will provide an entrance to a variety of retail shops, site plans show. Three-story apartments will sit directly behind the retail development along with a 4-acre public park to separate the apartments from the single-family homes. A four-story amenity center is planned for the center of the property, to the west of the park.
A second 4-acre public park will be framed by the single-family homes, documents show.
Representatives from Kimley-Horn told the Planning & Zoning Commission at a May 10 public hearing that the single-family part of the development will be built prior to the multifamily. The developer is also building a similar project on the south side of Main Street with townhome patios, apartments and retail stores. That 154-acre community is already under construction.
The Planning & Zoning Commission unanimously approved a zoning change to allow The Grove Frisco at its May 10 meeting. The commission first saw plans for the development in 2017, which it denied for having too much density.
Commissioner Jon Kendall, who said he did not like the 2017 plan, commended representatives from Kimley-Horn for addressing the city’s notes in its updated development.
“Most developments, they want to take ideally six months—the long ones 12 months,” Kendall said. “The fact that we’re sitting here five years later, I hope that [shows] the city how much [Kimley-Horn is] pushing.”
Mayor Jeff Cheney and members of council thanked Development Services Director John Lettellier and the commission for the years spent on this project.
"A massive parcel that could have been very uninspiring and quite frankly, a detrimental plan for the entire area, has turned into something really beautiful," Cheney said.
