The overview
The applicant, Girish Narayan, said he wants to build a high-quality, small-business hub that meets the growing demand for functional and affordable flex spaces, according to city documents. The tenant base for this project includes home service businesses, small retail businesses and professional services.
The property is 4.31 acres located at 6521 Colleyville Blvd. It includes three buildings with 23 suites averaging 3,600 square feet. Five suites along Ross Downs Drive will be tailored to retail-centric users, according to city documents.
Each suite will have an office space and front-loading 14-by-14-foot doors.
Zooming in
The applicant restricted the uses for the property to not disrupt the surrounding neighborhood. The restrictions include:
- Uses that are noisy such as auto repair, or auto body shops.
- Uses that are unsightly such as outdoor storage.
- Uses that invite behaviors that are incompatible with Colleyville’s community values such as CBD stores, pawn shops, title loans and alcohol sales.
- Restricting operating hours to 6 a.m.-8 p.m.
“We wanted to make sure our neighbors to the east, Ross Down Estates, had a say in the design throughout the process,” Narayan said. “Early on we contacted the residents there.”
In addition, there will be 40,116 square feet of landscaped open space along with two detention ponds, per city documents.
The background
The property was rezoned in 2003 for an auto-repair shop and allowed for the outside storage of recreational vehicles, boats, automobiles and vans, according to city documents.
Narayan read a letter from adjacent property owner Ken Green concerning the current occupants of the subject property.
“Over the past 10 years I’ve had multiple issues with the current occupants of 6521 Colleyville Blvd.,” Green said. “Just to name a few, they have dumped multiple loads of film material without rain water flow studies, which changed how rainwater flows and floods my properties. I have gone behind the building to find extension cords draped over my fence and plugged into my outdoor outlets, stealing my electricity.”
Two residents from Ross Downs Estates also shared stories about how the current property owners do not maintain the land well.
“[The subject property] is a huge eyesore right now,” Planning and Zoning Commissioner Claudia Bevill said. “It’s not compatible with the neighbors. It certainly doesn’t do one thing for Colleyville and what [the applicant is] trying to do is make a huge improvement.”
What else?
One Ross Downs Estates resident, Scott Knepper, opposed the development, stating concerns about traffic and bringing more people into the neighborhood.
“We already have too much traffic as it is,” Knepper said. “We have more and more traffic going down Tarrant Lane. We are going to have more eyes, strange eyes, going into Ross Downs.”
Narayan ordered a full traffic study of the area from the Texas Department of Transportation. Currently those driving on Colleyville Boulevard cannot make a left turn directly onto the property.
The applicant estimated how much revenue the development would bring to the city and the total estimated amount is $200,225, including property and sales tax.
The preliminary schedule submitted to the city shows that construction is estimated to start in July and end July 2026.
