The Southlake City Council passed the first reading during the Oct. 7 meeting, with a 6-1 vote to move on to the second reading at the Oct. 21 meeting.
Council member Frances Scharli was the lone vote against the development, which is between White Chapel Boulevard and SH 114. The site is across from the Carillon Parc mixed-use development.
Most of the 40 acres is coming from the Shivers Family Partnership, which owns 38.86 acres. The single-family housing that is part of the project accounts for 1.14 acres, according to city documents.
Major takeaways
The first part of the proposed plan is rezoning 1800 N. White Chapel Blvd. and 1900 N. White Chapel Blvd. from agricultural to the employment center zoning district. According to city documents, there is a single-family residence at 1800 N. White Chapel Blvd., which would be removed.
The development plans call for a mix of restaurants, office space, a grocery store and 37 single-family residential lots in a subdivision called Willow Meadows.
There are five different lots on the retail side of the development. Lot 1 is to be determined; Lot 2 is for retail or restaurant uses; Lot 3 is for office or restaurant uses; and Lots 4 and 5 are for single-family houses.
The breakdown in square feet for the commercial portion of the development, as listed on city documents, includes:
- Restaurant: 55,687
- Retail: 18,551
- Grocery store: 33,798
- Office space: 41,492
The details
Terry Montesi, Trademark Property Company CEO and founder, said his Fort Worth-based business is currently involved in 16 other private partnerships across the United States. According to the website, his company has six in Texas listed in their portfolio, including Galleria Dallas, The Vickery in Fort Worth and Alliance Town Center in Fort Worth.
“We’re very proud of the quality. We're proud of collaborating with all of you guys,” he said. “You can tell we're here to try to do as best we can.”
Montesi said the development would anchored by a national organic grocer, which has expressed interested to his company in coming to Southlake.
Diving in deeper
Conversation between council members and the developers included a focus on Lot 1, which has the potential to become a hotel. There was also interest in having a gas station in the northern part of town and that would be an option included in the second reading. From the Grapevine/Southlake city limits to the Southlake/Westlake city limits, there is only one gas station.
Other talking points were drainage across SH 114, what directions would garages face and the type of garages that would be in the housing part of the development, traffic calming between the retail portion back to SH 114 frontage road and golf cart parking options.
What they’re saying
“There's a ton to digest here,” Mayor Pro Tem Randy Williamson said. “We've started hitting on some things that are obvious things that we'd like to have you guys address. I say all that to say ... don't be surprised if you come back to second reading and there's more stuff that can't get resolved on the spot and this ends up potentially being tabled [again]. I mean, that's not unusual.”
