Proposed plans for McKinney’s first municipal management district estimate the Honey Creek development could be worth over $2 billion, according to city documents.
McKinney City Council learned about plans for the potential district at its Dec. 6 meeting. Republic Property Group, a Dallas-based real estate developer, wants to create a Municipal Management District on 1,800 acres in north McKinney, according to city documents. The proposed Honey Creek district is west of US 75 and north of US 380, near Erwin Park. The district would be the first of its kind in McKinney, according to Executive Director of Development Services Michael Quint.
The mixed-use development would include residential, commercial and office buildings as well as other amenities, parks, trails and open space, according to a presentation given by Jake Wagner, co-CEO and partner of Republic Property Group. Wagner said the project would also include implementing about $100 million in infrastructure improvements, including an east-west expansion of Laud Howell Parkway.
The developers are looking to use a municipal management district, which is a type of financing that can be used to fund infrastructure and public facilities in a residential and commercial development project, according to the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada. Republic Property Group has completed other master-planned communities in the area using similar financing districts, including Walsh in Fort Worth and Light Farms in Celina.
