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A new 98-acre warehouse could be coming soon to south Frisco.
Frisco City Council voted at an April 21 meeting to approve repealing a previous ordinance and granting a specific use permit for the project.
What you need to know
The warehouse project, developed by EastGroup Properties, will provide over a million square feet of office and industrial space across 11 buildings, per city documents.
David Hicks, a senior vice president at East Group, said previously that they hope to attract tenants from industries with unique office, showroom and warehouse needs, such as defense and pharmaceuticals.
Some context
Frisco City Council held a public hearing on the project in early March and directed staff to prepare an ordinance approving the project, with the condition that the developer hold additional meetings with the nearby homeowners association groups.
Council members Jared Elad and Burth Thakur voted in March against preparing the ordinance.
After the public hearing, the applicant held two additional community meetings with several surrounding HOAs. Both meetings had “low turnout with approximately ten residents per meeting,” according to city documents.
Representatives with EastGroup Properties also submitted a report with a summary of their previous community outreach efforts, starting in August 2024.
Zooming in
Frisco officials approved a similar permit for a smaller piece of land in the same spot last year, according to city documents. East Group is planning to buy more land west of the original property and is seeking a permit that covers the entire area.
The property not covered by the previous permit is zoned for office showrooms, which is a zoning classification that allows up to 50% of the space to be used for warehouse purposes.
City officials said previously that if council members were to deny the permit request, East Group would still be able to be warehouses as long as they use less than 50% of the total space.
One more thing
East Group construction manager Tara Warren said in March that the majority of comments she has received about the project were from nearby residents concerned about the project’s potential impact on traffic.
City staff reached out to Plano officials to ask whether they required the analysis for a similar project across SH 121, in response to resident statements “requesting Frisco to be more like Plano in terms of requiring a traffic impact analysis,” according to city documents.
“I checked with the city of Plano, and no, they did not require a TIA,” said John Lettelleir, Frisco’s director of development services.
Lettelleir said the project is not expected to impact traffic in the area.
“Where this is located, it is less likely that trucks will need to go up through the intersections of Independence [Parkway] as well as Coit [Road],” Lettelleir said. “This is a good location.”
