City council approves another new zoning case for urban mixed use

Two weeks after a packed council chambers watched city council members approve 156.3 acres to be rezoned for urban mixed-use in Central Plano, elected city officials are at it again.

City council members unanimously approved to rezone 86.2 acres on the west side of Coit Road and north of Mapleshade Lane from light industrial to urban mixed use in its regular meeting Nov. 10.

The new zoning allows for a proposed development by Billingsley Company called Beacon Square that will serve as a retail gateway off of Coit Road. Lucy Billingsley, a partner on Billingsley's executive management team, presented the proposed development, which is expected to include 800,000 square feet of office space and more than 100,000 square feet of retail that will be mixed in with multifamily units, 294 townhomes and seven-and-a-half acres of open space.

The development also sports a 10-minute walking distance across the entire property.