9 AROUND THE REGION THE AROUND FUTURE PROJECTS For the Dallas-Fort Worth region, there is no time like the present to ensure that the bustling metro area remains an innovative, forward-thinking place for generations 2 to come. Future developments spanning more than 10 years in planning and construction are helping to ensure that PROJECTS | FUTURE 1 NEAR SOUTHSIDE MEDICAL 2 COLLIN CREEK MALL 8 Dallas-Fort Worth is at the forefront INNOVATION DISTRICT REDEVELOPMENT 6 of industry and livability. The future of As part of its new economic development Centurion American Development Group plans the metro area is rife with innovative strategy, the City of Fort Worth identifi ed the a $1 billion dollar mixed-use redevelopment of developments, impactful architectural Near Southside Medical Innovation District 37-year-old shopping center off of U.S. Highway feats, and continually improved design to as a critical element to the city’s long-term 75 in Plano. Plans call for more than 500 vitality. The district is home to a number of 4 strengthen the region’s appeal. townhomes and houses, 3,000 apartments, major hospitals and independent medical 450,000 square feet of restaurants and clinics. The area off ers an array of industrial shops, and more than 1 million square feet of and creative companies, historic buildings offi ce space. The redevelopment is expected adapted as lofts and offi ces, and numerous to include almost 10 acres of park space and restaurants and amenities. The city is amenities. 3 7 positioning the district as the “most livable 10 medical district in the U.S.” 1

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TRINITY RIVER CORRIDOR DALLAS FORT WORTH 3 PROJECT DALLAS 4 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT The Trinity River Project, covering 20 miles With more than 5,200 acres available for or approximately 10,000 acres, is an eff ort commercial use, the Dallas Fort Worth 7 NEWPARK DALLAS, A SMART DISTRICT, 8 RICHARDSON to redevelop the Trinity River as it runs near International Airport Land Use Plan is a & SOGOOD @ CEDARS INNOVATION downtown and into Southern Dallas. The “framework for the long-term development Hoque Global and DISTRICT project is meant to provide fl ood protection, of the commercial areas within the airport.” KDC are developing The City of Richardson as well as create numerous multiuse fi elds It will change the airport from being solely a the Newpark Dallas, is working to develop and hiking, biking, and walking trails, as well transportation hub to a home for commerce A Smart District the Collins-Arapaho as other recreational opportunities. One and international business. Various terminal — 20 acres of Innovation District— component, The Harold Simmons Park, will expansions are also underway, along contiguous blocks SOGOOD roughly bound by U.S. encompass more than 285 acres of land near with talks of of adding a new terminal to planned for a major Highway 75, Campbell the heart of downtown Dallas. accommodate future airport traffi c. tech and educational hub adjacent to Dallas City Hall. The master plan Road, Plano Road, and Apollo Drive—into a premier tech hub where includes 3 to 5 million square feet of offi ce space centered around a new 1,200 acres of industrial fl ex and offi ce space will be transformed signature city park. Just south of I-30, Hoque Global will develop 15-acres into a more vibrant, mixed-use place, full of amenities that can of a former industrial site on Cesar Chavez Boulevard into a new mixed-use attract startups and corporations. Connections to transit, trails neighborhood called SoGood @ Cedars. The development will be connected and open space, quality housing and shops, and its proximity to the to downtown with a linear park that would run between Good-Latimer and University of Texas at Dallas, round out the ingredients to support a Cesar Chavez along an abandoned rail line. successful innovation district.

9 UNT FRISCO The University of North Texas will build a 100- acre campus in Frisco to accommodate at 5 SOUTHERN DALLAS 6 DALLAS least 5,000 students. COUNTY INLAND PORT MIDTOWN The $100 million project The Southern Dallas County inland port region Plans for the massive redevelopment district in will include academic is recognized for its rail service and interstate North Dallas include millions of square feet of and administrative 10 TEXAS HIGH SPEED RAIL highway connections supporting regional retail, residential, hotel, and offi ce space across buildings, a wellness The Texas High-Speed Train, off ering a Dallas-to-Houston ride access to North American and international 430 acres—with a 20-acre central park as a facility, student in 90 minutes, is a project of Texas Central, a private railway ports. With unsurpassed access to Interstates centerpiece. Beck Ventures’ fi rst phase includes a housing, and a library. company. Texas Central has tapped Fluor Corp. and Lane 20, 35, and 45, as well as thousands of acres of theater, a 250-room hotel, offi ce buildings, shops, Construction on the Construction for engineering services and consulting work. The available land, developers and companies are restaurants, and 600 units of apartments on 70 branch campus is privately-owned company also has unveiled station plans for creating a premier logistics, distribution, and acres. KDC has plans to develop up to 1 million set to begin by March northwest Houston, just south of downtown Dallas, and in the manufacturing cluster. square feet of offi ce space on a 23-acre tract. 2022. Brazos Valley, with direct shuttle service to Texas A&M University.

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