Rental and retail development planned on DART’s new commuter rail line.
Developers scored a win with a Plano project that will include a new pickleball venue.
Houston-based Hines is partnering with landowner Metropolitan Interests Corp. on the seven-acre project south of Plano’s downtown.
The planned apartment and retail development is one of several new transit-oriented projects popping up along DART’s new Silver Line. The 26-mile-long commuter rail link will run between DFW International Airport and Plano.
Plano’s planning and zoning commission gave unanimous approval for a zoning change to support the Railside Lofts and Courts to be built between Metropolitan Avenue and N Street along the DART line.
The development will include 390 apartments and retail space. The pickleball courts will be in a repurposed existing industrial building on the property.
Dallas architect GFF is designing the project. Austin-based Bouldin Acres will operate the pickleball center.
Developers and entertainment firms are scrambling to build pickleball centers in North Texas because of the rise in the sport’s popularity.
The Railside Lofts and Courts apartment and pickleball project planned on the new DART line in Plano will include pickleball courts in a repurposed industrial building.(Contributed / GFF)
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Source: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2023/09/19/plano-gives-the-go-ahead-for-apartments-with-pickleball-venue/