The Housing Pipeline — Dallas–Fort Worth Free Edition

Week of September 30, 2026

Here's the first DFW metro pipeline rundown, covering Dallas, Fort Worth, Frisco, Plano, McKinney, Prosper, Celina, and Arlington as of Sept 30.

Dallas

Preston Royal — the roughly $800M mixed-use proposal with a 19-story hotel, an 18-story multifamily tower with mixed-income housing, a 12-story office building, and a restaurant village at Preston Rd & Royal Ln — heads to a council hearing on Oct 14 after CPC recommended approval; it's drawn heavy neighborhood opposition (per press). One Wellborn, a 23-story luxury condo tower with about 50 for-sale units at Gillespie & Welborn in Oak Lawn, cleared the City Plan Commission on Sept 3 and goes to council next. Fifty36 at Walnut Hill, 37 detached patio homes on a former church site near Marsh Ln, reportedly won council approval Sept 23 (press-sourced, not yet verified on Legistar). And the Prairie Creek multifamily rezoning returns to CPC on Oct 22. Construction start: not stated for any of these.

Fort Worth

Meadowbrook, a 50.9-acre single-family subdivision from Forestar on Meadowbrook Dr North on the eastside, goes to the council's evening zoning hearing Oct 13. Beaten Path Development's 45-acre Nance Ranch single-family project in far north Fort Worth was slated for a Sept 15 council vote, but the outcome couldn't be verified in official sources. Also on the books: the 184-acre Standridge mixed-use development at Farmer Rd and I-20, which could hold up to 2,000 multifamily units and got a ZC recommendation back in May.

Frisco

Four Corners — a 104-acre rezoning at FM 423 & US 380 — was adopted by council on Sept 1 (Ordinance 2026-09-52). Hall Park Phase D, with 214 urban-living units plus a restaurant at Gaylord Pkwy & Warren Pkwy, is working through P&Z. Artistry at Edgestone, a 152-unit senior living community off Legacy Dr, is moving through the plat process.

Plano

Lavon Farms, the ~1,648-home community (626 single-family + 1,052 multifamily) with a micro farm/ranch hub on Jupiter Rd north of Parker Rd, is the big one — phase 1 is expected before end of 2026 (per media). Rosewood's 160-acre urban mixed-use expansion at Plano Pkwy & Custer Rd, including a 25-story tower, got a 6-1 P&Z recommendation in March. The former EDS campus (Texas Research Quarter) could bring up to 775 mid-rise multifamily units alongside R&D uses.

McKinney

Baxter Well, 540 market-rate apartments on Baxter Well Rd west of FM 1461 in northwest McKinney, was approved by council 4-2 on Sept 1. The Torrington Terry Phase 2 apartments went through council consent on Sept 15 as a housing-finance-corporation partnership. Two townhome rezonings (Custer Rd; W Erwin Ave/Coleman St near downtown) were heard by P&Z on Sept 22 — outcomes not yet available.

Prosper

Bella Prosper — 88 townhomes on 60 acres off First St east of Legacy Dr — was approved 6-0 in June. Brookhollow's 116-townhome final plat and the 24-lot Anvita addition were on the Sept 1 P&Z agenda, with outcomes still pending. As backdrop, 633 lots across Creekside, Legacy Gardens 3 & 4, and Mirabella Phase 1 are shovel-ready or under construction.

Celina

Robinson, a roughly 528-acre master-planned community east of Celina Pkwy, and the 40-acre Mesa Verde single-family subdivision both had annexation and PD zoning acted on by council on Aug 11. On the financing side, the city advanced PID assessments for Celina 241, Creekbend, and Ariana — a tell that more new communities are in the pipeline.

Arlington

The city's development agreement with Trammell Crow Company for downtown — 390+ market-rate units plus office, restaurant/retail, and a 600-space garage near Abram & Mesquite Sts, with at least $123M in private investment — was approved around Sept 3. Campbell Place, 78 units of 100%-affordable garden apartments on the US 287 frontage in southwest Arlington, got an 8-1 P&Z recommendation in April; the final council vote isn't confirmed. The city's new SB 840 tracker shows one by-right apartment project approved (6001 US Hwy 287) and two under review.

On the radar

Oct 1: Frisco special P&Z (5:30 PM) • Oct 5 & 19: Plano P&Z • Oct 6: McKinney Council, Frisco Council • Oct 7 & 21: Arlington P&Z • Oct 8: Dallas CPC • Oct 12: Frisco P&Z • Oct 13: Fort Worth Council zoning hearing (Meadowbrook), Arlington & Prosper Councils • Oct 14: Dallas Council (Preston Royal), Fort Worth ZC • Oct 22: Dallas CPC (Prairie Creek multifamily) • Oct 27: Arlington & Prosper Councils.

That's the first edition — the Oct 13–14 cluster (Meadowbrook, Preston Royal) is the week to watch. Developer names, construction timelines, and a few outcomes are still "not stated" in official records; nothing above was invented.