Texas

PLANO, TEXAS — Cencor Realty Services is under way with the construction of West Plano Village, a mixed-use project located at the northeast corner of the Dallas North Tollway and Parker Road in Plano. The development will include 90,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, 60,000 square feet of second-floor office space and 245 residential units. A 10,000-square-foot eatZi's Market & Bakery will anchor the retail portion of the development, along with the existing Cinemark West Plano and XD theater. AMLI Residential will develop the multifamily component of West Plano Village in a four-story configuration. Michelle Caplan and Earl Harris of The Weitzman Group are handling the leasing of the retail portion, while Chrystal Morgan of Weitzman is handling office leasing. The apartment community is slated for a summer 2014 opening, while the retail and office space will open in the fall of 2014. David Palmer of Cencor is directing the development of the mixed-use development, and Dallas-based Hodges & Associates is designing the retail and office components.

DALLAS — Dallas-based Harwood International, a global real estate developer and investor, plans to break ground on District 1444: The Design Village, a mixed-use village located at the southeast corner of Dragon Street and Oak Lawn Avenue in the Dallas Design District. District 1444 will feature 224 apartment units, a rooftop junior Olympic pool with cabanas, views of the Dallas skyline, a fitness center, fire pits, game room, gardens and more than 46,000 square feet of retail space. An architectural team led by Laura Lleal and Ben Cortez of Harwood Design Factory LLC is designing the property. Harwood has signed three of the five restaurant spaces to lease deals and will break ground on the development in the spring. The Dallas Design District began as a post World War II collection of warehouses and has since transformed into a mixed-use residential district.