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Dallas-based real estate firm Creation Equity plans to start construction this year on Long Branch, a $1.3 billion mixed-use development that will transform the northwest corner of U.S. Highway 75 and the future U.S. 380 bypass in McKinney into a walkable destination.
The 155-acre project will include 1,600 apartment units, 135,000 square feet of retail space anchored by a 65,000-square-foot grocer, 318,600 square feet of office space across two six-story buildings, a 100-room hotel, trails and a 910-space parking garage, according to an April 22 announcement.
Overall, Creation chose to develop this amenity in Collin County near the future U.S. 380 bypass because of the area’s demographics, proximity to single-family housing and employment hubs, access to major freeways, good schools, and topography, which Bez said gives Creation the ability to do some “interesting things on the site as far as open space” and programming.
The McKinney City Council approved zoning for the project on April 2 after the city’s planning and zoning commission recommended approval of the zoning request earlier in March.
