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development will be primarily identified as District I –
Employment (the “District”) with at least the following
Centers: one Urban Center, one Neighborhood Center
and one Regional Center. The proposed District plan
calls for an area predominantly used for employment
with high quality office and research and development
uses. The District will have a density of 35 to 100
units per acre for residential and 0.3 to 1 FAR for
employment uses. In the various Centers, the higher
end of the density range will be allowed for employment
and residential uses.
One Neighborhood Center, tentatively named Mira
Lago, is located south of LBJ Freeway and west of Luna
Road and will accommodate 1.8 million square feet of
office and up to 1,200 residential units. Different scales
of open spaces will be provided in this urban village
– Mira Lago: a village plaza will create a prominent
civic component to the core area; neighborhood open
spaces will provide modest and flexible recreational
opportunities; and a perimeter trail system along
the lake will provide connections to the Trinity Trial
systems and other centers on the West Side, and the
central area of Farmers Branch.
The Urban Center located north of LBJ Freeway and
east of Luna Road will include a mixed-use residential
component and like its Neighborhood and Town Center
counterparts will be pedestrian friendly and well
Mira La g o - La k e fr o n t eL e v a t i o n
served by local transit. The Urban Center consists of
job generating and high intensity uses such as offices,
community serving retail, and high density housing.
Segments of Luna Road and Mercer Parkway that
frame the Urban Center will be designed as boulevards
– central roadways for fast moving through traffic with
access lanes on either side for local traffic. A proposed
transitional area around the Urban Center will ensure
that building placement and building massing in the
area will related to the urban context of the buildings
within the Urban Center.
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Hickory Centre Office Complex
The Hickory Centre complex is a business development
set within Mercer Crossing. Of the numerous
construction sites available, three buildings are
completed – One Hickory Centre, the headquarters
of Pillar Income Asset Management Inc., its affiliates
and publicly advised companies -- Two Hickory
Centre, the second of the four-story offices -- and
Four Hickory Centre, the flagship office tower now
available for leasing.
The 221,000 square foot Four Hickory office tower
boasts a new level of size and luxury beyond that of
the One and Two Hickory Centres. As the first high
rise in the 1,000-acre mixed-use development it’s
dramatic stone archway entrances are each festooned
with the Lone Star - the proud symbol of the State of
Texas. Beyond its massive doors lies a marble lined
lobby with large stone stars inset in the flooring and
brass stars decorating interior windows along the
mezzanine.
Other proposed Mercer buildings include a 100,000sq.
ft. office building and another 200,000+sq. ft.
tower similar to Four Hickory. The smaller of the two is
slated for the land parcel next to Two Hickory Centre.
A taller tower similar to Four Hickory is planned to
face back from the opposing corner and its plans also
include a parking garage. Construction on a luxury
apartment complex within the southern sector of the
development along a lakeshore is well underway, the
first of some 5,000 units in the master plan.