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[Stadtplan]

Crestline, in baseball our coach would say "good eye."  Since it sounds like you're into this stuff too, here's more history on that zoning change.  I'll also post a brief crash course on how to find these entries so you can follow along step-by-step, or if you already know how this works, then for others to see how to track these projects:
 
Address: 5301 E 1st St
02/23/2021 ZC-21-035 (Zoning Change) Status = Approved

1st Street Industrial Rezoning
Rezoning subject property to light industrial
5301 E 1st Street is currently zoned C & E. The owner/developer is requesting a zoning change to I to allow light industrial/warehouse use.
 
How to look up these projects in Accela:
 
Go to Accela and select the "Planning" tab at the top.

 
Scroll down a little in the search options and enter the address for the site.  In this case you need to be as minimal as possible and make sure your E and 1st are entered in the right spots.  If you don't know the exact address, you can look on the City Zoning map (link in previous post) or try TAD has a great Interactive Map, or just enter the street name only.

 

 
You can see here the results show that a Zoning Change was previously request and withdrawn in December of 2020.  Also interesting you can identify that the developer is Majestic Realty Co, whom you may recognize from other projects around town including Stockyards.  (Stockyards Heritage Development Company is a partnership between Majestic Realty Co. and The Hickman Companies)


 
In the record details, you can check on the Status timeline, look to see if there's any attachments or review comments using this drop down.

 
Sort of interesting the fee for a ZC request is $3,000.  That's nothing to sneeze at but probably a small part of a much larger budget.

 
You can also see the Urban Forestry review here too, from memory, I believe there's still some trees on this site but actually far fewer up front by the road since when they redid that area a few years ago (check historic google street views).

If you want to track the site development process next, go to the "Development" tab at the top of the page and enter the same site address. 

 
You'll see that they already have submitted the Drainage Study and the Grading Permit.  If there was an existing structure on this site, you'd
also see a Razing Permit and then of course you'd be looking for a Commercial New Building Permit.

[Crestline]

Nixitope, thanks, I didn't know how to look that information up so your tutorial is very helpful! Accordingly, it's clear that the legal zoning change happened a year ago (2/23/2021), and thus last month's color change on the Interactive Zoning Map was probably just an administrative update in the Future Land Use Categories database to "catch it up" to the legal zoning change.

 

On the general thread topic of Gateway Park, this new warehouse development appears consistent with the comprehensive plan north of 1st Street, which helps explain its success. 

[Stadtplan]

Project Description:

1st Street - Industrial Development

Industrial Building Development

 

Permit Address

5301 E 1ST ST

 

Record CG22-00252: 

Commercial Grading Permit

Record Status: Plan Review

 

Disturbed Acres: 41.5

 

https://accela.fortw...ShowInspection=

 

[Jeriat]

 

Project Description:

1st Street - Industrial Development

Industrial Building Development

 

Permit Address

5301 E 1ST ST

 

Record CG22-00252: 

Commercial Grading Permit

Record Status: Plan Review

 

Disturbed Acres: 41.5

 

https://accela.fortw...ShowInspection=

 

 

They're really going through with this?

[Stadtplan]

 
Project Description:
1st Street - Industrial Development
Industrial Building Development
 

Permit Address
5301 E 1ST ST
 
Record CG22-00252: 
Commercial Grading Permit
Record Status: Plan Review
 
Disturbed Acres: 41.5
 

https://accela.fortw...ShowInspection=
 
 

They're really going through with this?

41.5 acres is a lot. There is more happening back here than I thought. This old building is curious:
https://goo.gl/maps/Vwq1gt6LruwnokHR8
(Switch to satellite )

[youngalum]

 

 

Project Description:

1st Street - Industrial Development

Industrial Building Development

 

Permit Address

5301 E 1ST ST

 

Record CG22-00252: 

Commercial Grading Permit

Record Status: Plan Review

 

Disturbed Acres: 41.5

 

https://accela.fortw...ShowInspection=

 

 

They're really going through with this?

 

its the FW way!!

[Crestline]

I've come around to being happy with this warehouse project. Even after it's built, there'll still be a ton of undeveloped land nearby for addition to the park or residential use.

[Urbndwlr]

I think that Beach Street land should be either included in Gateway or another use that somehow respects or addresses/embraces the river.  I'm in favor of high density in many parts of the city AND plentiful open and natural spaces.  Industrial is both necessary and tricky from planning perspective b/c is low density (people density), is a land hog, and can be rough on nearby/adjacent uses (often b/c of truck traffic and aesthetics).  IMO worst places to put industrial are either where we can realistically have a good natural space or high (people) density uses.  Since many last mile industrial sites have been taken, developers are trying hard to find creative spots for them or just having to go farther out - outside the loop is still considered last mile by most cities' standards.

 

At the moment, I get that industrial uses can pay the most for that land.  But anyone who tries to develop a site that isnt zoned for their desired use knows rezoning is a risk they're taking and it is far from automatic.  Its the cost of doing business. 

 

In my opinion, the river corridor (especially wooded or restored wooded land) has huge potential as a natural refuge for both people (leisure) and animals, urban heat island etc.  These natural places become more and more valuable as time goes on and we have less natural or nearly natural habitat.   There is a strong economic justification for this too (for the overall community/city).  Having a large number of and select large urban parks and natural spaces are important for quality of life of existing residents and to attract talented new people to our city.  The views and immediate watershed actually do matter to the value/quality of the natural space.  If we're talking about blocking someone's existing property rights, that's another matter, but this is a case where they don't have the zoning. 

 

I do think the City or the Water District should get on with it and buy the land if they plan to absorb it into the park.  There might be a reason they haven't bought it, but if they're just foot-dragging, that's not cool to expect someone will hold their property off the market. The owner COULD develop it by right for the current zoning. 

[Crestline]

I think that Beach Street land should be either included in Gateway or another use that somehow respects or addresses/embraces the river. ...  

 

I agree with everything you wrote here with respect to land along Beach Street, and I think you mean for the same sentiment to apply generally to land along 1st Street, where the planned industrial development may be built on 40 acres. However, I don't think that this sentiment applies specifically to that 40 acres. Here's a pair of screenshots from the zoning map we've used before, showing future land use categories (as of today) and aerial imagery (2022); I added a yellow arrow indicating a "Buffer" area:

 

Future land use:

 

Aerial:

 

I think that the "Buffer" area I've indicated is large enough that the 40 acre development at 5301 E 1ST ST doesn't actually threaten our agreed goal of respecting, addressing, or embracing the river. Like, on the ground from a human perspective, the "Buffer" area is big enough that if you were standing on an (as yet unmade) public trail or in an (as yet unbuilt) private residence by the riverbank you wouldn't notice the industrial development to the east at all.

 

All I would ask the city to mandate is that the industrial development's main truck entrance be located on 1st Street as far away from the river as possible, i.e., on the easternmost third of the 5301 E 1ST ST parcel.

[Stadtplan]

“Opportunity for a win.” Gateway Park could soon see millions in public, private investment

https://fortworthrep...ate-investment/

 

[Stadtplan]

[Presidio Interests]

One thing I'm not crazy about is the idea (shown in blue on the the ULI TAP plan rendering) is the idea of "water features" along the river, if that means removing trees and marshland to create typical detention ponds.   I'm not 100% up to speed on the situation and tradeoffs involved here but that does not seem like a good outcome along the river, where the ideal scenario presumably is trees & a riparian zone.   If there is a chance for the city to buy that and incorporate into the park or maybe leave the street frontage for development, preserving all along the river in natural condition.

[Austin55]

Final Gateway Park Master Plan: https://www.fortwort...nal-concept.pdf

 

[rriojas71]

Love it.  Not hopefully they will finish this during my lifetime.  Also love that they are planning a direct connection to Tandy Hills.

[John T Roberts]

I agree.  I just hope they finish it and they maintain it.

[txbornviking]

Final Gateway Park Master Plan: https://www.fortwort...nal-concept.pdf

 

 

 

I swear I don't enjoy being the Negative Nancy, I can't help but also think how the last master plan wasn't implemented and how we're also over a decade since the Z-Boaz master plan was outlined and progrss on that has be very lackluster

[FunkyTownTay]

And Heritage Park 😬

[rriojas71]

 

Final Gateway Park Master Plan: https://www.fortwort...nal-concept.pdf

I swear I don't enjoy being the Negative Nancy, I can't help but also think how the last master plan wasn't implemented and how we're also over a decade since the Z-Boaz master plan was outlined and progrss on that has be very lackluster

 

Totally agree.  The have finished the area West of Beach about 5 years ago and it looks exactly the same during that 5 year period that I'm wondering why do they keep spending so much time on creating master plans instead of actually implementing them in real life.

[Crestline]

Well, planning is much easier than implementing. 

[Stadtplan]

Filed today on TDLR:

 

https://www.tdlr.tex.../TABS2024004778

 

PROJECT

Project Name: Scannell - PFG Dallas

Project Number: TABS2024004778

Facility Name: PFG - Dallas

Location Address: 5301 East 1st Street

Fort Worth, TX 76103

Location County: Tarrant

Start Date: 11/6/2023

Completion Date: 4/28/2025

Estimated Cost: $73,000,000

Type of Work: New Construction

Type of Funds: This project is privately funded, on private land for private use.

Scope of Work: New cold storage food distribution facility with office and vehicle maintenance facility.

Square Footage: 357,000 ft 2

[Volare]

And Heritage Park

 

And Riverside Park. They got their flood storage, and the neighborhood got none of the promised amenities.

[Austin55]

Almost all of this site has been listed for sale: https://www.loopnet....th-TX/31141586/

 

[John T Roberts]

If the City bought all of that land, it would really make Gateway Park even better.

[Austin55]

If the City bought all of that land, it would really make Gateway Park even better.

Yeh, or even an entity like TRWD might make sense just given how closely the park is tied in with everything and how much of the area seems to sit in floodplains. 

 

The only part I could reasonably see being developed is the B-2 section on the west side of Beach.

[Urbndwlr]

In that B-2 zone, could someone succeed in selling homes? 

If so, what sort of homes would do best?

What characteristics should the street/neighborhood have (within the realities of developer's small NH budget).

 

How much do you think someone could sell homes for in that zone, given good execution on the environment and homes themselves.

 

Gated? 

Not gated?

2-unit town houses* or single family? (or both?)

 

*Apparently builders/real estate agents don't like calling them "duplexes" b/c of association with the ugly old ones from 70s-80s).

[Austin55]

Video on the Gateway Park Masterplan:

[rriojas71]

Video on the Gateway Park Masterplan:

I like the plan but to compare this to Golden Gate Park or Central Park is ludicrous.

[Jeriat]

 

Video on the Gateway Park Masterplan:

I like the plan but to compare this to Golden Gate Park or Central Park is ludicrous.

 

 

It's just a size comparison to give you an idea how much land there is available for this.

[rriojas71]

It's just a size comparison to give you an idea how much land there is available for this.

 

 

Yeah I get that.  It makes sense.  I'm just looking forward to this getting going.  If it's even half of what they are wanting to do then I will still be very pleased.

[Stadtplan]

 

Filed today on TDLR:

 

https://www.tdlr.tex.../TABS2024004778

 

PROJECT

Project Name: Scannell - PFG Dallas

Project Number: TABS2024004778

Facility Name: PFG - Dallas

Location Address: 5301 East 1st Street

Fort Worth, TX 76103

Location County: Tarrant

Start Date: 11/6/2023

Completion Date: 4/28/2025

Estimated Cost: $73,000,000

Type of Work: New Construction

Type of Funds: This project is privately funded, on private land for private use.

Scope of Work: New cold storage food distribution facility with office and vehicle maintenance facility.

Square Footage: 357,000 ft 2

 

 

https://aca-prod.acc...ShowInspection=

 

Record VA-24-009: 

Vacation

Record Status: Applied

 

Project Description:

1st Street Industrial - PFG Site

Drainage Easement Vacation

Drainage Easement Vacation for new industrial project