What’s Being Built in North Texas?
Follow new restaurants, stores, commercial centers, subdivisions, infrastructure and major developments throughout Lavon and surrounding North Texas communities.
We review official city development pages, permit records, planning cases, public hearings and economic-development announcements to help residents keep up with local growth.
A Broader Picture of North Texas Growth
Development often moves through planning, zoning, platting, permitting, construction and occupancy before a project is complete. This page follows notable projects through those stages whenever reliable public information is available.
About Project Locations
When an official street address is available, we show it. For projects that have not yet received a final street address, we use the intersection, roadway or general project location published by the city or another public record. Proposed projects and locations can change during the development process.
Lafayette Crossing — Fate
Target Anchors Major Mixed-Use Development
Lafayette Crossing is a 267-acre master-planned mixed-use development along Interstate 30 in Fate. The City of Fate announced a new Target as a major anchor retailer in August 2026.
The announced Target store is approximately 147,000 square feet. The development also includes plans for five additional retail and commercial pad sites surrounding the Target property.
Lafayette Crossing’s long-term plan includes more than 400,000 square feet of commercial and retail space, business districts, mixed-use areas and future residential opportunities.
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Lafayette Crossing is planned as a long-term commercial, mixed-use and residential development serving Fate and surrounding Rockwall County.
Announced / In DevelopmentCommercial Projects We’re Tracking
Locations below are based on municipal development records or other public project filings.
Target — Lafayette Crossing
Target registered the new approximately 146,862-square-foot store with the state on October 19, 2026, at an estimated cost of $17 million. State records list construction from February 2027 to February 2028.
Source: TDLR project TABS2027003955Kroger Marketplace
Kroger broke ground on a nearly 99,000-square-foot Marketplace store at Lafayette Crossing, a roughly $40 million investment expected to create about 200 jobs. An opening date has not been announced.
Source: Rockwall Herald BannerChick-fil-A
Public project records identify a new approximately 4,920-square-foot Chick-fil-A restaurant with drive-thru facilities. State records list estimated completion in November 2026.
Source: TDLR project TABS2026013208McDonald’s
The City of Sachse continues to identify this McDonald’s project on its current commercial development list.
Sonic / Gateway
Public project records describe a ground-up convenience-store development with a Sonic restaurant at the Gateway Sachse site.
Slate Shops at Sachse
Public filings identify new multi-tenant retail shell buildings at this location. Tenant improvement activity is also occurring within the development.
Sachse Commons Retail Center
Sachse Commons Retail Center remains listed among the city’s current commercial development projects.
Ranchville Retail
Ranchville Retail is included on Sachse’s current commercial development project list.
Victory Shops Retail
Victory Shops Retail is also identified on the city’s current commercial project list.
Princeton Town Center — Kroger
Kroger broke ground on July 15, 2026 as the anchor of this 66-acre retail center, which the city says will bring more than 35 national brands. A state filing for the store at 1120 W Princeton Drive lists an approximately 99,992-square-foot building, estimated at $10.7 million, with building construction scheduled from January 2027 to October 2027.
Source: City of Princeton; TDLR project TABS2027001835H-E-B — Royse City Town Center
A planned 140,000-square-foot H-E-B with fuel station and car wash. Site work is expected this fall, with construction starting January 2027 and opening targeted for January 2028. A separate state filing for the store’s fuel station (8 pumps) and car wash at 5012 Interstate 30 lists construction from May 2027 to January 2028.
Source: Royse City Herald-Banner; TDLR project TABS2026026758Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
A new approximately 2,500-square-foot restaurant. State records list estimated completion in December 2026.
Source: TDLR project TABS2026005625TG Shops at Melissa Village
A new approximately 8,100-square-foot retail building. State records list estimated completion in November 2026.
Source: TDLR project TABS2026014542Taco Bell
A new approximately 2,560-square-foot restaurant at Creekside Commons Crossing. State records listed estimated completion at the end of September 2026.
Source: TDLR project TABS2026014006H-E-B Murphy
The approximately 122,000-square-foot store opened July 22, 2026, with a barbecue restaurant and drive-thru, pharmacy, bakery and sushi bar.
Source: Murphy MonitorGrocery Store & Fueling Station — Shops of Elevon
City Council’s October 20, 2026 agenda included a Chapter 380 economic development agreement with the Lavon EDC for a grocery store and fueling station as the primary retail anchor on about 17 acres in the Elevon Southeast Commercial Addition. The proposed EDC funding is $500,000 at construction start plus up to $250,000 in future sales tax over ten years. The grocer has not been named publicly.
Source: City of Lavon council agenda, Oct. 20, 2026Costco
A proposed Costco warehouse store with a member-only fueling station and tire and battery service on about 25.5 acres in the WEDC Retail Addition. Wylie’s Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously on Aug. 18, 2026 to recommend the zoning change and Special Use Permit, which also covers the site plan, to City Council.
Source: Murphy MonitorShadow Creek Village
A new one-story, approximately 12,693-square-foot retail shell building, estimated at $2.2 million. State records list construction from June 2026 to January 2027.
Source: TDLR project TABS2026016727Fuel City
A new approximately 7,411-square-foot convenience store, estimated at $6.25 million, with a separate new car wash facility filed for the site. State records list construction from June 2026 to February 2027.
Source: TDLR project TABS2026020496Lafayette Crossing Lot 2 Retail Buildings
Two new retail shell buildings totaling approximately 17,853 square feet with connecting green space, estimated at $15 million. State records list construction from June 2026 to the end of December 2026.
Source: TDLR project TABS2026020408Shops at Willow Grove — Phase 1
A new single-story retail building of approximately 12,086 square feet, estimated at $2.9 million. State records list estimated completion in December 2026.
Source: TDLR project TABS2026010441Princeton Meadows Retail
A new single-story retail shell building of approximately 17,500 square feet, estimated at $4 million. State records list estimated completion in January 2027.
Source: TDLR project TABS20250159167 Brew Coffee
A new prefabricated, drive-thru-only coffee shop of about 541 square feet. State records list construction from September 2026 to February 2027.
Source: TDLR project TABS2026025706Sunset Amphitheater
A 20,000-seat outdoor amphitheater on a 46-acre tract near the Sheraton McKinney. In October 2026 the developer, Venu, said the project was about 70% complete, with the investment now about $334 million and opening expected in 2027.
Source: Community ImpactProjects Moving Through the Development Process
Planning cases and preliminary development concepts can provide an early look at where future growth may occur, but they should not be interpreted as guaranteed construction.
Parker Pointe
Parker has reported that City Council heard an early development concept for property located predominantly outside the city’s limits within Parker’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Restore the Grasslands
Parker’s public updates describe ongoing development and legal activity involving an approximately 103-acre tract. City discussions have included a possible configuration of about 170 detached single-family homes.
Park Plaza Addition
Sachse’s planning records identify the Park Plaza Addition at this intersection. The city’s current development page continues to list Park Plaza among current or future residential projects.
Bunker Hill Townhomes
Bunker Hill Townhomes remains included on the city’s current/future residential development list.
Merritt Circle
Merritt Circle is identified by Sachse as a current or future residential development.
Development Projects
Wylie maintains a municipal development-project GIS system containing planning cases, project status and approval information that can be used to identify future additions to this tracker.
Heritage Square
A 110.1-acre development site. On Oct. 20, 2026, City Council considered the first of two readings of a resolution authorizing Lavon EDC funds for public infrastructure and business activity at the site, tied to an estimated $2.7 million in future sales tax over fifteen years.
Source: City of Lavon council agenda, Oct. 20, 2026North Texas Communities We Monitor
Each municipality publishes development information differently, so we use the strongest public source available for each community.
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Princeton
Fate
Sachse
Rockwall
Murphy
Parker
Wylie
McKinney
Melissa
Farmersville
Royse City
Roads, Utilities & Public Projects
Roads, water, wastewater and public facilities often help determine where future commercial and residential development can occur.
Lafayette Crossing Infrastructure
Development of Lafayette Crossing includes significant roadway, utility and infrastructure components associated with the long-term project. The city’s project timeline targets completion of roads and utilities by mid-2027.
Source: City of Fate — Lafayette CrossingWilliford Road Improvements
This municipal roadway project is among the public improvements being monitored as development continues in the area.
Streets, Utilities & Public Facilities
Public investment in streets, water, wastewater and municipal facilities is monitored because it can support future residential and commercial development.
Wylie Downtown — Phase 1
A City of Wylie downtown improvement project, estimated at $3.7 million, with work scheduled from September 2026 through June 2027.
Source: TDLR project TABS2026023131Past Editions
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Where We Find Development Information
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