Wylie council members provided direction during a work session Oct. 14 on possible development of roughly 93 acres owned by Sandin International along FM 544 and Sandin Boulevard.

Daniel Kleiss, facility manager for Sandin International, said the company is seeking to “right size” its footprint and sell five parcels that are already platted; the lots are zoned light industrial and the city’s future land‑use map identifies them as light industrial. Kleiss said tariffs and rising costs are driving Sandin to market idle land.

Staff described the five lots and the council discussed each lot in turn. Council preferences summarized by staff and council members were:

- Lot 1 (about 1.5 acres): council generally comfortable with commercial retail or a small strip center; members asked for commercial diversity and encouraged prospects that would draw town‑wide customers (for example a sit‑down restaurant), not just repetitive quick‑service chains.

- Lot 2 (about 1.6 acres, corner): council opposed a gas station/convenience store at this corner. Mayor Pro Tem Gino Milinche and others said the immediate area is already served by multiple stations and that a gas station would drive heavy in-and-out traffic at a constrained corner. Members said they were open to other commercial uses but not a fuel/convenience use with a large pump‑island footprint.

- Lot 3 (about 5.6 acres): council and staff noted a pending special use permit submittal for a distribution facility; staff said the applicant had submitted an SUP that would come through Planning & Zoning and council review.

- Lots 4 and 5 (larger parcels toward the rear, adjacent to floodplain): council favored warehousing or light manufacturing there, particularly if lots 4 and 5 could be combined. Members noted these lots could provide jobs and fit the city’s industrial land use while leaving frontage sites for retail or services.

Community Development Director Jason Haskins and Senior Planner Kevin Molina answered technical questions about zoning, lot access and future thoroughfare possibilities. Council asked staff to encourage buyers to preserve existing access points and to consider traffic impacts on Sandin Boulevard and FM 544.

Kleiss said Sandin prefers to avoid entering long contracts with buyers who then fail to obtain rezoning or SUP approvals; the company sought council guidance so it can pursue buyers aligned with city preferences.

No formal votes were taken; staff said purchasers must follow the usual rezoning, SUP and platting procedures when filing specific projects.