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Council approves preliminary plats for Birchway mixed-use apartments and Databank data center complex
Summary
The Red Oak City Council unanimously approved preliminary plats for a mixed-use development with multifamily units and a pond area (GS Red Oak/Birchway) and for the Databank Red Oak 4 data center complex, including right-of-way dedications and future development provisions.
The Red Oak City Council on a 5-0 vote approved two preliminary plats: a mixed-use development requested by GS Red Oak Apartment Owner LP (described as Birchway Apartments / mixed-use) and a preliminary plat for Databank's Red Oak 4 Data Center Complex.
Birchway/Mixed-use plat: Planning staff described the proposed plat as a mixed-use layout on a site roughly 450 feet south of East Veil Road and east of State Highway 342. The plan includes two commercial lots at the front, multifamily buildings around an internal pond and a ring of detached rental homes managed through a single leasing office. Staff said the pond and surrounding trail, benches and landscaping are proposed for dedication to the city as a public park. Engineering details include a planned gas-line relocation along the site's east property line; staff said the relocated easement will leave roughly 30 feet between the property line and the edge of the new gas easement and that the planned walking path will be located near the water's edge, not directly over the pipeline.
Databank Red Oak 4 preliminary plat: The council also approved the prelim plat for Databank's data center property north of Stainback Road near the Ellis County line. The plat dedicates right-of-way for Bachelor Road and Stainback Road widening and shows a data center parcel adjacent to an electrical substation and an area held as large-lot residential (RAE) buffer. Staff emphasized road dedications and long-term connectivity for future development.
Council action: Both preliminary plats were approved 5-0 (Franklin, Flannery, Miller, Lightfoot, Smith voting "aye"). Staff noted these approvals are planning-stage (preliminary) and that final plats/site plan reviews and building permits will follow.
Why it matters: The projects add planned housing and commercial capacity along SH-342 and expand a large data center campus that includes infrastructure and road dedications; both actions commit right-of-way dedications and shape future capital and service demands.
