Trophy Club leaders refine vision for last town‑owned site, flag HD Supply parking encumbrance and housing limits

At a September workshop, Trophy Club elected leaders and members of the town’s Economic Development Corporation discussed revisions to the Grove at TC small‑area plan for the town’s last available development site, focusing on a long‑standing parking encumbrance for adjacent HD Supply, whether any residential component should be limited to owner‑occupied units, and how to market a flexible mixed‑use concept to developers.

The Grove at TC plan is a high‑level, diagrammatic framework that envisions vertical mixed‑use development, shared parking strategies and integrated public space while remaining silent on building heights and engineering details such as stormwater. Brandon (staff member), who led the presentation, said the town and EDC own portions of the site and noted that “I believe it’s roughly a 190 spaces or so” must remain available to meet HD Supply’s off‑site parking requirement. He described the plan as adaptable guidance meant to attract developer proposals rather than to prescribe final layouts.

The parking encumbrance — recorded on town‑owned property used today as the asphalt lot serving HD Supply — was a focal point for members who said it will strongly shape any…