Council approves 82,000-square-foot office‑warehouse at 2271 Morgan Parkway; trail extension required

Farmers Branch city council unanimously adopted Resolution 2025-123 approving a detailed site plan and two special exceptions for a single-story, approximately 82,000-square-foot office-warehouse at 2271 Morgan Parkway.

Brian Campbell, planner with the planning department, explained the project is located within Planned Development District 97 and includes special exceptions for off-street parking placement (roughly 63% of parking proposed on the front of the building) and for omission of a three‑foot landscape berm along Morgan Parkway due to finished-floor elevation and an existing drainage easement. The applicant proposed an 82,000-square-foot single-story building with 107 parking spaces, enhanced glazing on several facades and landscaping that would cover 42.7% of the site — exceeding PD 97’s 10% requirement.

Campbell said the plan would extend an existing hike-and-bike trail with a 12-foot segment along Morgan Parkway to connect to a trail on an adjacent property. Staff corrected a minor presentation error (the staff report referenced the front-parking percentage as 63% rather than 67% in a slide). The planning and zoning commission had unanimously recommended approval with a condition requiring additional shade trees along the trail; the applicant revised the landscape plan to address that condition.

No members of the public signed up to speak on this item. Council members praised the project’s trail extension and landscaping. The council closed the public hearing, adopted the resolution and invited the applicant to continue with the project’s development stages.