Corcoran council approves Brockton Lane Business Park preliminary plat and site plan

The Corcoran City Council voted to approve a preliminary plat and a site plan for the Brockton Lane Business Park on March 25, advancing plans for two industrial warehouse buildings on an 80‑acre site in the city’s northeast industrial district.

City planning staff described the project as two speculative office‑warehouse buildings totaling about a half‑million square feet, to be served by two new public streets and sequencing planned for two phases: the building on County Road 101 first, followed by the second building the following year. The applicant proposed landscaping, berms to screen truck docks and six electric‑vehicle charging stations to meet the city’s Northeast District resiliency guidelines.

Planning staff and the developer told council the site is in the MUSA (municipal‑utility service area) and that an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) and a notice of decision had been completed. Staff noted wetlands and a large wetland complex that constrain buildable area, and said the plans reduce impervious cover well below the 60 percent Northeast District target (staff estimated about 32 percent impervious). The plan includes a proposed well site to be deeded to the city.

Council members discussed building height (staff clarified interior clear height around 32 feet and a maximum building height under the code of 45 feet), materials and the need to break up long wall planes with changes in color, elevation or material every 80 feet as required in the district design standards. Staff recommended and council adopted conditions to finalize screening, the cross‑access agreement for shared truck docks, landscaping materials (e.g., wood‑chip rather than rock mulch), and engineering review for a retaining wall up to 15 feet high on the northern collector street.

Developer representatives said they expect to begin construction this summer and emphasized conduit to make future expansion of EV charging easier; they also expressed willingness to work with the city on the look of the retaining wall and on a possible “Welcome to Corcoran” monument feature.

Council subsequently adopted two resolutions (Resolution 2025‑27, approving the preliminary plat; Resolution 2025‑28, approving the site plan) after a motion and unanimous voice vote.