City Council approves rezoning at 2100 E. US Highway 80 for 96,000‑sf manufacturing facility and taproom after contentious public hearing

Mesquite City Council on July 21 approved a zoning change and a conditional use permit that will allow a 96,000‑square‑foot tilt‑wall manufacturing/distribution building and a possible 7,500‑square‑foot taproom operated with Manhattan Project Beer Company at 2100 East U.S. Highway 80. The council vote to approve the planned‑development commercial designation with a brewery-related CUP passed 5–2 after more than an hour of public testimony.

Why it matters: The site is adjacent to the Heritage Trail and several long‑standing single‑family blocks and churches near Jane Street; approval will permit light industrial activity and on‑site beverage manufacturing and a taproom, plus required public‑infrastructure improvements. The developer says the project will bring private investment, jobs and annual tax revenue; neighbors warned the proposal will increase truck traffic, noise, odors, flood risk and safety concerns near schools and churches.

What the council approved: The action authorized a comprehensive‑plan amendment (commercial → light industrial) and rezoned the approximately seven‑acre site from planned‑development commercial / traditional neighborhood mixed residential to a…