Planning commission recommends Lexington Commons planned development next to MD Anderson site

The Sugar Land Planning & Zoning Commission on March 13 recommended that city council approve a final development plan to rezone 8.041 acres in the Telfair area to the Lexington Commons planned development, a mixed-use office and retail project adjacent to the MD Anderson site. The commission voted 8-0 to forward the plan with staff support.

The proposed Lexington Commons final development plan calls for three Class A office buildings, two structured parking garages, and limited surface parking on an 8.041-acre tract between U.S. Highway 59 and Lexington Boulevard along Long Ditch H. The applicant presented two site layouts (Exhibits B2 and B2T): the primary layout includes two connections to Lexington Boulevard; the alternate plan adds a direct curb cut to the eastbound US 59 frontage road, an access the applicant has since received TxDOT approval to pursue.

Staff said the development would be built in two phases. Phase 1 includes two two-story office buildings adjacent to the bayou (Ditch H) and a parking garage between them; Phase 2 would add the larger office building and a second parking garage at the center of the…