Developer seeks plan‑development zoning for ‘Heritage’ tract; Baylor Scott & White proposes 50‑acre wellness campus; application tabled

The Town of Argyle considered a zoning change request for a large agricultural property (listed in staff materials as Z‑24‑002) that would rezone the site from agricultural to a plan development district with base zoning of office retail, community retail and community facilities.

Harrison, a planning staff presenter, described the site as primarily undeveloped farmland near the southwest corner of I‑35W and Robeson Ranch Road and showed a concept plan with character areas and a five‑phase illustration. Harrison said the site’s mapped future‑land‑use designations include retail, commercial and mixed use, and noted that the developer’s plan adds a community‑facilities area that staff identified as the main deviation from the land‑use map; that area is about 15.5 acres on a larger tract the applicant described in presentations.

Jim Wills, the asset manager representing the property owner, told the meeting his ownership group has held the property for more than 25 years and said the long‑standing barrier to…