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Haslet EDC hears large industrial tenant move, zoning and site updates; ETJ developer withdraws
Summary
City staff reported multiple commercial projects—CTDI moving into a 400,000-sf building (expecting about 20,000 phones per day and 400–500 employees after automation), Freeman Toyota site approvals, Kwik Trip turn-lane work, and a developer pulling a proposed warehouse out of the city limits because the city could not guarantee zoning. The board received the report and asked staff to monitor tax and traffic implications.
At its Nov. 19 meeting, the Haslet Community and Economic Development Corporation received a development update from city staff covering several large commercial projects and a change in a major ETJ proposal.
City staff reported that CTDI plans to occupy an existing building at 405 West Park Parkway to refurbish cell phones. "They refurbish cell phones," Mr. Swanky said, and added the company "will receive about 20,000 cell phones a day." He told the board CTDI revised earlier employment estimates downward from about 700 to "between 400 and 500" because much of the work will be automated. Staff also said the Appraisal District lists the building value at over $32 million.
Mr. Swanky described site logistics: CTDI will likely install a CO2 tank for cleaning operations, and the city is discussing a revised site plan to accommodate that equipment. Other commercial activity noted included a tenant signed at a Schoolhouse Road building, ground-breaking at a Cross City North Church site on Sweetgrass Boulevard and Haslet Parkway, a Kwik Trip construction and turn-lane addition on Hazlett Parkway, and substantial dirt work at the Freeman Toyota site; the Toyota site's zoning, site plan and landscape plan were described as approved by the planning commission.
The board also discussed a proposed large warehouse that had been expected at the corner of Harmon and Keller Hicks. Mr. Swanky said the project has been taken out of the city limits at the developer's request because the city could not guarantee zoning (contract zoning is illegal in Texas). "They requested to be taken out of the city limits," Mr. Swanky said, and he warned that the city will lose tax revenue if the project occurs outside Haslet. The council and staff will continue to monitor these proposals and their effects on traffic and local tax revenue.
No formal board action was taken on development items; staff will continue to update the HCEDC as projects proceed.
