Plano commission backs rezoning for office campus with 280‑foot sculptural tower that could conceal an antenna

The Plano Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of a rezoning and preliminary site plan for a proposed office campus that includes a public plaza and a 280‑foot sculptural tower that may enclose a commercial antenna.

John K, Senior Planner with the Planning Department, told the commission the request would rezone roughly 1.4 acres at the southeast corner of Legacy Drive and Parkwood Boulevard to permit a mixed office and plaza development. Staff recommended approval of the zoning case and the preliminary site plan subject to conditions, including additional engineering plan changes, a water‑and‑sewer demand analysis with mitigation, and a development agreement if required by council action.

The staff presentation described the tower as a sculptural element allowed up to 280 feet in height with any commercial antenna required to be fully enclosed inside the structure; associated ground equipment must be screened, buried or placed within the tower. The staff report also described modified landscaping and open‑space requirements for the…