Fort Worth planning commission recommends annexation of Brewer Boulevard 2.0 for commercial and institutional development

The Fort Worth City Planning Commission on July 9 recommended annexation of AX26007 — a roughly 111‑acre tract dubbed Brewer Boulevard 2.0 — to allow commercial and mixed‑use development with an institutional pocket. The commission voted 9–1 to forward the annexation recommendation to city council, with one commissioner voting no.

Stephen Murray, the planning manager facilitating the meeting, opened the staff presentation and noted the annexation is a “full purpose annexation” adjacent to City Council District 6 and that the proposal deviates from the adopted future land‑use designation. Anthony Cisneros of the city manager’s office said the proposal would retain mixed‑use character in some corners but shift a sizable area to general commercial, with retail, restaurants, office and an institutional site shown in the southwest portion.

Andrea Taylor of MMA, representing the property owner, told the commission the tract is “about a 111 acres” with “maybe about 70 acres of developable land” and “over 30 acres of flood plain.” She said Texas Health Resources had approached the owner about buying roughly 10 acres along FM 1187 for an institutional (medical) use and that no final tenant agreements for grocery or big‑box retail were signed. “There have been several discussions with … Walmart, Lowe’s, Kroger, Home Depot,” Taylor said.

Commissioners and other members raised several concerns during public testimony and discussion. One committee member questioned the change from mixed use to general commercial, arguing that surface parking shown on the concept plan could reduce walkability, and asked whether the developer had considered structured parking to preserve mixed‑use character. Staff responded that the preliminary plat and zoning processes remain to set detailed development standards, and that the applicant had proposed mixed‑use elements along FM 1187 and a commercial buffer near the floodplain.

Other questions focused on infrastructure and service continuity. A committee member asked whether annexing land contiguous only along Chisholm Trail Parkway would create gaps that complicate service delivery; staff and Leo Valencia (staff) said contiguous portions would allow the city to provide services and that some adjacent tracts are planned as future parks. On financing and construction, staff and the applicant said infrastructure generally is developer‑led: the applicant would extend about a mile of water line, roughly half a mile of sewer and build extensions of Brewer Boulevard to FM 1187 as part of the development process.

Commissioners also emphasized process limits: annexation would set a future land‑use designation but not rezone the property. Cisneros and other staff said the zoning commission and city council will review zoning details later (a zoning application was noted for an upcoming meeting in August and a city council date was mentioned for Sept. 29). Several commissioners asked that affected homeowners’ associations be notified and involved in subsequent zoning and platting steps.

A motion to accept staff’s recommendation for AX26007 (mover: Commissioner Turner; second: Commissioner Farda) carried on a roll‑call vote with the following named votes recorded by the clerk: Commissioners Bearden — yes; Lambert — yes; Johnson — yes; Turner — yes; Henderson — no; Kelly — yes; Farda — yes; Gillette — yes; Reid — yes; (named in the roll call) Grant — yes. The chair declared the motion passed and the annexation recommendation will go to city council for consideration.

Next steps: annexation approval by city council and subsequent zoning and preliminary plat reviews, including traffic studies and infrastructure plan review, will determine whether and how the concept plan is implemented.