Housing developments in north Fort Worth move forward
Hundreds of new multifamily housing units will be built across booming northern Fort Worth.
More than 200 rental townhomes are planned at 1101 State Highway 114 after the Fort Worth Zoning Commission approved rezoning for a 2.67-acre tract on Sept. 10. The development will total nearly 20 acres.
Tyler Wallach of Jackson Walker LLP said the developer-owned project will have no connection to surrounding neighborhoods since roads in and out of the complex will lead to Highway 114. A traffic light is planned at the front entrance, he added.
More multifamily housing is planned off busy Bonds Ranch Road.
Development of a vacant 20-acre tract near the intersection of East Bonds Ranch and U.S. Highway 287 will move forward after a site plan was approved by zoning commissioners. Rezoning was determined after a request was approved in May 2024, zoning chair Jeremy Raines said.
“The multifamily development is part of a larger proposed project on roughly 40 acres in total,” developers wrote in a zoning application.
The proposed 40-acre project will include about 10 acres of retail and restaurant sites along West Bonds Ranch and Blue Mound roads and a 10-acre school site on the northeast corner of the property. The second phase of development would be delayed until water lines in the area are upgraded, officials said.
A nearly 5-acre vacant lot at 3565 Keller Hicks Road will be developed with eight single-family homes.
Developers requested a zoning change that maintains the property’s single-family housing zoning but allows for denser uses.
Wes Hoblit, a consultant who is a former member of the zoning panel, said a large portion of the Keller Hicks property lies within a 100-year floodplain but some of the homes would be built about 10 feet away from the floodplain boundary. A dog park may be developed on that portion of the property.
Resident Donovan Cheek told commissioners he was concerned about water diversion from a nearby creek and discussed a neighborhood petition about the ownership of the homes.
Hoblit said the homes will be available to purchase for the general public.
Eric E. Garcia is a senior business reporter at the Fort Worth Report. Contact him at eric.garcia@fortworthreport.org.
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