EDC UPDATE
Citizens traveling southwest on Benbrook Boulevard will have seen extensive construction between Kwik Kar Lube and RaceTrac convenience store as Walmart’s contractor has begun work on the 143,000 square feet SuperCenter. The store is scheduled for opening in October of 2010 and will be a new prototype being constructed by Walmart. The 21+ acre site is located south of Mercedes and east of Vista Way.
Approval of an additional traffic signal was received in 2009 from the Texas Department of Transportation and will be located at the proposed Benbrook Field Drive and Benbrook Blvd. at the southern end of McDonald’s. The new street will create a main entrance to Benbrook Field and the proposed retail development.
Many other development projects have been placed on hold as the United States attempts economic recovery. Commercial real estate activity is forecast to be in a sluggish, no growth mode for the next 18 months to two years.
City of Benbrook’s Community Development Department is now working with BBT Crossing, Ltd. (and its assigns) for revisions of the Preliminary Plat. Additional development is expected in the area west of Benbrook Blvd. south of Albertson’s and north of Sproles Avenue.
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